How to remove the grille on the Jimny; Got it repainted to body colour

The chrome inserts and the logo were taken off and painted black and silver, respectively.

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How did you get it painted? Must be a pro job where they were able to extract the grille and fix it back. If you have some photographs or a video of the process it would be very helpful.

I got this professionally painted by providing the Suzuki colour code for Kinetic Yellow for body colour match using a superior grade paint (I think it as Axalata).

The clamps circled in red are the ones that hold the chrome inserts and can be taken off again using a flat head screwdriver. The Logo is held by 2 screws which can again be taken off.

The chrome inserts and the logo were taken off and painted black and silver respectively.

The process of taking off the grille is quite simple:

1) Remove the plastic pop out buttons that you will see once you open the bonnet with a flat head screw driver:

2) Under the grill are these two turn clips. Turn them one quarter to unscrew:

3) Gently start from the top and using a trim removal tool gently pry all the clips and you can pull the grille off the Jimny. Remove the indicator lights harness once done to free the grille completely.

Kindly refer to a video on this made by TBHPian @purohitanuj that would also be most helpful on the removal part:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH2B4Nwl2iY

Hope this helps.

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