To remove those you have to push the center pin through the "rivet". If you look very closely you will notice a small round plastic pin in the center of the "rivet", use an awl (sp?) to push it through....if you do this gently enough you can reuse it (if you can find it). I did this when I installed the splash guards on my coupe and only lost 1 pin out of about 12 total.
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Thanks Bren, I'll try that.
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No choice but to break them, if you don't have access to the back side, correct? Hubby is currently trying to remove the plastic panel on the inside of the truck and it's secured with these annoying push rivets.
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I'm not sure if they're the same size the but idea might work the same. When taking apart the trunk trim I used a PCI expansion slot cover from a typical ATX computer case to remove the pin from the trunk side and lever it up. Taking your time on each pin and they just pop out pretty easily.
I used these because I had them handy and they were the only thing I could find that fit the job. You might have something else laying about to do it.
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I'll forward that to the hubby, but I dunno. The pins are completely flush with the rivets... Good idea, though!
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