Whether our car is classic or new, we tend to appreciate to keep it in good conditions, whether externally or internally, taking care of its car will make it possible for you to sell it more quickly and higher priced. Whether it’s simply because you want to sell your car, or because your hubcaps are cracked, replacing hubcaps is not a very complex action. In this article, we will learn you how to remove an hubcap on my Toyota Hilux. To achieve this, first of all, 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 car, then the installation of the new ones.

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How to select the hubcaps of my Toyota Hilux?

It is essential to know that the wheel covers of your vehicle are purely decorative, they have no impact on the braking capacity, the traction, the acceleration 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 take care of your metal rims that are hidden in back of them. However, depending on the quality of the wheel cover of your Toyota Hilux, they will protect them more or less well. Be aware that hubcaps cost between 20 and 60 euros most significant to choose them will be to evaluate 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 other important things to take in consideration will depend on your tastes , the goal, if you want to resell your Toyota Hilux for example it may be real useful to take out your damaged hubcaps and substitute them with the original hubcaps to make your vehicle as clean as it can be.

How to replace the wheel cover of my Toyota Hilux?

Now let’s go to to the section that you’re most likely most excited about, how to change your Toyota Hilux’s hubcaps. First we will see how to remove the wheel covers from a vehicle, then how to fit the new ones.

How do I remove the hubcaps of my Toyota Hilux?

Let’s go, we’ll show you how to remove the hubcaps from your Toyota Hilux. This is one of the simplest maintenance actions, 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 Toyota Hilux. Once done you should have the ability to remove it by pulling it towards you. It is only fixed by small plastic lugs that have just lodged in the rim flange. Redo the process on the other wheels to remove all the hubcaps from your car.

Fit hubcaps on my Toyota Hilux

Last step of our tutorial, we move on to the stage 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 Toyota Hiluxand put little punches or mallets all over the hubcap to clip it on the rim. Finally, you just have to perform the same procedure on each of your wheels to complete the task.
You are now able to remove a hubcap on your Toyota Hilux and put new ones on.

If you want more tutorials on the Toyota Hilux, go to our Toyota Hilux category.