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fen01

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I'm about to replace the fender flares and side markers, but could do some help on how I remove the clips along the outer edge of the fender flares..

 

Is there a special tool / technique to removing them?

 

cheers

 

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13 minutes ago, fen01 said:

I'm about to replace the fender flares and side markers, but could do some help on how I remove the clips along the outer edge of the fender flares..

 

Is there a special tool / technique to removing them?

 

cheers

 

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Fenton,

 

The clips are plastic rivets and the only way I managed was to drill them out and replace with new.

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I had to replace the side marker on the passenger side a while ago which involved removing some of the rivets although I didn’t remove the whole fender. I can’t exactly remember how I did it now though, I definitely didn’t drill them, I pushed the centres out and then the rivet pops out and you can reuse.it. I think it most likely I pushed the centre out from the front side using something like a small screwdriver. I do, however, remember getting the rivets out of the centre fill section of the front bumper this didn’t work for some reason and I did need to drill them. Are you doing all 4 fenders? 

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I drilled mine out too and replaced with new. Be careful not to enlarge the hole in the flare if the drill slips.

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