Originally Posted by
onehundred80
They are not normally there, but as you can see I was working on the car at the time. I cannot remember what exactly I was doing but the putty knife lifts the pin in the centre of the trim retainers and the pliers are used to grab the pin and pull it out. I have a plastic tool for that now.
Makes perfect sense to me. Needle nose pliers is what I used in the past to remove those pins. Only difference was I used a thin bladed screwdriver to lift the pin slightly until I could get the pliers underneath to lift/pry. And like you, I also have a plastic pin removal tool for this now.