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I have a 2009 Vibe and it's been loosing body clips to the point that I've had a rear quarter panel flapping in the wind. I know nothing about cars, but is this something I could do? Where do I get them - how many?

There are very few holding my vibe together. If I have to pay $8 a pop for each one - 20 or so of them could get pricey.

aikanae wrote:I have a 2009 Vibe and it's been loosing body clips to the point that I've had a rear quarter panel flapping in the wind. I know nothing about cars, but is this something I could do? Where do I get them - how many?

There are very few holding my vibe together. If I have to pay $8 a pop for each one - 20 or so of them could get pricey.

Don't know myself BUT juniors Vibe snapped a few when he backed up too far over a parking stop (actually an old railroad tie) and the bumper started to hang. He just pushed it back up in it's place and it's been fine. This has been over two years ago! We still need a few clips/plastic rivets BUT not sure which ones and where to get them either. Sorry

They sell bulk packages of them at many auto parts stores for a very reasonable price,like 5 or 8 for $6 or so. If you can pull one of the fasteners off from the car, I've had to use pliers before, then you can take it in and match it up. You can also look on ebay for "Toyota fasteners" and see a bunch of different types.

Well it's bad enough the local car wash won't accept my car anymore. The front is seperated from the grill. I know clips are missing from all over. I think my worry is I'll take it to a shop and they'll over replace them at $8 each.

FWIW, my local Ace Hardware has a rather impressive selection of all sorts of different plastic vehicle fasteners located in the same aisle as the bulk bolts/nuts, etc. They are very reasonably priced too. I actually need to pick a few up for our Vibes as they're both missing a couple from the front wheel wells .