Head unit mounting issues.... how do I get these tabs off?!?!

[ridethepony 10+ year member]

Okay, so.. I know it's a piece of crap so please don't comment on that.. I'm WELL aware. It's all I really need for the amount of money I want to spend. Anyway, I have a Scosche in-dash installation kit for my 2004 F-150 pickup.. All is fine and dandy except it's time to remove those tabs that I don't need so the kit will fit into my dash. It says in the manual to simply "cut and remove shaded tabs".... but they are like a quarter of an inch thick plastic that I can't break off. How can I cut them off? I don't have any fancy tools or saws or anything so.. help?

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[Serpent710 10+ year member]

good scissor/dykes and sandpaper, about as simple as it can get

 

[beat-down69 10+ year member]

If you take a razor knife and go around the edge of it to score it then grab it and it should break right off nice and easy. Thats what i do.

 

[ridethepony 10+ year member]

If you take a razor knife and go around the edge of it to score it then grab it and it should break right off nice and easy. Thats what i do.

Thanks, I'll try that. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[SplAffair 10+ year member]

I usually take a pair of lineman pliers and cut them.... But I have also all Klein electrician tools...

 

[dbeez 5,000+ posts]

Honestly I just break them by hand they aren't that hard did one 2 days ago.

 

[bhsdriller 10+ year member]

everyone has some sort of steak knife, then sandpaper to clean it up