Re: How to remove plastic skirt

Charlie Brown wrote:
> Hi
> 
> 1996 E300D.  I have some rust appearing on the trailing edge of the
front 
> wheel arches and the leading edge of the rear wheel arches.  I want to
treat 
> the rust, but to do the job properly, I need to remove the plastic
skirting. 
> I can't see any obvious clips, so does anybody know how to do this
without 
> special tools?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Richard 

This assumes that the skirt is not glued to the metal.

Try slipping the blade of a paint scraper in 
between the plastic and the metal. Then
slide it around to see if you can find the points 
where it is anchored. If you find one
try bending the scraper away from the metal in an 
attempt to pull the catch out.

Good luck :-)