Removing Wheel Covers and Wheel Nut Caps; Wheel Nut Caps; Removing Wheel Covers and - Page 249

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Removing Wheel Covers and 
Wheel Nut Caps

1. If your vehicle has an aluminum wheel with a center

cover that hides the wheel nuts, remove the center cover
by using the flat end of the wheel wrench to pry it off.

If your vehicle has a wheel cover, remove it by using
the flat end of the wheel wrench.

Pry along the edge of the wheel cover until it 
comes off.

2. If your vehicle has this

aluminum wheel, you
may have plastic wheel
nut caps. Use the wheel
nut wrench to remove
the wheel nut caps and
to loosen the wheel nuts.

3. When reinstalling the decorative nut caps, tighten the

caps snugly with the wheel wrench, then continue
one

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quarter rotation to secure plastic caps.

NOTE: When replacing the wheel cover, carefully line
up the tire valve stem and the notch in the wheel cover.