Yes bumper off and after that it's a huge pain in the ass assuming it's the same as the gti center lower grill, there's about 50 clips holding it in and by the time I got mine off it was in a million pieces. Also I'd recommend finding a friend to help because once you're snapping the new grill into the bumper it can be really tricky to get all the snaps in together without them constantly popping out
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