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How do I remove the center caps from my 17" 5 spokes?

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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 05:07 PM
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How do I remove the center caps from my 17" 5 spokes?
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 05:08 PM
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Take the wheel off and it will push out from the inside.
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 05:26 PM
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I gotta take the wheel off?!? Crap... And thanks...
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 05:31 PM
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Default unfortunately, unless you want to mar the surface of the wheels or caps.

easiest to push them out...plus, it makes it difficult to steal.
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 05:33 PM
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hmm...good point...
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 05:43 PM
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In that case...where is the best place underneath to jack up the car?
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 06:45 PM
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Default I jack from here. The rubber donuts are OK but mine are collapsing.

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/24828/jak_1.jpg"></center><p>...on the pinched metal that protrudes out &amp; no further back than that.
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 06:48 PM
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Default Another...not on the rocker panel...it's soft & will collapse!

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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 06:51 PM
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Default with the wheel off tap out the center cap from the back of the wheel but DON'T tap it by the center-

tap it around the circumference where the steel spring part is. The alluminum center is attached to a steel clip which is a round plate with a hole in the center and 3 or 4 (don't feel like running down to garage to look at my broken one) spring clips bent off of it that attach inside the wheel. If you tap the center where the hole is and not on the steel plate you can knock the cap off the backing plate and then your're paying over $30 for a new one. Once you see it you'll know what I'm talking about.
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Thanks! I have new ones...that's why I want the old ones off...
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