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Originally Posted by HPsauce
I'd be looking very carefully at the replacement to see how the "wood" fixes on
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I just looked at my spare and I reckon it should come off pretty easily without any damage.
It appears that there are a couple of spring clips on the underside near the outer edges on the long side opposite the catch.
These clips retain a couple of pegs that stick down from the cover. They can be opened from below with a screwdriver easily enough, but not with the unit installed!
I just freed up one of those on my spare by levering carefully from outside and it popped back in again afterwards; didn't dare try both!
My guess is that with those freed that edge can be lifted a few mm and the whole thing slid off.
Edit: Just popped both of the rear clips and lifted about 15 degrees, but there's something retaining the front edge still. I suspect some metal has been bent through the two small slots you can find in the plastic lid under the front edge. Brute force would probably deal with that!
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.).
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 23rd February 2019 at 12:22 PM.
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