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Yesterday I was a installing grounding/voltage stabilzer kit and noticed the front bumper cover was loose. Upon futher inspection there were about 10 plastic push-in clips/screws missing from the bumper cover, lower engine covers and fender wells. Luckily I had some at the house and replaced them. The only thing I could figure is with all this ice and snow I'd been driving on it had knocked them out. The rear bumper and fender wells looked fine. Left front fender well was rubbing on the wheel and guess it was lucky it didn't get fall off and cause some real issues along with the lower engine covers. I was expecting 2 or 3 to be gone but not that many. I guess with this rough weather it's something we all need to check on. FYI I did need to fix my mini van and mazda with same issues but not nearly as bad.

i noticed that over the summer when i did the clutch change. it's real brittle plastic so the bumps in the road can make them fall out.

mine are all gone too. is it important to replace them?

it keeps the panels from flapping around in the wind and vibrating against other stuff. the wheel well shields cant fall out cause they have 3 screws in one spot.

Quote, originally posted by Guitarheroal »mine are all gone too. is it important to replace them?Yes, but zip ties would work just fine

excellent! i have a ton of zip ties that i can use. thanks for the suggestion!