Whether our motor vehicle is classic or brand-new, we tend to appreciate that it is in good condition, whether externally or internally, taking care of its car will facilitate you to sell it without difficulty and more expensive. Whether it’s because you need to sell your motor vehicle, or because your hubcaps are damaged, replacing hubcaps is not a very complex action. In this article, we will describe how to remove an hubcap on my Cadillac CTS. To get this done, first of all, we will help you to choose the wheel hubcap for your car, afterward, how to change them, with the removal of the wheel hubcap from your car, then the mounting of the new ones.

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How to pick the hubcaps of my Cadillac CTS?

It is essential to know that the wheel covers of your car are totally cosmetic, they have no effect on the braking capacity, the grip, the acceleration of your motor vehicle. It will therefore be up to you to purchase the hubcaps that you like the most. The only importance you can give them is to protect your metal rims that are hidden behind them. Even so, depending on the level of quality of the wheel cover of your Cadillac CTS, they will protect them more or less well. Remember that hubcaps cost between 20 and 60 euros most important to choose them will be to look at 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 other important things to take in consideration will depend on your tastes , the purpose, if you desire to resell your Cadillac CTS for example it may be necessary to remove your damaged hubcaps and substitute them with the original hubcaps to make your car as attractive as it can be.

How to change the wheel cover of my Cadillac CTS?

Now let’s move on to the part that you’re probably most enthusiastic about, how to change your Cadillac CTS’s hubcaps. First we will see how to remove the wheel covers from a vehicle, then how to set up the new ones.

How do I remove the hubcaps of my Cadillac CTS?

Let’s go, we’ll show you how to remove the hubcaps from your Cadillac CTS. This is one of the easiest maintenance actions, nevertheless many people 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 just have to pry the wheel cover with a flat screwdriver e.g. on the wheel cover to remove it from the rim of your Cadillac CTS. Once done you should be capable to remove it by pulling it to you. It is just fixed by small plastic lugs that have just lodged in the rim flange. Redo the procedure on the other wheels to remove all the hubcaps from your car.

Install hubcaps on my Cadillac CTS

Last step of our guide, we move forward to the stage of reassembling your hubcaps. Nothing could be much easier. You simply have to identify the inflation nozzle of your wheel, align it with the notch on your hubcap, present the hubcap in front of the rim of your Cadillac CTSand put little punches or mallets all over the hubcap to clip it on the rim. At last, you just have to carry out the same action on each of your wheels to finish the task.
You are now able to remove a hubcap on your Cadillac CTS and put new ones on.

To find more tips on the Cadillac CTS, take a look at the Cadillac CTS category.