Removing The Wheel Arch Plastic Chrome Piece

[robokopf]

hi guys, my civic comes with this OEM plastic chrome piece that is fitted on the wheel arch. anyone knows how to remove it? i think it has a clip underneath it.

my initial plan was to send it to a paint shop and call em to remove it and then clean it as well because the inside is kinda dirty as well. so what do you guys think?

 

[Jackie Leong]

last time when i had my civic, i just pull em off.. cuz it is hold to the wheel arch by these clips..

just pull the inner clip outwards and you can see the chrome part loosening.. :)

/__| (1. clip holding the chrome moulding)

|__| (2. turn it outwards)

\__| (3. loose)

hope u get what i meant.
cheers!

 

[robokopf]

here's the pic of my humble car with the plastic chrome piece, as pointed with the red line :)

 

[robokopf]

owh thanks Jackie :)

so now i get the roudh idea of how to remove it, now how do i clean the tough stains inside it? can tar remover do the job?

 

[ssyam]

Originally posted by robokopf@Apr 10 2005, 18:43
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wahhhh... nice house

 

[robokopf]

thanks for the kind comment, ssyam :)

 

[hattech-v]

ur car almost look like same with mine when i got it... :P
it is easy to pull off the chrome... it only use clips.. for the dirt.. some part quite hard to be cleaned...

 

[Hikaru]

It's POC to have those fender trim removed. These fender trims are attached via metal bracket so just simply plug it off since the metal bracket is flexible.

Becareful and don't scratch your paint. If the rubber moulding on those fender trim is broken then you might most likely left some permanant scracth on your car after you have those fender trim removed.

 

[Hikaru]

By the way, my car used to look exactly like yours... ah....some old days.

 

[robokopf]

thanks for the input guys, i tried removing a bit just now but the stains in it just fades the aura away. i'm going to try scrubbing off the stain tomorrow by using tar remover before removing the whole plastic chrome piece:)