Grille Bezel Nuts?

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Will these break if I undo them with a ratchet and socket, or is there a trick? I snapped the studs on the park lights.
 

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Those are usually fine unless badly rusted. Those don't look badly rusted.
 

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Those are usually fine unless badly rusted. Those don't look badly rusted.

I got two of them. One is in a really awkward place. How do I pull that piece of trim off? It's stuck on there pretty good.
 

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I would try some sort of lubricant like wd40 or some type of lubricating or penetrating oil and then try to unbolt them, if I am correct they are just lightweight hollow nuts on a plastic thread so really if you wanted to, you could cut them off with maybe a tin snips if you put some pressure on it

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If you use the tin snips try to avoid messing up the threads on the plastic bolt

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I got it! WD40 and a small ratchet did the trick. Thanks, guys.
 

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