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Removing Molding clips
I know there's a trick to removing the clips without breaking them or
damaging the body. Any one remember? tia, -- Mel 77 Revived Bug & 70 Ghia Cabriolet www.geocities.com/mpernice PARTS FOR SALE: http://www.geocities.com/njvwclub/vwparts/index.htm |
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Mel P. wrote:
> I know there's a trick to removing the clips without breaking them or > damaging the body. Any one remember? > > tia, > The plastic ones? They have a tiny plastic pin in the center; punch the pin in IIRC and the clip will come out. Have to make new pins later:-( Speedy Jim http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/ |
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Speedy Jim is right and if you have access to the inside you can catch the
pin and reuse it. Dealer gets about $1.00 per clip I'm told. I used to buy them @ $0.03 each decades ago. So save them if you can! ;-) later, dave (One out of many daves) "Speedy Jim" > wrote in message ... > Mel P. wrote: >> I know there's a trick to removing the clips without breaking them or >> damaging the body. Any one remember? >> >> tia, >> > The plastic ones? They have a tiny plastic pin in the center; > punch the pin in IIRC and the clip will come out. Have to make > new pins later:-( > > Speedy Jim > http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/ |
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those clips are cheap, break them outta there and buy new ones, at least
on my 68 they were "Mel P." > wrote in message ... > I know there's a trick to removing the clips without breaking them or > damaging the body. Any one remember? > > tia, > > -- > Mel > > 77 Revived Bug & 70 Ghia Cabriolet > www.geocities.com/mpernice > PARTS FOR SALE: http://www.geocities.com/njvwclub/vwparts/index.htm > > |
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> Dealer gets about $1.00 per clip I'm told. I used to buy them @ $0.03
> each decades ago. > So save them if you can! ;-) Hm, thats expensive. They look like the ones on my Golf from 1990...... maybe they fit... anyone...? bye MIC |
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There were basically 2 types of plastic clips for the aircooled Beetles, fat
for the earlier types up to 65 or so and then the skinny ones for 66/67 on up. The skinny ones were also used on the Rabbits and Jettas too, but I am not sure about the A2s. :-( later, dave (One out of many daves) "MIC" > wrote in message k... >> Dealer gets about $1.00 per clip I'm told. I used to buy them @ $0.03 >> each decades ago. >> So save them if you can! ;-) > Hm, thats expensive. They look like the ones on my Golf from 1990...... > maybe they fit... anyone...? > bye MIC > > |
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