sure, I bet the store bought ones are fine. But you how it is, you need to get something done and you grab a tool and modify it. cheers alistair On 2013-09-30, at 1:18 PM, Jim Felder wrote: > HF sells a set of upholstery tools for under 6 dollars that will get the job done IF your plastic fasteners are not too rotten. I bought a set of the Bus Depot replacements and am more satisfied with those than anything I have found. > > Once upon a time I went to the dealership for a set and they said that the cost of those was so high that they were embarrassed to sell them, and they stocked a lower cost alternative (I mean, can you grasp the full implication of this?). > > Anyway, their "replacements" were OK, nothing you couldn't get at a well stocked FLAPS but in a light grey to match the interior of my 90. > > Jim > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > I found them hard to remove until I got smart and modified a putty knife to make a version of the commercially available tool. I ground a slot in the end of the knife, large enough to fit around fastener, then the knife lodes between panel and tailgate and you can pop the fastener. > > Alistair |
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