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Phew...job done, but what a faff.
Removing the undertray screws was the 1st hurdle 🙄. Got them off eventually.
Then the torx screws that hold the brackets securing the radiator mounts to the slam panel refused to budge 😡.
Had to resort to just pulling the slam panel upwards until the bracket popped off the radiator rubber mounts 😳.

The new plastic part of the bonnet catches came with brass inserts through which the slam panel mounting screws are supposed to go through.
On each of the catches, one of the screws just wouldn’t go through the insert, so had to remove these.🤔
The original catches don’t have these inserts.

Other than that, bonnet now opens easily so job well done!😄

Glad I took Arctic’s advice to remove bumper and slam panel to route the cables properly.
Edit...I’m not sure why, but I hadn’t seen Brian’s post about only needing to remove the bumper until now.😣😣

Car has repaid me by throwing up a fog lamp bulb failure as I done a quick check of all lights when finished.🙄🙄


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