I've got a couple of cans of alloy wheel lacquer. I like the shiny ali look too. Will that work OK? @nobody will the lacquer survive the parts washer?
From memory, stabbed the centre caps and prised them out, removed the circlips, then used a small puller on the flanges. They didn't need much persuasion.
Any of the usual suspects - think I got mine from Heritage. They come in an attractive turqouise colour, which sets off a gold box nicely (see above)
No need to puncture them, just pray it off with flat screwdriver. You will also have dished washer under the circlip, dont loose them. Snotty gearbox is an early one (CA code) and does not have them - also early flanges are normally quite loose - yours more then likely will be tight and will put up the fight.