Getting rid of leaves in nooks and crannies

[PuppaDuck]

I'm starting this thread to finally tackle the cleaning of those leaves/dirt/grass/etc that build up in those hard to reach areas. I know someone out there has a better solution than I.

The two areas that stand out on my R33 are:

1.) the area around the outside of the boot seal that flows water backwards off your car via the rear lights

I use heaps of pressure to get most of the dirt out of the sills, and try to hand pick the leaves out...but some still manage to build up behind the lights...

There has to be an easier way to clean in there without removing the lights/light surrounds...

2.) The area in the front quarters down the bottom towards the doors. You see these every time you open your door and look behind the hinges.

I use the crevice tool on my vac to get the obvious ones out but theres still heaps back there. Last weekend I got out the big blower/vac that I just got from KMart and blew the suckers around. The vac function didn't work cause the nozzle is too big. The blower only seemed to move them around. When I moved the car into the garage shortly after, I didn't find a single leaf on the drive - so nothing came out.

What do others do ?

[PuppaDuck]

I was going to try and take off the guard liners to get to that area but came across those plastic fasteners (scrivets ?)

I am wondering what type of tool I could use to pop these out without stressing or breaking them. The screwdriver didn't budge them - I only tried using light force to see what would happen. They look like they'd break before I moved the inner core outwards.

On a side note, I did notice that there looks like enough room in the guard to swap the standard IC for the thicker R34 version. (I'm interested in evaluating that upgrade if anyone else knows of it)