Number Plate Light Covers.

[greyboy]

:D Does anyone know how to take the plastic covers off to change the Number Plate Lights ? The last one i did i could see no way to do it without breaking the cover and then gluing it back on.

[Johndouglas]

I changed a number plate bulb on my daughters Xsara just before MOT. I used a small bladed screwdriver on the edge of the plastic lens and it just popped out. Snapped back in on four little lugs.

[greyboy]

Thanks for the advice but the C5 seems to be different to the xsara. I have broken yet another cover on mine and have had to glue it back on. Still can't see how you are supposed to do the job. :P

[iannez]

if you look at the lens you will see it has a small hole ether side of it. use a small pointed pick and place the point in one of the holes and gentley lever it away from the light. the lens will fall off.

[greyboy]

:blink: Thanks for the advice.

[fatgut]

:unsure: That's right, the POINTED pick is the critical thing, a small bladed screwdriver just won't do it. The other thing I found was that I had to lever it what instinctively felt like the wrong way to get it to release, i.e. when you have got the point of the bradawl (if thats the spelling!) in the little hole you then lever it to release by moving the bradawl handle towards the centre of the bulb cover. Obviously it can't go at all far because the bulb cover stops it, but it only needs to go a little way to magically release. Works same for whatever side of bulb cover you decide to go for, also worked on my neighbours old shape Picasso as its the same bulb cover. This only took visits to one car spares shop, one local garage (who just destroyed it) and then finally a dreaded visit to the main dealer to buy a new one to find out how to do it. It's so easy when you know how. The car handbook description of how to replace it is woeful. Bet the French language version has it in full detail! Our car up until recently always had these little stupid jobs done on it at the main dealer, as it was a company vehicle. No surprise then to find when I do it for the first time that its clearly been done in a really hamfisted way by someone who also didn't know how, as there are scratches into the paintwork where someone has had a good go at it with the wrong tool. Hope this saves other people time and money!!

[seefive]

Just replaced both mine with very little trouble. I put a long thin Philips scredriver between the lens and the lip of the boot and gently levered up against the boot - they popped out easily with no damage to the car.

 

Getting them back is more of a struggle. Hold them on the lug one side and push the other until they click into place.