I think I’ve damaged a few myself, but if you slide a flat object along, I think you can find where the friction fit clips are located and focus your mild twist of a skinny shaft flathead on the clips, perhaps a little at a time on each.

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Past mb: '73 450sl, '81 280slc stick, '71 250, '72 250c, '70 250c, '79 280sl, '73 450sl, parted: '75 240d stick, '69 280s, '73 450slc, '72 450sl,