Good point. Pulling away from where the clips are located can bend the
inner steel backing of the rubber trim piece. You can always
straighten them back up. But you can avoid that extra step by pulling
at the areas closer to the clips.

BenT

On May 16, 2010, at 6:10 PM, Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 1:28 PM, zzyzx <zzyzx9@gmail.com> wrote:
>> How does one remove the ornamental black rubber strips covering the
>> 13mm
>> bolts on 1980 Westy front bumper.
>>
>
> What BenT said, and also in a situation like this I try to find the
> spots where the clips are and pull straight out right at those spots
> so that you don't give yourself enough leverage to damage the rubber
> or twist the clip too much.
>
> mike