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Taking off centre high brake light cover
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 11:12 pm
by bradicus
Im trying to take of the centre brake light cover cause the light isnt working. But I cant seem to get it off, theres what seems to be a screw, but its plastic and i easily stripped it, now im not sure its even a screw... how do i get it off?
Re: Taking of centre high brake light cover
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:12 am
by silverGPX
By using some plastic trim removal tools
Re: Taking of centre high brake light cover
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:16 am
by bradicus
silverGPX wrote:By using some plastic trim removal tools
so its not a screw? its pries off?
Re: Taking of centre high brake light cover
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:17 am
by silverGPX
It's a screw but you need to put some pressure behind it with a plastic trim removal tool, unless you wanna jam a flat tip in there and scratch it all up
Re: Taking of centre high brake light cover
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:35 pm
by bradicus
silverGPX wrote:It's a screw but you need to put some pressure behind it with a plastic trim removal tool, unless you wanna jam a flat tip in there and scratch it all up
yeah its not working as planned, trying to push something behind it to create pressure like you said, cant get anything to fit. gonna buy a cheap plastic trim removal kit off ebay, since its 45 dollars at the shops...
Re: Taking off centre high brake light cover
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:17 pm
by kiz
Really flat bit of metal will get in there without scratching it up. It's not worth buying a kit, just to remove that
Re: Taking off centre high brake light cover
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:53 pm
by bradicus
kiz wrote:Really flat bit of metal will get in there without scratching it up. It's not worth buying a kit, just to remove that
got a kit off ebay from china for 8 dollars, will get it in like a month
Re: Taking off centre high brake light cover
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:07 am
by dstocks
Actually, that one is a screw, but its not the part that is normally used there. With the genuine clip, the centre pushes in, releasing the cover.Whoever owned the car before you lost that and replaced it with a standard plastic one (probably from autopro/repco/supercheap). They cost a couple of dollars for 5-10 of them. Drill it out and replace.
Re: Taking off centre high brake light cover
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:26 pm
by bradicus
dstocks wrote:Actually, that one is a screw, but its not the part that is normally used there. With the genuine clip, the centre pushes in, releasing the cover.Whoever owned the car before you lost that and replaced it with a standard plastic one (probably from autopro/repco/supercheap). They cost a couple of dollars for 5-10 of them. Drill it out and replace.
ah ok, whats the genuine one im looking for?