Right I am prepared to be slated but I have tried searching the forum to no avail. I am trying to figure out where the BBS centre cap removal tool lives on my car and consequently to find out if I have one? Also are they really necessary or can I simply twist them off and pull?
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bbs centre cap removal tool
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clipper
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There are two types of tools.
The (later) spanner shaped one seems to slot into a cutout in the boot lining above the jack well.
The earlier socket style tool does not seem to have a fixed abode (at least as far as I could find out after buying one)
But no, you don't actually need one as most BBS caps these days are so worn that you can twist them off by hand....
The (later) spanner shaped one seems to slot into a cutout in the boot lining above the jack well.
The earlier socket style tool does not seem to have a fixed abode (at least as far as I could find out after buying one)
But no, you don't actually need one as most BBS caps these days are so worn that you can twist them off by hand....
These are sensations as hard to forget as they are to ignore.....
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twoscoops
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ok mate thanks for the reply, I will go hunting round the boot tomorrow and see what I can find!
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Brianmoooore
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The one that you need to remove in the dark and in the rain one day, won't!clipper wrote: But no, you don't actually need one as most BBS caps these days are so worn that you can twist them off by hand....
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twoscoops
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went hunting and found it in the boot. Its the socket style one so im all set!
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clipper
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Out of interest, where did you find it?twoscoops wrote:went hunting and found it in the boot. Its the socket style one so im all set!
(Please don't say "under 3 inches of stagnant water".....)
These are sensations as hard to forget as they are to ignore.....
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twoscoops
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thats exactly where I found it!!!! in the well beside the jack....under water that I then had to try and remove! I take it you have had the same problem?? I am guessing it is my boot seals that have gone. It was just sitting lose in that well.
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Rich320I
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probably either boot seal, rear light seal or blocked sunroof drain tubes. mine had puddles of water in the boot to 
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clipper
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No, but I'd read your other thread !!twoscoops wrote:thats exactly where I found it!!!! in the well beside the jack....under water that I then had to try and remove! I take it you have had the same problem??
These are sensations as hard to forget as they are to ignore.....
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twoscoops
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haha oh right. Yeah its a convertible so the sunroof is out but I will try and order a new boot seal and rear light seal. fingers crossed that will kick the problem in the ass.
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