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R60 Removing Amber and Red fender reflectors?

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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 09:56 PM
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Removing Amber and Red fender reflectors?

Any member have instruction on how to take off the front Amber reflectors and rear red reflectors? Just pick up my CMS ALL4 yesterday and want to spray tint them black.

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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 10:06 PM
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You might want to check out this thread as it could give you some answers:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...white-one.html

Good luck and enjoy your Countryman!
 
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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by advantyper
Any member have instruction on how to take off the front Amber reflectors and rear red reflectors? Just pick up my CMS ALL4 yesterday and want to spray tint them black.

Thanks in advance
not sure they are easy to remove since it looks like the fender flares are attached with rivets. so as far as i know, it probably is easier to spray them on the car. the reflectors on my old jetta were removable by pushing one side in and sliding them out. haven't tried that yet
 
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 04:23 PM
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i tried several thing before getting it right. first i tried a overlay from bimmian.com. that SUCKED. waste of money. then i tried spray tinting on the car. ok but could not get around the edges, so it looked bad. i ended up removing them and spray tinting again. they look awesome now! i used plastic pick tools to loosen the plastic rivets (plastic spoons or butter knifes would do the job). just back and forth on each side of the rivets loosens them. if i remember correctly you only need to remove 2. there is one nut that screws onto a plastic nub on the back of the reflectors. thats it. a tip is to put a dab of superglue, "or somthing" on the rivet when re-installing. it will not hold in as tight as it originally did, but not necessary. i noticed mine backing out a little. but do not fall out or anything. i hope this helps
 
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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 12:39 PM
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tks all for the feedback, I tried to remove them, but its rivet in pretty good.

End up masking with plastic and tape and spray tint the reflectors, came out looking really good
 
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