Whether our car is classic or new, we tend to appreciate that it is in good condition, whether externally or internally, caring for its car will facilitate you to sell it quickly and higher priced. Whether it’s mainly because you want to sell your car, or because your hubcaps are damaged, changing hubcaps is not a very complex action. In this post, we will explain how to remove an hubcap on my Audi A1. To achieve this, first, we will help you to choose the wheel hubcap for your car, after that, how to replace them, with the removal of the wheel hubcap from your automobile, then the fitting of the new ones.
How to select the hubcaps of my Audi A1?
It is important to know that the wheel covers of your car are purely cosmetic, they have no effect on the braking capacity, the grip, the acceleration of your car. It will therefore be up to you to purchase the hubcaps that you like the more. The only interest you can give them is to preserve your metal rims that are hidden backside them. Nevertheless, according to the level of quality of the wheel cover of your Audi A1, they will protect them more or less well. Remember that hubcaps only cost between 20 and 60 euros most important to choose them will be to evaluate the size of your rims to select the right specifications, you will have this data on your tires (example: 14 inches, 15 inches, 16 inches). The rest will depend on your tastes, the purpose, if you need to resell your Audi A1 for example it may be relevant to take off your damaged hubcaps and substitute them with the original hubcaps to make your car as clean as possible.
How to replace the wheel cover of my Audi A1?
Now let’s go forward to the section that you’re most likely most excited about, how to change your Audi A1’s hubcaps. First we will see how to take off the wheel covers from a vehicle, then how to set up the new ones.
How do I take off the hubcaps of my Audi A1?
Let’s go, we’ll show you how to remove the hubcaps from your Audi A1. This is one of the simplest maintenance procedures, but the truth is many persons don’t know how it works and don’t dare to force on their hubcaps for fear of damaging them. In reality, hubcaps are only clipped on your rims. To remove them you will only have to pry the wheel cover with a flat screwdriver e.g. on the wheel cover to remove it from the rim of your Audi A1. Once done you should be able to remove it by pulling it to you. It is only fixed by small plastic lugs that have just lodged in the rim flange. Duplicate the operation on the other wheels to take off all the hubcaps from your automobile.
Fit hubcaps on my Audi A1
Last step of our tutorial, we move on to the part of reassembling your hubcaps. Nothing could be easier. You simply have to locate the inflation nozzle of your wheel, align it with the notch on your hubcap, present the hubcap in front of the rim of your Audi A1and put tiny punches or mallets all over the hubcap to clip it on the rim. To finish, you just have to carry out the same operation on each of your wheels to finish the work.
You are now able to remove a hubcap on your Audi A1 and put new ones on.
Whenever you have any additional questions about the Audi A1, do not hesitate to consult our Audi A1 category.
