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chesters
Member Since: 03 Oct 2005
Location: The Toon
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| Front Wheel arch clips. (Help Needed) |
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Can anyone advise me how easy the 10 clips holding on the front plastic arches come off.
Do you mark the outer plastic (White marks) when you pull them off?
Cheers. Arctic Frost Discovery 3 TDV6 SE, Active Rear Diff, Adaptive Head Lights, Tow Pack, Ebony Leather, Roof Rails, Mantec Guard. Tasmod Stainless Sill plates. Grabber AT's. Home made mud flaps. Side Steps back on until the next time.
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
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Should just pop off ...be firm but not heavy handed  Existential Phenomenologist.
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| Sun Apr 29 2007 7:52pm |
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SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Wishing I was ...
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I assume you're messing with the front bumper? Once you've got all the screws out (from underneath), as DG says, you need to pull firmly but carefully - prising with something like spatula can help
There IS one big one though down at the front bumper that holds them together - be careful with this one as it is completely different to the others Steve N | 2008 TDV6 SE Auto  | Was 2006 TDV6 S Auto  | Club Tunisia | Am I Online?
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Alex08
Member Since: 09 Nov 2006
Location: Glasgow
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I got a nice 'wedge' tool from Merc for doing interior trim on the dash of A's and Bs which does the job for things like this. I think it was about £5 and for a simple shaped lump of plastic is really useful. I could get the part number if you like.
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| Mon Apr 30 2007 8:53am |
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chesters
Member Since: 03 Oct 2005
Location: The Toon
Posts: 607
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Yes please! I love buying stuff like that.
 Arctic Frost Discovery 3 TDV6 SE, Active Rear Diff, Adaptive Head Lights, Tow Pack, Ebony Leather, Roof Rails, Mantec Guard. Tasmod Stainless Sill plates. Grabber AT's. Home made mud flaps. Side Steps back on until the next time.
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| Mon Apr 30 2007 9:36am |
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SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Wishing I was ...
Posts: 11795
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a Plastic Spatula suffices Steve N | 2008 TDV6 SE Auto | Was 2006 TDV6 S Auto | Club Tunisia | Am I Online?
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| Mon Apr 30 2007 9:58am |
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bkehoe
Member Since: 25 Feb 2006
Location: Wexford
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SN wrote:a Plastic Spatula suffices
Have you tried explaining when it breaks? IE - 05 D3 TDV6 HSE - Zambezi Silver
SA - 07 VW Golf TDI - White - Sold!
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| Mon Apr 30 2007 10:06am |
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SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Wishing I was ...
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It hasn't! And its been used a few times, not just on this motor 
Besides which it lives in the garage now, not in the utensil jar  Steve N | 2008 TDV6 SE Auto | Was 2006 TDV6 S Auto | Club Tunisia | Am I Online?
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| Mon Apr 30 2007 10:08am |
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blueanchorinn
Member Since: 07 Mar 2006
Location: In a pub in Devon
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Get yourself some DYC 500010 (bag of 10 plastic clips just over a quid ) Sods law you wont break any if you've got them  bloody nuiscance  if you do and you haven't Pot Noodle Challenge Winner 2011
I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person
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| Mon Apr 30 2007 11:07am |
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Alex08
Member Since: 09 Nov 2006
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 1085
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The wedge is MB part nr W115 589 03 59 00 and the dash pulling hooks MB part nr W140 589 02 33 00 if anyone is interested.
I used it this weekend to get the radio out of the A class and the wedge was excellent - removed the plastic without that thought that at anyminute it was going to fracture!
Fitted an aux input to the MB Audio 20 radio to allow ipod/satnav etc to be fed in. Total cost (inc tools) £25. Well worth it.
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| Mon Apr 30 2007 11:36am |
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chesters
Member Since: 03 Oct 2005
Location: The Toon
Posts: 607
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I've had both front inner arches out, both outer plastic arches off, and the other bits that you need to take off. I wanted to Waxoil behind them and clean lots of tar that I picked up in Scotland.I was quite surprised how much muck came out, behind the trims.
1)The mud flap comes off with 3 screws.
2)To get the outer arch off there are lots of clips ( didn't break one) and a little B  d screw behind the headlight, and 1 screw at the bottom. There are 8 pop off clips on the wing and 2 bigger ones through the bumper. 4 push fit clips through the outer arch to the inner arch, in to the metal wheel arch.
3)The plastic trim at the bottom of the wing on the sill has 2 pop off clips and then slides forward off the plastic sill cover.
4)The inner plastic arch comes out after you have removed about 10 push fit clips and 2 screws.
I have put some pictures on my gallery if anyone needs to do this job. Arctic Frost Discovery 3 TDV6 SE, Active Rear Diff, Adaptive Head Lights, Tow Pack, Ebony Leather, Roof Rails, Mantec Guard. Tasmod Stainless Sill plates. Grabber AT's. Home made mud flaps. Side Steps back on until the next time.
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