chuckster

As we all know the little nylon retainiers break often when removing the inside door panels... Worse is when molded black plastic that holds the nylon clips to the panel break..

When that little black piece breaks, there is no place to anchor the nylon shaft. YOu can try to glue the top back but it wont hold for long..

Leave it off.. then drill a couple of small holes in the base that remains.. Drill them on each side of the little plastic Strop or rib that the nylon clip rests on.

Then get Fast Plastic putty at Home Depot.. Knead up a small ball. enough to mold around the bottom of the nylon shaft..then press it down on top of the ridge (that is the correct height to fasten when the door panel is put back) Be sure to press the putty down through the holes you drilled. smooth it down with your finger on the underside as it squeezes through.. This give a mechanical hold as well as its normal adhesion properties..

If you need more clips they can be gotten here..

Female p/n - 10351053 male p/n - 10350983

Get them here :
http://www.clipsandfasteners.com/Sea...earch=corvette
I got a few from an awesome forum member..


Should look like this when done..

00Corvette

Fast plastic putty! Right on, thank you! I've been trying hot glue, clear silicone..all kinds of stuff. I've only got one broken one but still, now it'll be fixed.

DZ

chuckster

Good luck, easy fix for those cheap *** door panels..

Cratecruncher

I broke one for the first time the other day and will give it a try. Thanks for sharing!

rpm462

Great tip! Thanks

AntonioZ06

Quick question, when this stuff dries, how hard does it solidify? is it easily bendable/breakable?

i could actually use this stuff on my daily driver. The hard plastic mount inside the passenger mirror broke, so there's been no where to attach the mirror to inside the door. I was thinking of repairing it with a hard resin, but it would be too messy and difficult to shape properly

chuckster

Its like soft putty for about 10 minutes.. Holds its shape regardless of position.. more than enough time to manipulate it.. Then it turns to a very hard stone like composition.. No bending or breaking.. Stuff is amazing!

You can drill it and tap it as well!!

Redvette_22

Just ordered mine from "Clips & Fastners" they seem like great people, and prices are right if the info I was given by them was correct.

rustyguns

i broke a bunch and had to rebuild the mounts with a think epoxy and pop cycle sticks

they will never break now !!!!!!!!

C5 StockSwap

Chuckster, this is pure genius! I stumbled across this thread while I was searching the fastener part numbers. I have at least three broken off that need to be fixed. My doors are off right now while I'm fixing DCM relays. I will be trying this before I reassemble everything. Thanks!

Gadget01

Chuckster- thanks for posting, it saved me lots of time. I found my driver side panel is without 4 of these fasteners- completely missing, and one of them is broken. No wonder it felt like the panel was barely holding on. I have a package of new ones on order now with minimal searching.

C5 StockSwap

Finished my repair using QwikPlastic and it came out great! Thanks Chuckster!!

craig04c5

AntinoZ06 If this is Kwik Plastik from JB weld, it is not meant for structural use as stated on the package. I used it to repair one of the four attaching screw pieces on my console lid. It would not hold. It does dry as hard as cement and is good for building up plastic that has broken. I imaging it worked for Chuckster because of the holes he drilled in the base so the putty could act as a rivet. What does work really well for structural uses is JB Weld Quick which you mix equal parts like an epoxy (liquid not putty) and is how I repaired my mirror mounting pins that broke. It is the only thing I have found that works for structural plastic repair. You can get it at Lowes and most hardware stores.

C5 StockSwap

I did use Kwik Plastik from JB Weld for mine as I couldn't find anything called Fast Plastic at HD or Lowes. Based on the result I think this putty will work fine for this application. I did drill the holes as suggested and also wrapped the putty around the bottom of the base towards what was pressed through the holes. So far so good.

2001RedMetallicC5

My speaker grill got knocked in and when I took my door panel off to push it back out, I noticed a problem..... one of the plastic tabs are broke, which I can live with, but the holes in my fiberglass inside door skin, where the female retainer snaps, looks like the have became enlarged, and the female piece pulls right out..... I have new male and females ordered, but I imagine they'll do the same thing..... should I JBWELD the females to the door?? My only fear of that is them breaking of more fiberglass..... anyone else had this problem or have suggestions on a solution??

2ndLS1

I just did two of the male pieces on the C5 I bought last month . Should be similar as the female pieces.

I used a two part epoxy I got from work. JBweld likely work well also, or maybe the stuff mentioned in OP also.

One thing to be careful of is the alignment of the pins/receptacles. From factory the pins can move around a bit to allow alignment. You can't do this easily if fixing them with epoxy or similar. So be careful that you align them as perfectly as you can. And be careful to not get any in the female hole!

tommypenguin

Thanks boss will give this a shot at some point in broke one mounting tab a while ago.

C422

As a quick update, the female part number is 10351052 as of 1/22/2017.

Vetteman Jack

Thanks for the good information on this.

Fast one

Never heard of Fast Plastic putty, sounds like something I'll like. Thanks for sharing.