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 help you to resell it without difficulty and more expensive. Whether it’s simply because you wish to sell your car, or because your hubcaps are broken, replacing hubcaps is not a very complex action. On this page, we will learn you how to remove an hubcap on my Mitsubishi Eclipse. For this, first, we will help you to choose the wheel hubcap for your car, afterward, how to replace them, with the removal of the wheel hubcap from your car, then the fitting of the new ones.
How to choose the hubcaps of my Mitsubishi Eclipse?
It is essential to know that the wheel covers of your vehicle are simply decorative, they have no impact on the braking capacity, the traction, the acceleration of your car. It will therefore be up to you to buy the hubcaps that you like the more. The only interest you can give them is to protect your metal rims that are hidden behind them. However, according to the level of quality of the wheel cover of your Mitsubishi Eclipse, they will protect them more or less well. Bear in mind that hubcaps are worth 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 size, 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse 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.
How to replace the wheel cover of my Mitsubishi Eclipse?
Now let’s move on to the part that you’re most likely most interested in, how to change your Mitsubishi Eclipse’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 Mitsubishi Eclipse?
Let’s go, we’ll show you how to remove the hubcaps from your Mitsubishi Eclipse. This is one of the simplest maintenance procedures, however a lot of persons don’t know how it works and don’t dare to force on their hubcaps for fear of damaging them. In fact, hubcaps are just 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse. Once done you should be capable to remove it by pulling it towards you. It is only fixed by small plastic lugs that have just lodged in the rim flange. Repeat the operation on the other wheels to remove all the hubcaps from your car.
Install hubcaps on my Mitsubishi Eclipse
Last step of our guide, we go to the part 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 Mitsubishi Eclipseand 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 finish the job.
You are now able to remove a hubcap on your Mitsubishi Eclipse and put new ones on.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Mitsubishi Eclipse, do not hesitate to consult our Mitsubishi Eclipse category.
