Thread: plastic trim on rear door fell off, please help

Originally Posted by Wraith888

How do those clips work? That picture isn't very clear and I thought I just slide the part into the rail on bottom and used the tape on the top.

(I still have yet to put mine back on, I've been procrastinating).

Thank you in advance.

They twist/lock into the metal rail, with the expanding side in towards the door. You slide the expanding clips into the holes on your door and push the post in the back spreading the clips out and holding the whole shebang in. I went to the stealership and was given a quote of $7.95 EACH for the stupid things. How GM went bankrupt charging that much for little plastic clips I'll never know. You need 5 each on the front doors, I have no idea how many you need for the rears.

Originally Posted by Wraith888

So are you saying that these clips will hold the panel on without any tape? You just use the tape to add strength to the clips?

The clips hold the rail onto the door. If you look at the bottom of the panel you'll see that it is made to slide up under the bottom part of the rail, holding the bottom of the panel against the door. The tape holds the top of the panel on.