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Originally Posted by pesh
What is it about the design that does not allow the original painted molding to be reused and just the purchase / installation of new clips??
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It's a bit hard to explain verbally, but there are two tabs molded into the molding that are what the clips "clip" over. The molding being loose is almost always because those tabs have been broken off the back side of the molding, so the clips have nothing to grab onto to capture the spring that provides the force to hold it down.
New clips would have nowhere to go. The link is to a picture in my gallery that shows these tabs intact. 4 sets of tabs, 2 little tab legs each. A clip goes over each pair.
https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/al...ictureid=77546
I'll try and find a break later today to go out to the garage and take some pics of intact clips/springs on mine.