Removal of the front suspension wishbone covers

[NZSpyderRyder]

Hello from the other side of the world, I live in New Zealand and have been looking in on this forum for around a month now, I have found it's the best one on the www.
I have only owned my 2013 ST Limited for a couple of months and have just started customising it. One of the jobs I would like to do is either paint or get hydrographics applied to the 2 plastic covers that cover the upper and lower wishbones on the front suspension.

The lower one (1st picture) is easy enough, but the upper one (2nd picture) looks as if you will need to remove the front shock.
Has anyone carried out this task ?

 

[Lamonster]

Yes you have to remove the shock. I dipped my upper covers.

 

[NZSpyderRyder]

Shock removal

I managed to remove the shocks, not the easiest job getting to the top bolts with my chunky hands, both covers are now away getting dipped.
Should have them back by the middle of next week, I'll post some photo's when I get them.

 

[Bob Denman]

We can't wait to see the results! :2thumbs: