Whether our car is old or brand-new, we tend to appreciate to keep it in good conditions, whether externally or internally, taking good care of its car will allow you to sell it with less effort and higher priced. Whether it’s simply because you want to sell your car, or because your hubcaps are cracked, changing hubcaps is not a very complicated action. In this specific article, we will explain how to remove an hubcap on my Lexus ES. To achieve this, first, we will help you to choose the wheel hubcap for your car, then, how to replace them, with the removal of the wheel hubcap from your vehicle, then the fitting of the new ones.
How to choose the hubcaps of my Lexus ES?
It is significant to know that the wheel covers of your vehicle are only cosmetic, they have no effect 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 protect your metal rims that are hidden behind them. Nevertheless, dependant upon the level of quality of the wheel cover of your Lexus ES, they will protect them more or less well. Be aware that hubcaps only cost between 20 and 60 euros most important to choose them will be to have a look at the size of your rims to choose the right specifications, you will have this info on your tires (example: 14 inches, 15 inches, 16 inches). The other important things to take in consideration will depend on your tastes , the goal, if you want to resell your Lexus ES for example it may be important to remove your damaged hubcaps and replace them with the original hubcaps to make your automobile as attractive as it can be.
How to replace the wheel cover of my Lexus ES?
Now let’s move on to the section that you’re almost certainly most excited about, how to change your Lexus ES’s hubcaps. First we will see how to take out the wheel covers from a vehicle, then how to set up the new ones.
How do I take out the hubcaps of my Lexus ES?
Let’s go, we’ll show you how to remove the hubcaps from your Lexus ES. This is one of the easiest maintenance actions, even so plenty of people 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 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 Lexus ES. Once unclipped you should be able to remove it by pulling it to you. It is just fixed by small plastic lugs that have just lodged in the rim flange. Repeat the process on the other wheels to take out all the hubcaps from your vehicle.
Fit hubcaps on my Lexus ES
Last step of our article, we move forward to the phase of reassembling your hubcaps. Nothing could be simpler. You simply have to situate the inflation nozzle of your wheel, align it with the notch on your hubcap, present the hubcap in front of the rim of your Lexus ESand put tiny punches or mallets all around the hubcap to clip it on the rim. At last, you just have to do the same operation on each of your wheels to finish the job.
You are now able to remove a hubcap on your Lexus ES and put new ones on.
If you want more guides on the Lexus ES, go to our Lexus ES category.
