Plastic Wheel Trim

[mel]

Hi Mel the same has just happened to me. Could I ask where you got the replacement from? Thanks

Yes. From the MG car dealer I got car from. Couldn’t get anywhere else.

 

[Nicky]

Yes. From the MG car dealer I got car from. Couldn’t get anywhere else.

Ok thank you, is it on order or have you received them?

 

[Flat top]

So having the new Mg Zs ev Trophy model, the plastic wheel trims are quite fiddly to get off if you need to change a wheel for puncture’s etc.
Being in the cold weather, the plastic to me feels like it would break if to much pressure is given.
As anyone tried taking them off yet.

Morning, may I ask how you are getting on with it? Any issues/faults. I've had one on order since November. There's a post on the forum where some are having problems with fast charging. One poor chap picked his up drove 12 miles & had to rapid charge (because the dealer had not done this). The car ended up being recovered back to the dealer . Not a good start of ownership for them.

 

[mel]

Yes. From the MG car dealer I got car from. Couldn’t get anywhere else.

Ok thank you, is it on order or have you received them?

Yes got them last week

 

[Nicky]

Yes got them last week

Excellent, I will contact the dealership today. Thanks for your help

 

[sido]

I don’t have this model but a lot of you seem to have broken them, are they fit for purpose? Most of us will need to remove a wheel at some point hence my question.

 

[mel]

Excellent, I will contact the dealership today. Thanks for your help

Welcome.

 

[Lovemyev]

Did you just pull on the trim to remove it, or did you use a pry tool behind the trim in the four locations, to get it started first ?.

 

[mel]

Did you just pull on the trim to remove it, or did you use a pry tool behind the trim in the four locations, to get it started first ?.

Yes I eventually made a slim piece of wood to go behind trim to pry off. Pulling straight off will split them

 

[drmcw]

Yes I eventually made a slim piece of wood to go behind trim to pry off. Pulling straight off will split them

There's a video waiting to be made.

 

[mel]

There's a video waiting to be made.

Cecil b damil eat your heart out

 

[TonyP]

If they need a tool then this should be supplied with the puncture repair kit, otherwise not fit for purpose.

 

[mel]

If they need a tool then this should be supplied with the puncture repair kit, otherwise not fit for purpose.

Exactly mate

 

[Vipar]

Hair drier to take off washing up liquid to put back on. Cable ties to stop the scrots from nicking em

 

[TheRoadrunner]

Hair drier to take off washing up liquid to put back on. Cable ties to stop the scrots from nicking em

Do people actually still steal wheel trims nowadays? That’s soooo eighties!!!!

 

[Whiskery]

Do people actually still steal wheel trims nowadays? That’s soooo eighties!!!!

That's true however with the financial climate now, some people might be tempted to dip into their dim and distant (and criminal) past.

 

[mel]

Hair drier to take off washing up liquid to put back on. Cable ties to stop the scrots from nicking em

No point knicking them. They only fit MG car

 

[N2STY]

No point knicking them. They only fit MG car

But they may make a good Frisbee

 

[Nutnut]

Do people actually still steal wheel trims nowadays? That’s soooo eighties!!!!

Yep, they do. So I think I will ask the dealer not to put mine on...if it ever gets here.

 

[Lovemyev]

Yes I eventually made a slim piece of wood to go behind trim to pry off. Pulling straight off will split them

@mel .
Do you still have one of the broken trims ?.
If so, could you please take a photo of the BACK of the trim, that will show the retainer clip locations ?.
This may give other owners a chance to study where the clips are located, then that will help them hopefully remove the trim without breaking them !.
If you just yank on the trim from the front, does it split the face of the trim or snap off one of the four retaining lugs ?.
Probably split the trim itself is my guess !.
I wonder how the tech’s in the garage intend removing them without breaking them ?.
Breaking / replacing them could turn out an expensive process if they are that brittle.

Thanks.