Well, you have to try these things so you know what to do if and when the time comes don't you!

 

My handbook (page 175) shows a "Clamp for removing full wheel covers" (looks like a bit of wire with a loop at one end to hook your fingers through). I don't have one of these, maybe they are for cars with steel wheels?

 

What I do have is the tool number 2 on page 155 "Key for removing and installing the tail light" (photo attached) - which I guess is the "key" referred to on page 175 (as in "Unscrew the screws B with the key from the tool kit".

 

So how do I get the cover off - just a bit of bent wire coat hanger stuck in the little hole then heave it off sideways? Or is there a spring-loaded catch in there somewhere that I risk breaking if I use brute force?

 

 

Just over the page from here, in the other Rapid section is a thread (with loads of pictures) about upgrading to LEDS.  Pictures show full dismantling of rear lights.

Just over the page from here, in the other Rapid section is a thread (with loads of pictures) about upgrading to LEDS.  Pictures show full dismantling of rear lights.

Ta ever so - a bit of bent wire coat hanger it is then!