In the process of removing my front and rear bumpers numerous times and just other assorted things I have done to my car I have broken quite a few of these plugs:



Anyways, I went to the dealership today to buy some more and the parts guy comes out holding a bag of 10 of them and said, "$2.48 each". I was like what?!?!? $2.48 for a little piece of plastic? And then I figured out that he was talking about the whole bag for 2.48. And I was like, "Oh, you mean $2.48 for the whole bag?" He said, "Ummm no sir. $2.48 for each one." I laughed in his face and laughed to myself the whole way out wondering if anyone actually paid that much for a little piece of plastic.
Point of thist post is two things:
1) Don't buy anything from the dealership because that are thiefs.
2) What is the part number on the plugs and/or where can I buy them at online?

 

i dunno...i know sum1 who works there and i get them free...but b4 that i replaced them in certain places wit zipties...try oemacuraparts.com

 

www.sonsacura.com

 

Try this place.......

https://www.autobodytoolmart.com/p-10644-13086.aspx

They have a great catalog too......

I think this might be the clip too....


https://www.autobodytoolmart.com/pc-...3-sz5-003.aspx

search around in there until you find the right one

 

Yeah, you can get those online for about a tenth of what they wanted.

 

you can buy these at any part store, and they are very close to the oem. and they are ways cheaper.

 

i just ask the service rep when i went in for service if i could get some and he raided the mechanics and got me bunch for free

 

jack em from parked cars... haha.... ebay or hit up a junkyard and strip em from another acura.

 

ebay id: Park_acura actually works at a dealer and has an e-bay store. Send him a message and for something like this i'm sure he'll give you a great deal


If I caught you jacking anything off my car, I would shoot and then ask WTF you were doing after you were on the pavement.. But that's just me

 

^Yeah, you just don't fuck with another man's car. I know t0ast was just joking but I've had several cars vandalized and it sucks because you know you're probably never going to find the asshole that did it and cops don't care.

 

NY dealers charge 5 dollar per EACH!!!

 

Damn I should get into the manufacturing of these little plastic parts if the dealerships are selling them for 5$ each!! I could make a killing!

 

I gotta give that a try. And no more trying to pry them off when you have to take the bumper off again. Just cut them and put some new ones on when you're done. I'd assume they wouldn't work everywhere you need one, but would work on some places.

I got a few a while back and still haven't used them. My bumper is actually sitting right next to me on the living room floor (doing the 01-03 Civic fogs). The ones I got screw in and tighten by pushing the clips outwards and you just unscrew them to loosen them up.

 

nah man those "zipties" which are actually called wire ties are temporary, I used to do that on my civic since i had to remove the bumper all the time to adjust shit, and they snap after a few, but then again civics are notorious (ek coupes I mean) for the bumper flailing off

I remember seeing these on ebay, but I did a quick search and couldn't find em

 

if you think thats expensive ask the dealer how much for a hardware kit to mount an oem rear lip.....the guy tried to sell me the nuts and bolts for lik tens buck a pop....i laughed in his face and said i'll go to home depot and get enough nuts and bolts to kill myself for that price.....it was 100, if i remember correctly.....


also you may want to talk to some of the guys that have wrecked their car and are parting out.....

 

Jebus! $100.00 for nuts and bolts? That's insane!

 

I was just talking about using regular zip ties

 

I bought some from pep boys for my side skirts and they work fine.

 

try acuraoemparts.com

i was gonna go to dealership to buy 5 of those clips, and 2 rubber stoppers/grommets for the center armrest and he said it would be 30 for all those! i was off the lot in 15 seconds

 

i just wonder how many idiots have actually paid $2.48+ for these damn things.

 

every time i break them i just respace the rest lol...i may have liek 2 in teh front bumper

 

^^i do the same.....i have about three missing in the front....

 

just thought you guys buy be interested in buying the bag the guy held in his hand for half the price each
http://www.pointe-products.com/Items...+and+Fasteners

 

at first i thought this was a gas price thread.

 

A tenth? Then that would be $2.48 per bag!

 

 

That's awesome, thanks for providing my with a new sig.

 

It would be $.25 per clip, so 10 of them for $2.48.

 

Where are these found? Autozone, NAPA or other parts store?

 

^^Look on page 1, post #4 the first link is the bottom one the other one you have to surf around for but its not difficult to find