2013 VE Commodore Sports Wagon tailgate latch

[Judd Toone]

I need your help. I'm replacing the entire latch mechanism (the button you press to open the tailgate - it comes with the lights and everything). I'm on the last stage but can't work out how to remove the switch housing from the chrome moulding - is it glued in (see photos). Advice?

 

[Dynamic Dazz]

I too wanting to know the answer to this as I want to re wrap the chrome and want it to tuck under switch

 

[shaunve]

The two stud looking things on the black section are actually bolts that secure the touchpad housing to the chrome mounding. Get a 6mm (I think) socket and unscrew the studs gently. The black housing will slide out from the chrome mounding with a bit of wiggling. Be gentle with everything because it's really brittle, especially when reinstalling the 10mm nuts through the back of the tailgate…