Helicopters

[LSNAutoDetailing]

How do you get helicopters out of the air vent grates?

I tried a leaf blower and that didn't work.

[North26]

Vacuum, tweezers, patently

[LSNAutoDetailing]

Isn't there a way to separate the top plastic from the grate?

[Ccrew]

Isn't there a way to separate the top plastic from the grate?

Depends on the car, but more often than not North26's way is the easiest and sometimes fastest. Especially when it's a customer car and that plastic can be old and brittle, you don't want to be buying a replacement because it broke on disassembly.

[Klasse Act]

I was back home in the D last week and those damn things were all over the place!

[dcjredline]

I was going to say needle nose pliers.

[SameGuy]

Yep, it's a late spring here and I was cursing the helicopter and cherry/crabapple blossom storms that the wind brought while I was trying to sheet-rinse cars this week!

[LSNAutoDetailing]

I was going to say needle nose pliers.

Problem is is there so dried out the minute you grab them they just crumbled pieces.

[parshooter]

Problem is is there so dried out the minute you grab them they just crumbled pieces.

Once they are crumbled pieces, it'll be easy to vacuum out.

[DZ302]

Ah maybe a vacuum would be worth a shot !