How to find replacement car trim clips when nobody knows the part number
Dealerships often cannot identify or supply exact replacement fasteners for vehicle trim, leaving owners unsure which of the hundreds of generic clip types to buy. This makes it nearly impossible to reattach loose interior or exterior panels without ordering a massive, expensive assortment kit by trial and error.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1taking the part to an auto parts store to look through their large assortment of alternative push pinsDid this help you?
- 2Searching online retailers like Amazon for general clipsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Need more of these, but no one knows what it is or where to purchase more.... even the dealership i bought the vehicle from!”source ↗
“I’m not quite sure which clip type it takes. So I’m asking for advice.”source ↗
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