Plastic Panel Retainers?

[BGEagle]

When I installed the satellite radio in my wife's 2006 Avy, I had to remove some of the plastic panels. I need some new plastic retainers. Can I buy them at the Toyota dealership or somewhere online?

[Tom in Tacoma]

Go to your dealer's parts department - bring one with you if you can.

[inov8]

http://www.thecliplink.com/

[FLiPinoy]

the dealership will charge a few bucks a piece. I had to get a single clip for a panel on my armada to hold down on the bottom of my windshield and it was $3 and some change. no biggie. Did the job.

[BGEagle]

The "C" Pillar trim has three plastic clips and one metal one. It is extremely difficult to replace it once you get it off. However, I got lucky and found something that was not listed in the Toyota instructions. While it appeared that you could not remove it, the metal clip actually is removable. It has a plastic mechanism that holds it in place. I discovered it by accident. You can remove the metal clip along with all the plastic ones, mount them in the trim piece, then snap everything into place.

I hope this helps someone else because I struggled with the replacement until I accidentally saw that the metal clip could be removed.

Thanks again to all of you who replied to my earlier messages.