Dear Oppo, these trim clips are the best thing ever.

"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike) 10/23/2019 at 18:29 • Filed to: Trim clips

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I just used the last 2 I had to reattach the front splash shield under mom’s car when she hit something in the road (no other damage, it just popped her splash shield out and the original clips were lost) and it reminded me how easy they are to use and how much I like them!

Buy these if you need trim clips - no tools required to install them or remove them (though SOMETIMES you might need a flathead screwdriver to pop them back out when they are latched in). They hold tight, they’re cheap, and they are pretty easy to find!

If they are, indeed, a GM-style clip and GM came up with them...well, good job GM!

It’s been about 1.5 years and they’ve been holding my rear mudflaps on nice and solid since I had to take them off one winter to fit slightly larger-than-factory tires!

gin-san - shitpost specialist > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/23/2019 at 18:55

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They remind me of drywall anchors. It looks like they work the same way...

vicali > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/23/2019 at 19:04

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N ever met a part I couldn’t cable tie back on.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > gin-san - shitpost specialist 10/23/2019 at 19:04

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Could be!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > vicali 10/23/2019 at 19:08

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Oh, don’t worry...there is a stash of those in my passenger side door cubby. That is what I used to lash up mom’s splash shield until I got home and used the trim clips to put it up proper. The zip ties worked, but even tightening them as much as I could, it was still a lot more loose then with the trim clips!

404 - User No Longer Available > gin-san - shitpost specialist 10/23/2019 at 19:29

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“Well GM might not be the first to invent the drywall anchor, but they are the first to realize its potential as a bumper mount... the bump-anchor!”



(sorry.. that was a horrible attempt at an Archer reference... lol)

jimz > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/23/2019 at 19:32

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“push pin retainer.”

honestly I prefer plastic scrivets; they install much the same way but you release them by unscrewing with a Phillips screwdriver instead of prying on shit.

Thisismydisplayname > jimz 10/23/2019 at 20:48

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Until you follow some Jamoke that stripped the screw head....  

Nick Has an Exocet > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/23/2019 at 21:39

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I have a box from Amazon that contains an assortment of 16 different types!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > 404 - User No Longer Available 10/23/2019 at 22:02

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I love that show, although I am really behind on it...the last season I saw was the one that ended with Archer being half-drowned in a pool...?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > jimz 10/23/2019 at 22:02

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Experience says you rarely have to pry on these!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Thisismydisplayname 10/23/2019 at 22:03

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This is exactly why I hate the screw kind of clip...there were so many that wouldn’t release when I was doing my fog light install and trying to get the bumper off...I had to pry on THOSE more than I did these!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Nick Has an Exocet 10/23/2019 at 22:04

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I had a mini-pack that contained some of these and a few other types ! I vastly preferred these kind and then went out and bought this separate package of just these!

404 - User No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/23/2019 at 22:14

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Oh that was like several  seasons behind... in the middle there were a few that was when Archer was in a coma.

punkgoose17 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/23/2019 at 22:14

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These are on my wife's '04 Saturn they are better VW and Hyundai clips I've had to fight with.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > 404 - User No Longer Available 10/23/2019 at 22:20

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Yup, this I knew! Just haven’t had the drive to catch up on it yet, haha!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > punkgoose17 10/23/2019 at 22:22

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Well, there are several on my and mom’s Hyundais now, haha!

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/24/2019 at 00:14

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ha.....at work we use them to hold the cooling fans in place

ive no idea why they have a philips screw head tho as theres no way to unscrew them once pushed in

pip bip - choose Corrour > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/24/2019 at 03:49

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92138627 or 11589292 or 11589293 or 11589294 i wonder?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/24/2019 at 06:05

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Part numbers?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 10/24/2019 at 06:06

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The ones I have just have a nice flat top that sticks out enough for you to grade with fingers/fingernails if you want to pull them open!

pip bip - choose Corrour > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/24/2019 at 06:09

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yes,  GM part numbers