plastic roof strips

[Ean Austral]

Gday All


The plastic strips on the roof have some plastic lugs hold them down , do they unscrew or just pop out. I assume the sit in the head of a allen screw or something.


I tried to wedge them out but look like they were about to break and leave the centre part in.


Thanks in Advance


Cheers Ean

[LandyAndy]

Ean.
As far as I know they are just a Xmas Tree fitting into a captive nut.
See this thread for pics of whats underneath.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-discovery-3-4/236871-snapped-off-roof-rail-bolt-time-check-your-factory-rails.html
Andrew

[Tombie]

They will screw out easily.

Strips aren't plastic - they're Alloy [emoji41]

[LRD414]

They will screw out easily.

I recently broke one. I tried levering as per the PowerfulUK YouTube video with a trim tool and the top came away. So unscrewing would be a better bet but it was in pretty tight.

Scott

[Tombie]

Get a flat head screw driver...
Lever the edge up gently.
Grab raised edge with pliers and unscrew out.

Or it your not planning to re-use you. An push a hot flat head screw driver into the top and unscrew.