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Probably an option costing £650.
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Check wife’s wardrobe - she’s sure

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Check your wife’s wardrobe - she’s sure to have an allen key !!!
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Check your wife’s wardrobe - she’s sure to have an allen key !!!
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Use correspondingly small allen key

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Use a correspondingly small allen key to hook the centre cap out.
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Check your wife’s wardrobe - she’s sure to have an allen key !!!
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Use a correspondingly small allen key to hook the centre cap out.
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Thanks everyone — I bent a large paper clip and it worked perfectly .
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Hi everyone, I have a set of coloured central wheel crests that I want to swap over for a non-coloured set . Please can you tell me how to remove and refit these central wheel crests . Do I need a special tool to pull the current crests out , and will the substitute crests just press firmly and securely into place ? The owners manual doesn’t appear to have any info on this matter . Thank you

POST 2Original post

There's a small hole in the crest. Use a correspondingly small allen key to hook the centre cap out. The new ones just push back in. Remember to align the point of the crest with the tyre valve, otherwise the OCD anals will want blood for breakfast.

POST 3Original post

I made a small tool out of a wire coat hanger - simply bend to match the two holes.

POST 4 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Thank you both ….. I am most grateful and am now in search for either an Allen key or a coat hanger !!

POST 5Original post

There is usually a tool in the car for this, a small hook with a circular holding thing. Just checked and the Porsche doesn’t have the tool, but both our Audi TT and BMW have one. Probably an option costing £650. Edited by TTmonkey on Sunday 20th August 18:11

POST 6Original post

4 quid from Amazon…. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Removers-Tool-Center-Twee...

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carspath said: Thank you both ….. I am most grateful and am now in search for either an Allen key or a coat hanger !! Check your wife’s wardrobe - she’s sure to have an allen key !!!

POST 8 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Thanks everyone — I bent a large paper clip and it worked perfectly . Swap over done ! Thanks again .

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