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I did outside just all around the reflector. Inside wouldn't hurt either.
The goal is to head the adhesive and loosen it up. |
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I just ordered mine.
I can't wait to install mine over the weekend. I hope the heat can make this install easier on me because I heard from few members saying that getting the stock one was bitch. |
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I just pulled from the top and ripped up my hands but once you get it started it popped off! |
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11-18-2013, 03:38 PM | #76 |
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not gunna lie, these are a little bit of a bitch to remove. i felt like i was going to crack my bumper from all the bending it was doing.
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Yeah, working around the camera is going to be a bitch. I really hope my heat gun can make things easy. I will take your advice and start work from top to bottom. Did you just use your hand or some sort of pry tool? I was wondering if I should pick one up or not... |
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This is what I used, just some cheap plastic putty knifes.
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It can be done without tools or a heat gun, you just need to have a medium/high tolerance to pain. If you can withstand the pain at your fingertips for about 5 seconds they'll pop right out.
What I did was just reach and and grab the lip at the top, forward corner of the reflector from inside the wheel well, pull back and try and slide my fingertips behind the reflectors lip. There is enough flex in the bumper to allow that. Once you have enough grip with your fingertips, just pull with force, you'll hear the sticky stuff starting to give and after a few more seconds, BOOM it pops right off. Then just remove the adhesive from the bumper, clean it up and pop the new one in.
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I received my package yesterday!
Over all quality is amazing and nice touch with white rag to wrap my reflectors. I can't wait to install them over the Thanksgiving weekend. |
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lesson learned for me from the first reflector to the 2nd one...
just leave a hair dryer blowing on the reflector for 5 or so plus minutes. i used something to hold the dryer in position so I could do something else. let it get good and hot. then just push it out easily with your thumbs. no need to pry at it at all.
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