Remove front air opening slats?

[Bob Z.]

Thanks...pulling the bumper seems like a big job - my wife says to leave them along so maybe for once I'll listen to her.

Here is a link to a drawing about taking the rear exhaust trim piece off:

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=16051

I got a thin screwdriver behind it, between the exhaust trim piece and the heat shield, and then used my fingers to pull it. I thought it would break since I was pulling kinda hard and then all of a sudden it popped off, at least one half of it did. I then started pulling on the other side and off it came. It has 4 small tabs holding it in, kinda like on some of the slats on the side vents - it would be pretty hard to break them IMO.

I then cleaned it up real good and sprayed it with around 4 coats of High Temp paint, Black Semi-gloss, which I got at Wal-Mart for just under $7. After it dried for a day I stuck it back on and I've driven it a couple times and it still looks fine so I suspect that it will last.