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How do I remove these from the lower Bronco Raptor skid plate?

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These don’t look like conventional plastic trim fasteners. There doesn’t seem to be a way to remove without scratching up crash plate? Any input welcome.

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They look like rivets, so the easiest way would be to drill them out. What are they holding on though?

Or they’re the plastic ones where you just push the center in then get a trim tool behind it and pop them out. Hard to tell.
 
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They look like plastic. They attach the top of the lower skid to the upper skid or frame member behind it I think. Not familiar with this type.
 

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They look like plastic. They attach the top of the lower skid to the upper skid or frame member behind it I think. Not familiar with this type.
Yeah I’m pretty sure you just push the center in, then get a trim tool behind the hole head and they should pop out
 
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So these are one and done type plastic rivet that need to be replaced with new ones?
 

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What exactly are you trying to do? These skids are on my wife's Raptor and I see no reason the rivet would need to come off.
 

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Acetylene torch.
 

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So these are one and done type plastic rivet that need to be replaced with new ones?
No. If they’re the ones I’m thinking of, once you remove them you can push the center part back out before installing them, then press it flush to lock them.
 
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What exactly are you trying to do? These skids are on my wife's Raptor and I see no reason the rivet would need to come off.
I’m planning to remove the upper and lower skid to do some bumper lighting upgrades but to be honest haven’t looked that closely at what these are attached to. I was just doing a little pre planning and thought these would be an issue.
 

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I’m planning to remove the upper and lower skid to do some bumper lighting upgrades but to be honest haven’t looked that closely at what these are attached to. I was just doing a little pre planning and thought these would be an issue.
No need to remove the rivets. 6 bolts to remove the skids. 2 of the bolts are shared between the upper and lower skid.
 
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That’s great news. Thanks
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