Whether our car is classic or 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 mainly because you need to sell your car, or because your hubcaps are damaged, changing hubcaps is not a very complex action. In this specific article, we will learn you how to remove an hubcap on my Citroen Xsara. For this, first, we will help you to choose the wheel hubcap for your car, then, how to change them, with the removal of the wheel hubcap from your automobile, then the fitting of the new ones.

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How to choose the hubcaps of my Citroen Xsara?

It is significant to know that the wheel covers of your vehicle are only cosmetic, they have no influence on the braking capacity, the grip, the speed of your car. It will therefore be up to you to purchase the hubcaps that you like the more. The only importance you can give them is to preserve your metal rims that are hidden backside them. Even so, dependant upon the level of quality of the wheel cover of your Citroen Xsara, they will protect them more or less well. Bear in mind that hubcaps are worth between 20 and 60 euros most significant to choose them will be to look at the size of your rims to select the right size, you will have this info on your tires (example: 14 inches, 15 inches, 16 inches). The rest will depend on your tastes, the purpose, if you desire to resell your Citroen Xsara for example it may be necessary to take out 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 Citroen Xsara?

Now let’s go to to the part that you’re probably most enthusiastic about, how to change your Citroen Xsara’s hubcaps. First we will see how to remove the wheel covers from a vehicle, then how to install the new ones.

How do I remove the hubcaps of my Citroen Xsara?

Let’s go, we’ll show you how to remove the hubcaps from your Citroen Xsara. This is one of the easiest maintenance procedures, nevertheless many persons don’t know how it works and don’t dare to force on their hubcaps for fear of damaging them. The truth is, hubcaps are simply 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 Citroen Xsara. Once unclipped 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 procedure on the other wheels to remove all the hubcaps from your automobile.

Fit hubcaps on my Citroen Xsara

Last step of our tutorial, we go to the phase of reassembling your hubcaps. Nothing could be easier. You just 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 Citroen Xsaraand put little punches or mallets all around the hubcap to clip it on the rim. Finally, you just have to carry out the same procedure on each of your wheels to conclude the job.
You are now able to remove a hubcap on your Citroen Xsara and put new ones on.

If you wish more tutorials on the Citroen Xsara, go to our Citroen Xsara category.