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Re: [TR] headlight trim rings TR3

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Subject: Re: [TR] headlight trim rings TR3
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:08:34 -0800
> Is there really a removal tool or are you being fishesus?

Supposed to be in the factory tool kit, as I recall.  At any rate, I
certainly have one that I made myself.  Flat strip of metal perhaps 4-5"
long and 1/2" wide, with one end turned up into a lip that can be forced
between the bottom of the trim ring & the gasket between it and the body.  A
sideways tug will lever the tab out of the clip, so the ring can be removed.

ISTR I'm still using the one I made from an old hacksaw blade (with the
teeth ground off), but I've read that an IO port cover from a PC will work.

And yes, I do have to use the other end of it to install the trim rings.  If
I try to just bang them into place, the tab bends instead of going through
the "teeth" on the clips.

Randall

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