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Technical => Body/Appearance/Interior => Topic started by: notorious1538 on February 28, 2006, 08:40:12 PM

Title: locking wire hubcaps
Post by: notorious1538 on February 28, 2006, 08:40:12 PM
man why the heck did ford make those dang hubcaps so hard to get off. i know this may sound stupid but how do you get them off? i get the cap off but then i dont know how to get them off. maybe i'm just stupid.
Title: locking wire hubcaps
Post by: jasontbird on February 28, 2006, 08:46:26 PM
you have to have a special tool to take out the center nut.  should come with the car.
Title: locking wire hubcaps
Post by: notorious1538 on February 28, 2006, 08:49:00 PM
yeah i know
the bolt has to come off but how do you get it off after that?
Title: locking wire hubcaps
Post by: tbirdscott on February 28, 2006, 09:50:43 PM
Once the bolts out its like removing a regular hubcap, just get angry with them... but not to angry or you'll bend them.
Title: locking wire hubcaps
Post by: jasontbird on February 28, 2006, 10:55:29 PM
Oh, sorry, I misunderstood you.  I just wedged the flat edge of the tire iron between the hub cap and the rim and pryed it out a section at a time, usually 3 pops would get it.
Title: locking wire hubcaps
Post by: thunderjet302 on February 28, 2006, 11:01:25 PM
What he said:iagree:
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