Interior Clips, screws & plugs

[PhopsonNY]

Hi All,

I am looking to find a full set of clips, screws and plugs that hold down the interior panels and fabrics of my car. Does anyone know where I can get this?

Before Christmas, I had to leave my 89 240sx with a recommended shop to get my stereo components installed. I had no time to do it myself before a 250 mile drive from NY to MA for the holidays.

The stereo install was only mediocre, they connected the rear speakers to the subwoofer output of the Pioneer HU. That was bad enough, but I later noticed that the lost a tone of the anchor devices that hold the panels and rugs to the frame of the car.

As a result, I hear many more rattles and bumps on the inside of the car.

I have searched with no success.

thanks

[M3thod_Man]

Bump this... I don't care how old this is I have the exact same situation (Except I"m the bad installer)... Is a junkyard the only way?

[Clatch]

No, I've seen various clips, plugs, and screws for interiors at Advance Discount Auto Parts, or AutoZone. I believe I saw them in the dent repair section.

[amolao]

You can buy them used (junkyard) or try to get ones that match from Auto zone, some of them are very unique, also check Lowe's....

[PhopsonNY]

I know this is old, but I thought someone might find this useful.

http://www.clipsandfasteners.c...5.htm

There are lots more useful clips etc on the site...

[asoomal]

You can try GENO, but I doubt you'll be able to get them in the states.

http://www.geno-inc.org/Englis....html

[CMG]

I have pounds of interior and exterior clips and bolts from 240s, taken apart dozens at the junkyard.

[Hoffman5982]

wow,theres been alot of bringing back old threads going on lately,but this is probably the oldest one.4 years....if this guy is still looking,im gonna laugh

[oLemurs]

dang i hate when im looking for something and all of the old links and pictures are just not working because this thread is so old.

[asoomal]

http://www.geno-inc.org/en/automotive.html

Try this.

[amc49]

I am always amazed at the people that think you can buy sets of pop type fasteners to fit specific cars, it shows a complete lack of understanding about how many of those fasteners change even during production runs of exact same model cars, they may have vendors of them from 5 places on the assembly lines. When I sold them in parts, people constantly refused to buy perfect replacements because they usually don't look the same and that equates with 'does not fit' in a non-automotive schooled brain, which is often a massive error there. Why I often was not as helpful as I could be, they simply refuse to accept the truth. Hey, make your search harder if you want by insisting the part must be 'exact', and prepare to search through literally thousands of the clips and pop fasteners as a result. They often break and even brand new Nissan ones a couple months old, they are INTENDED to do so.

As far as the missing pics go, you can thank Photobucket for that, they have dropped all 3rd party pic hosting unless you are stupid enough to pay $400/year, and they have actively disabled billions of pic links all over the web now, those will by and large NOT be coming back.

[oLemurs]

I am always amazed at the people that think you can buy sets of pop type fasteners to fit specific cars, it shows a complete lack of understanding about how many of those fasteners change even during production runs of exact same model cars, they may have vendors of them from 5 places on the assembly lines. When I sold them in parts, people constantly refused to buy perfect replacements because they usually don't look the same and that equates with 'does not fit' in a non-automotive schooled brain, which is often a massive error there. Why I often was not as helpful as I could be, they simply refuse to accept the truth. Hey, make your search harder if you want by insisting the part must be 'exact', and prepare to search through literally thousands of the clips and pop fasteners as a result. They often break and even brand new Nissan ones a couple months old, they are INTENDED to do so.

As far as the missing pics go, you can thank Photobucket for that, they have dropped all 3rd party pic hosting unless you are stupid enough to pay $400/year, and they have actively disabled billions of pic links all over the web now, those will by and large NOT be coming back.

im talking about bolts bud

[centralcoaster33]

I've had great success matching up any clip I've needed by taking my old ones into the parts store. Bolts aren't really mentioned much in this thread. Besides, bolts are considered reusable whereas all the plastic clips and stuff work best when only used once. I never bother with used parts for clips because they are worn. What bolts do you need? The lower edge of the door panel maybe? Or Dash bolts? The screws in the center console?
I tend to go to the hardware store for bolts (again, with a sample to match up threads and stuff).

[amc49]

Seriously, the parts stores don't carry 1/20 of all those clips and pops, but if one is willing to brave the main catalog of 500 different pieces you can often find pretty close to identical ones.

Yes, even if they don't break they are by and large intended for one use only and fit to the exact hole to often not work well in the hole right next to it. Measure the holes and you find out quick they are not nearly often the same holesize, or mispunched, the assembly line thing using dull tools to stretch the money. Why you get one tight in a hole and the next one it falls right out. The two piece ones with the pop-in center to tighten I've learned to simply buy correct sheetmetal screws to expand them out to be really tight if say under hood where appearance does not count so much. On bumper covers and such I simply do away with them to go to positive bolting methods like oldschool cars used. I look to replace or reuse those pops at a cost of 25 cents each, again I refuse to pay the average $1-$2 each pop this planet seems to think it needs for them (the actual stores commonly get them for maybe 20-40 cents a card, to give you some idea of the huge markup there). If I have to go to the higher cost then I make it a bolted joint at the same price.

I use Ace Hardware so much to rebuild major parts that have to be broken to get apart I need a stock option in the company. I use countless nuts and bolts and rivets to get assemblies back together after rebuilding them, they were intended to be thrown away and I simply refuse to pay for $100+ parts when I can fix them to often last longer than the OEM one for pennies. I have so many of those repairs on my 3 Fords I cannot count and thousands saved doing it.