Interior quarter panel trim clips

[blubuckaroo]

I'm looking for the clips that hold the top of the vinyl interior quarter panel down cover down.
My search always comes up with the plastic christmas tree push on clips, but those are too large.
Where do I find these things?

 

[DirtDonk]

Got a pic of what you’re looking for? Or do you not have any at all?
We have our part #3457, but those don’t resemble “clips” really.
Sorry I’m not more familiar with the parts involved. None of my, or my friends Broncos had the panels. Never had the chance to mess around with them.

 

[AZ73]

They are kind of 3/4 pie shape that rotated into the vinyl slit opening, then snapped into the mount. Similar to this:

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It's going to be difficult to find the EXACT clip. This top almost always has a Christmas tree style connector. We supply connectors to body shops and I've NEVER seen this exact style. The hole is .281" (9/32" or 7mm) so for the clips listed above, the stem (without the branches) is .3125 (5/16" or 7.93mm). You may need to open your hole slightly since Ford upgraded their clips to all 5/16" in the late 70's/early 80's. You can try to find a similar clip or one you can modify the top, but that 9/32" stem is like a unicorn.

 

[AzBroncoGuy]

I went though a lot of grief trying to do the same thing. Here's what I did and it worked just great. Find some industrial strength velcro with adhesive backing. Not the usual wimpy stuff for sewing or hobby stuff. You want 15 to 20# holding strength. It's all over Amazon.

 

[.94 OR]

Any tricks if one wants to take the top off for the summer as well?