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- South Bend, IN
So, I was an idiot who didn't put the cover back on the hood latch cable box on the driver side headlight after working on some stuff . . . Closed the hood, and now I can't open it withe the darn hood release handle in the car. Called around and a lot of places want to charge over $150 just to open the hood for me.
Doing some searching I found that I could buy a whole new grill for the GTI for about $60. So, I'm thinking if I just cut out the grill, I should be able to get access to the hood latch mechanism to disconnect it from the frame or the hood latch itself to unbolt it from the hood. Either would allow me to openthe hood again and fix my issue.
I was hoping someone might be able to point me to a blow out drawing of the latch/hood/bumper of the MK7 GTI to verify this will actually work. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!
Golf MK7 Grill
Doing some searching I found that I could buy a whole new grill for the GTI for about $60. So, I'm thinking if I just cut out the grill, I should be able to get access to the hood latch mechanism to disconnect it from the frame or the hood latch itself to unbolt it from the hood. Either would allow me to openthe hood again and fix my issue.
I was hoping someone might be able to point me to a blow out drawing of the latch/hood/bumper of the MK7 GTI to verify this will actually work. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!
Golf MK7 Grill