De snorkled

[Overdrive]

I've tried a few times to remove the body-colored vent surround first instead of pushing on the vanes to try and get access to those clips to push on them rather than directly on the vanes. I felt like the vanes were so flimsy when I pushed on them that they would snap and leave me with an ugly gaping hole while I wait for new vanes to come in. That being said, I can't see how one can remove either of these pieces without a good amount of force involved. The surround just wouldn't come out, and I didn't want to see just how far I could push before the vanes cracked. Am I just being skittish or will that 15 year old plastic indeed give way before coming out of its clipping points?