How to remove skull cap

macafee2 · 2nd November 2018, 20:16

How do you remove the colour coded skull cap mirror surround from the black moulding?

thank you macafee2

T-Cut · 2nd November 2018, 20:42

You get an old credit card and force it into the join between the cap and the main body. Once in, you slice it around the circumference. This unclips a series of 'claws' that the cap has to grip into corresponding notches around the body. Refitting is just a logical reverse by pressing the cap oto the body by hand.

TC

macafee2 · 3rd November 2018, 09:53

Thanks T-Cut, bit of a fight. I used a carving knife in the end to remove the caps.
Managed to remove two passenger skull caps and move a chrome one over to the other mirror. This gives me a complete spare passenger mirror.

Appreciate the advice

thanks

macafee2

2nd November 2018, 20:16	#1
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,943 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	How to remove skull cap How do you remove the colour coded skull cap mirror surround from the black moulding? thank you macafee2

2nd November 2018, 20:42	#2
T-Cut This is my second home Rover75 and Mreg Corsa. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sumweer onat mote o'dust (Sagin) Posts: 21,753 Thanks: 341 Thanked 3,660 Times in 2,924 Posts	You get an old credit card and force it into the join between the cap and the main body. Once in, you slice it around the circumference. This unclips a series of 'claws' that the cap has to grip into corresponding notches around the body. Refitting is just a logical reverse by pressing the cap oto the body by hand. TC

3rd November 2018, 09:53	#3
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,943 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	Thanks T-Cut, bit of a fight. I used a carving knife in the end to remove the caps. Managed to remove two passenger skull caps and move a chrome one over to the other mirror. This gives me a complete spare passenger mirror. Appreciate the advice thanks macafee2