Gordon F Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Tools Needed Good quality cross point screwdriver Heat gun Ceramic bathroom tile Method Take out the 3 plastic interior boot panels Pull the boot seal away from the boot rubber area Cut or pull the old rubbers away from the metal backplates Holding the ceramic tile above the mounting bracket (to protect the exterior paintwork), heat the screw heads with the heat gun. There will be a smell of burning rubber as the backplates are stuck to the car with a rubber adhesive. The screws can then be undone relatively easily. Donts Dont try and undo the screws without heating them up. As well as the rubber adhesive, they are loctited in from the factory. If you try to undo them and round the head off, you are in the shit. They would then need to be drilled out. The replacement screws have hex heads so in future you will be able to undo them with a socket. HTH someone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 I used a hacksaw blade to cut off the old rubber stoppers, and then used it on the head of the screws to create a large groove. This allowed me to use a really big flat head screwdriver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piran Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Originally posted by Chase I used a hacksaw blade to cut off the old rubber stoppers, and then used it on the head of the screws to create a large groove. This allowed me to use a really big flat head screwdriver. I got one off nicely, and used this method on the other (as the head sheared on my screwdriver aftwer the first one ! just be careful with the hacksaw not to get the paintwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 mine just came straight away when I took the screw out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Man Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 where to get the replacement screws? I bought the rubber but it doesn't come with any and I drilled out 2 out of 4 screws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon F Posted August 2, 2004 Author Share Posted August 2, 2004 Get em from Toyota. Part No. T90159-50116. Princely sum of 38p each The point of the original post was to advise everyone to heat these screws up before trying to remove them. If you don't, you have a very high chance of rounding off the screw heads and having to drill / hacksaw them out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 What about a soldering iron? This would give a more localised heat on the screw but would it get hot enough? Could save potential damage to paint and trim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Man Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 Great, The nearest toyota dealer is 7 miles away and don't do mail order, collection only !!! China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 best thing ive bought all year!( well apart from my supra) mini blow torch from B&Q costing £19 the flame is very small so you dont need any tiles to deflect heat all that you need to do is pull the rubber away from around area your heating just to be on the safe side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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