headliner clips

[1983mailbuwagon]

is there a way to get the head liner clips out without breaking them??

pulled my liner last weekend , broke everyone, have a parts car that im going to try to save the clips on since the wagon clips in the rear are no longer around

THANKS KEVIN

 

[Longroof79]

Kevin,
It's a crapshoot getting the clips off without breaking them. Some do and some don't. Here's a place that has them, but I think they sell them in bulk. http://www.car-pak.com/Fasteners/c22/p9 ... _info.html

Here's another source http://www.atrim.com/Page182.html

 

[1983mailbuwagon]

thanks Jack

I take those are for the back and rear side peices and i believe there is different clips for the front which has 5 and then there are the two that screw on??

 

[Longroof79]

Kevin,
The ones that go across the rear trim are unique. Car-pak shows both the ones that go across the front trim and the rear.
The front ones are used in all G-body cars, the rears are for the wagon only.
I believe you're right. There's 5- across the front and if I'm not mistaken, another 5-across the rear. I'll have to take another look at mine.
The headliner has been down for the last 2-yrs. I don't think it uses the same clips along the sides, but I'll take another look-see.
I think there's also a spring clip on each side toward the rear that helps support the headliner shell. Nothing screwed in.

 

[1983mailbuwagon]

Jack you are right about the spring clips. do you know if those are still around

 

[Longroof79]

Jack you are right about the spring clips. do you know if those are still around

Kevin,
I'm not sure about those. Are you missing them? I think I ended up not removing them...they're still in place as far as I know. I think you'd be able to get by without them.

BTW, there's only 4-clips along the rear trim. No clips on the side trim other than the 2-spring clips in the upper 1/4 window area.
The side pieces just kinda lock together and are also held up by the B and C-pillar pieces.

 

[cwp2]

This is timely info for me as I just pulled out my headliner this past weekend. Thanks.
Yet I seem to remember breaking plastic clips as I removed the rear side moldings along with the very rear trim.

 

[Bonnewagon]

Hey Jack, how in the world did you find those?!? When I did mine I was at a total loss, all I could do was use old ones. Next time! Thank's!

 

[Kansas Bu Wagon]

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I dug this up when I pulled the headliner in my (old) wagon.

 

[Kansas Bu Wagon]

Maybe you could change the title to something like: malibu wagon headliner clips. So it comes up first when people search in the future.