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LukyBowler
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How do I remove these things?

Post by LukyBowler » Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:18 pm

So I've just spent about 17 hours in total removing this sodding satin grey vinyl wrap with a hair dryer and it's - for the most part - all off.

The wrappers obviously took several bits off the car to wrap the vehicle properly and thus I need to take the same bits off to remove the wrap properly.

Can anyone shed light on how to remove the following:

- Rear boot opening mechanism with BMW badge on it
- Stubby aerial (needs removing from the base as they've wrapped underneath it)
- Third brake light (is this just a pull off job?)

Thanks in advance!

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How do I remove these things?

Post by sw4nny » Wed Jul 12, 2017 12:58 am

Third brake light,open boot ,remove plastic covers screwdriver required you will need a long socket to remove the 3 nuts holding the light in place ,dont lose the springs these will drop off as nuts are removed then pull light out from outside of boot.
Be careful not to over tighten the nuts when putting back on as this can help to crack the lense :thumbsup:
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How do I remove these things?

Post by Herminator » Wed Jul 12, 2017 2:11 pm

Judging by the fact he has a Badge/Boot opener, he's got a coupe.
I don't think that suffers from the same light cracking issues. It's probably not as easy to access the mounts either :|
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How do I remove these things?

Post by sw4nny » Wed Jul 12, 2017 5:01 pm

Herminator wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2017 2:11 pm Judging by the fact he has a Badge/Boot opener, he's got a coupe.
I don't think that suffers from the same light cracking issues. It's probably not as easy to access the mounts either :|
Didn't spot the coupe bit thanks and in that case I have no idea how to remove any of it :oops:
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How do I remove these things?

Post by D4dawg » Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:52 pm

Arial is a torx bit and simply unscrew from underneath and the top and base split in half
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3rd light is 3 10mm nuts from rear of boot lid

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