Door Card Clips

Rp61973 · 24th April 2019, 16:07

I am just calming down after buying some of the white plastic door card clips off Fleabay and finding out that they are completely *@"!ing useless!

The door cards are a faff enough to fit, getting the flange along the top rear of the card to engage behind the metal clips behind the waist seal. After getting it in position, I found that each plastic clip self destructed as soon as you tried to push it in the respective hole.

The door card is on (just) for now, but I want to sort this properly. I have a bag of 20 "Christmas tree" style clips for the hole near the door button. These are yellow plastic and seem OK. Could anyone recommend where to get the white plastic clips that preferably don't break.

trikey · 24th April 2019, 16:33

Rimmer brothers, nothing else works on the top of the door card.

Rp61973 · 24th April 2019, 16:44

Thanks Trikey. The Rimmer clips are £2.22 each + P&P, so hopefully they won't break at that price!

MSS · 24th April 2019, 16:45

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Originally Posted by Rp61973

Thanks Trikey. The Rimmer clips are £2.22 each + P&P, so hopefully they won't break at that price!

Trikey is absolutely right - the originals from Rimmers work and are more like nylon than brittle plastic.

They work brilliantly and are well worth the money.

markypicks · 24th April 2019, 17:00

i purchased some of e bay prob same as yours (arrow shaped at the end) as they were a nightmare to get on to hold .. i found out that if you used a pair of small snips and took a slight bit of either end they worked a treat .. just a thought .. rgds mark

Rp61973 · 24th April 2019, 19:04

Just bought 8 clips for the driver's door plus a new escutcheon from Rimmers. £7 postage + £6 VAT on top. Total cost for 8 plastic clips and an escutcheon £36. Ouch.

trikey · 24th April 2019, 19:20

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Originally Posted by mss

Trikey is absolutely right - the originals from Rimmers work and are more like nylon than brittle plastic.

They work brilliantly and are well worth the money.

Polyoxymethylene if you want the correct type of plastic

Rp61973 · 24th April 2019, 19:37

Whereas the cheap Fleabay items are made from cream cheese.

MSS · 25th April 2019, 18:25

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Originally Posted by trikey

Polyoxymethylene if you want the correct type of plastic

Thank you - although knowing it doesn't help much as I cannot say the word!

24th April 2019, 16:07	#1
Rp61973 Loves to post Rover 75 CDTI Classic Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Galleywood Posts: 374 Thanks: 80 Thanked 67 Times in 45 Posts	Door Card Clips I am just calming down after buying some of the white plastic door card clips off Fleabay and finding out that they are completely *@"!ing useless! The door cards are a faff enough to fit, getting the flange along the top rear of the card to engage behind the metal clips behind the waist seal. After getting it in position, I found that each plastic clip self destructed as soon as you tried to push it in the respective hole. The door card is on (just) for now, but I want to sort this properly. I have a bag of 20 "Christmas tree" style clips for the hole near the door button. These are yellow plastic and seem OK. Could anyone recommend where to get the white plastic clips that preferably don't break. __________________ 2006 Rover 75 CDTI in Starlight Silver 1973 Rover P6 3500 in Monza Red

24th April 2019, 16:33	#2
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,773 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	Rimmer brothers, nothing else works on the top of the door card. __________________ Lest we forget..

24th April 2019, 16:44	#3
Rp61973 Loves to post Rover 75 CDTI Classic Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Galleywood Posts: 374 Thanks: 80 Thanked 67 Times in 45 Posts	Thanks Trikey. The Rimmer clips are £2.22 each + P&P, so hopefully they won't break at that price! __________________ 2006 Rover 75 CDTI in Starlight Silver 1973 Rover P6 3500 in Monza Red

24th April 2019, 19:04	#6
Rp61973 Loves to post Rover 75 CDTI Classic Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Galleywood Posts: 374 Thanks: 80 Thanked 67 Times in 45 Posts	Just bought 8 clips for the driver's door plus a new escutcheon from Rimmers. £7 postage + £6 VAT on top. Total cost for 8 plastic clips and an escutcheon £36. Ouch. __________________ 2006 Rover 75 CDTI in Starlight Silver 1973 Rover P6 3500 in Monza Red

24th April 2019, 19:37	#8
Rp61973 Loves to post Rover 75 CDTI Classic Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Galleywood Posts: 374 Thanks: 80 Thanked 67 Times in 45 Posts	Whereas the cheap Fleabay items are made from cream cheese. __________________ 2006 Rover 75 CDTI in Starlight Silver 1973 Rover P6 3500 in Monza Red

24th April 2019, 17:00	#5
markypicks Gets stuck in rover 75 saloon cdt club se re map 160 bhp Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: sheffield Posts: 558 Thanks: 227 Thanked 169 Times in 135 Posts	i purchased some of e bay prob same as yours (arrow shaped at the end) as they were a nightmare to get on to hold .. i found out that if you used a pair of small snips and took a slight bit of either end they worked a treat .. just a thought .. rgds mark