Those PITA flare clips, figured out a trick to get them out

A while back I removed my flares due to excessive rubbing, I figured I'd remove the clips as well. If any of you have attempted this you know it's a huge pain in the ass. So naturally I said fuck it and left them in, ran around with the little blue and orange clips looking shitty. Today I got around to removing them and sanding them down for a color match, I figured out a trick.

Simply rotate them 90 degrees and remove. You'll end up screwing the head up but if the end product doesn't re-use these clips you'll be fine.

This only works for the rectangular holes like this.

 

Agreed, simple twist