Date:         Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:24:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Rear hatch panel fastener options
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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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