How do you remove those wheel hubcap rim/halos??

bluemoonseller · 10-30-2009, 12:27 AM

How do you remove those wheel hubcap rim/halos??

I don't want to break nothing. Step by step guide? Video? I tried pulling them off with force but their not coming off. Someone stole one of them from my prius and my car looks awkward with a missing halo. Thanks in advance.

blueumbrella · 10-30-2009, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by bluemoonseller

How do you remove those wheel hubcap rim/halos??

I don't want to break nothing. Step by step guide? Video? I tried pulling them off with force but their not coming off. Someone stole one of them from my prius and my car looks awkward with a missing halo. Thanks in advance.

Hook a couple of fingers on it and give a firm pull out. They come off fairly easily.

Boo · 10-30-2009, 02:01 AM

From darelldd at evnut.com:

Just hook a couple of fingers like this (and use your other hand in an adjacent spot) and yank toward you. Extra style points for not falling on your butt when it pops off.

Doc Willie · 10-30-2009, 07:57 AM

Alternatively, if you look at the edge of the rim, there a slots, 180 degrees apart,where you can insert a 3/8 wide blade (Stanley 716 offset screwdriver if you can find one), and they will pry right off. They will not break.

F8L · 10-30-2009, 08:20 AM

You can do it like Doc says but IMO falling on your butt after pulling a trim ring off is like a rite of passage for Prius owners.

**TonyPSchaefer** · 10-30-2009, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by F8L

You can do it like Doc says but IMO falling on your butt after pulling a trim ring off is like a rite of passage for Prius owners.

Only if you're silly enough to be standing off-balance when you're pulling on them. My suggestion, sit down first and pull.

dogfriend · 10-30-2009, 01:30 PM

Grab. Pull.

kkayser · 10-30-2009, 11:14 PM

A big screwdriver pops them off. They are really tough and you need not worry about damaging them. (except by hitting a curb.)

Melvin · 11-04-2009, 02:03 AM

i think these wheel cap are useless to me.
I threw mine away when the OEM tyres wore off.
When I change to a new set of tyres I just pull it off and threw it away.
Maybe its some weight off my car and I will have a better fuel consumption..
hahahah

patsparks · 11-04-2009, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Melvin

i think these wheel cap are useless to me.
I threw mine away when the OEM tyres wore off.
When I change to a new set of tyres I just pull it off and threw it away.
Maybe its some weight off my car and I will have a better fuel consumption..
hahahah

No you wont!

They protect the expensive alloy rims from gutter rash.

10-30-2009, 12:27 AM	#1
bluemoonseller Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 12 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	How do you remove those wheel hubcap rim/halos?? How do you remove those wheel hubcap rim/halos?? I don't want to break nothing. Step by step guide? Video? I tried pulling them off with force but their not coming off. Someone stole one of them from my prius and my car looks awkward with a missing halo. Thanks in advance.

10-30-2009, 02:01 AM	#3
Boo Boola Boola Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 4,296 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: Package: #2 Thanks: 167 Thanked 304 Times in 155 Posts Friends: 22	Re: How do you remove those wheel hubcap rim/halos?? From darelldd at evnut.com: Just hook a couple of fingers like this (and use your other hand in an adjacent spot) and yank toward you. Extra style points for not falling on your butt when it pops off. Last edited by Boo; 10-30-2009 at 11:22 AM.

10-30-2009, 07:57 AM	#4
Doc Willie Shuttlecraft Commander Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Out there, somewhere Posts: 1,476 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: Package: #5 Thanks: 1 Thanked 27 Times in 19 Posts Friends: 11	Re: How do you remove those wheel hubcap rim/halos?? Alternatively, if you look at the edge of the rim, there a slots, 180 degrees apart,where you can insert a 3/8 wide blade (Stanley 716 offset screwdriver if you can find one), and they will pry right off. They will not break.

10-30-2009, 08:20 AM	#5
F8L Collecting Data on Nature Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA. Posts: 5,537 My Car: 2005 Prius Model: Package: #4 Thanks: 22 Thanked 196 Times in 144 Posts Friends: 35	Re: How do you remove those wheel hubcap rim/halos?? You can do it like Doc says but IMO falling on your butt after pulling a trim ring off is like a rite of passage for Prius owners.

10-30-2009, 01:30 PM	#7
dogfriend Human - Animal Hybrid Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Carmichael, CA Posts: 4,969 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: Package: #6 Thanks: 288 Thanked 175 Times in 147 Posts Friends: 11	Re: How do you remove those wheel hubcap rim/halos?? Grab. Pull.

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kkayser Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 35 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Friends: 0	Re: How do you remove those wheel hubcap rim/halos?? A big screwdriver pops them off. They are really tough and you need not worry about damaging them. (except by hitting a curb.)

11-04-2009, 02:03 AM	#9
Melvin Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 4 My Car: 2008 Prius Model: N/A Package: N/A Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Friends: 0	Re: How do you remove those wheel hubcap rim/halos?? i think these wheel cap are useless to me. I threw mine away when the OEM tyres wore off. When I change to a new set of tyres I just pull it off and threw it away. Maybe its some weight off my car and I will have a better fuel consumption.. hahahah

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