TAILGATE TRIM RETAINING CLIPS

[CitroAddict]

Have tried searching for a link to buying tailgate trim retaining clips for MK2, but each time I search I get a link is broken warning. I'm sure there was a post or 2 regarding this matter but I can't find them.
My trim is rattling big time & removal revealed missing & broken clips of two different types. cratch:

[Andre]

Is it these you are after? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-Citroen-Pe...4165d6f680

[CitroAddict]

Many thanks Andre, that might be them, will have to go back & look at vehicle to double check. I also found some through Amazon that look sligtly different (but similar!) and there appear to be a pair of different types that fix at the rear wiper motor housing.
Like most people I am loath to try main dealerships due to years of dissatisfaction.
Cheers! alut:

[philip]

I had to get them for my MK3 they cost 25p at a Citroen dealer.

[CitroAddict]

Following up the trim clips above - the ones you linked to are different from mine Andre. However, I have located some through autoclips.co.uk
Less than £3.00 for a pack of ten; too good to be true? Maybe, they are out of stock, but perhaps the company may of use to others here in the future.

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I had to get them for my MK3 they cost 25p at a Citroen dealer.

Thanks Philip, might just try that and shrug off years of cynicism. Main dealer only 2 miles away.

[landcrab]

got a pack for mine of ebay.cheap.

[CitroAddict]

I put my cynicism aside & went the the Citroen dealer, came back with 20 new clips for not much more than a fiver. They are a different shape from the ones on the vehicle but *work absolutely fine*. Have seen the same on Ebay/Amazon, hardly any price difference, BUT !> autoclips.co.uk - further visits to site revealed part out of stock & they said they would phone back. Never heard a thing from them, perhaps one to avoid.
*The Citroen clips*: As I have said these work fine but note this: when I put the first new clip in place it fell out as the fit is too loose; after a few expleteives the problem was solved by wrapping a short length of sellotape around the clip retaining lug to hold it in place. This could also be achieved by sticking a piece of bluetak in the lug. Once you have done this to all 14 clips the trim panel goes back on fairly easily.....
A few well placed screws would have been a better solution in the original design and easily breakable plastic cilps would not be necessary.

[mrak]

Just reviving a very old thread. Can someone confirm whether these are the correct clips for the tailgate trim (m59 - 2004 multispace desire)?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371030910486

I've replaced all that I could reach/haven't fallen out (10), and it's holding better than it was before, but some of them are still popping out. Maybe I need to use some double sided tape as well?

The panel was loose when I got the van, and these clips were already in the trim, but perhaps they were wrong to start and the cause of the problem.

[oilyrag]

When my rear window was broken by an idiot with a ride-on mower chugging past the man from Autoglass had a bag of Mini (the later Mini, that is) trim clips that fitted a treat and stopped the rattle that I had put up with for a couple of years. They've been there for 4 years now and not a sound........and that's after the rear screen has been replaced yet again.....

[mrak]

When my rear window was broken by an idiot with a ride-on mower chugging past the man from Autoglass had a bag of Mini (the later Mini, that is) trim clips that fitted a treat and stopped the rattle that I had put up with for a couple of years. They've been there for 4 years now and not a sound........and that's after the rear screen has been replaced yet again.....

Ah, so it sounds like the clips may just be a bit crap anyway. I might try to source some of these Mini clips! Thanks!