https://www.hondapartsnow.com/genuin...2-sea-003.html

These are the little bastards that stopped me short today. Everywhere I look people are saying the quickest way to change them out is to break them... Grr. I don't want to have to buy some replacements.

Part L: ( TF09E4DJ18526234602KBAT00 )

 

I don't think it's a matter of the "quickest way to change them"... but more of the fact that, unless you can somehow pinch the tabs on the other side, the clips are basically one-time use only clips.

Maybe... and I do stress, "maybe"... you could remove everything else, down to the last 'L' clips, then pull the fender liner out of the wheel well to give you access to the back side of the clips.

The issue is... can you get enough clearance without damaging the liner ("white stressing," permanent crease or straight up breaking).

In the end, it'll probably be a better choice to pony up for the replacement clips.

 

I even thought of taking out the inner one as it is most accessible with the little body piece taken off. Then I could get in behind the liner and pop out the other two. If I'm lucky...

Do places like NAPA and CarQuest carry these things?

 

I'm kinda doubtful about it.

Napaonline definitely doesn't have a product under part #90682-SEA-003...

While they probably do sell clips, the question is... will they have the right size and type. I mean, just look at the links you provided. In that one area alone are 3 different types.

 

Right tools for the right job, my friend.
These tools are P/N matched with the fit's service manual

Oem recommended non-marring pry tool kit

$30.00

Clip pliers

Also OEM P/N $40.00

 

That graphic is so bad that I cannot be sure what we are talking about, but I have never had any trouble removing any clips from, for example, the wheel wells or the plaster cover under the engine. The clips that I am referring to are plastic with a piece in the center. To remove the clip, you either pop the center piece into the clip, or you pry it out of the clip.

Is there another type of clip?

 

Yes they are a different clip.

This is an aftermarket one:
They go through the bottom of the inner fender and through the body, and then the little black trim piece pictured below screws into the center of it.

 

that pry tool that pyts linked is prob your best bet

in the event of breakage, mentally prepare yourself to buy replacements (hopefully cheap clips)

 

I bought 3 from the dealership. They come overnight. Peace of mind just in case!

 

https://www.princessauto.com/en/deta...et/A-p8248494e



I've pulled the front fender liner clips with the tools above. Luckily I had extra clips on hand that I mass purchased for another project.

 

Thats a pretty cool plier set too! N thanks for backing me up there Mr.Charger. those pliers and pry tools are top knotch and I have them with me every single time I mess with body and interior panels. The pliers work on every kind of push in clip. The front of the jaws are
angled and shaped in such a way that it slides under the base or "washer" part of the clip and then pulls the clip into one of the rounded holes.
the pry bars are truly truly non-marring. You gotta be careful not to scuff them up on metal, theyre just the right stiffness to give good leverage without breaking anything or breaking themselves. The authentic japanese ktc tools (part of nepros, aka the japanese snap-on) impressed me so much that when i built my toolbox I painted it pink, hah.

it seems in this situation that we're discussing GM style screw in trim clips. Its kinda a shotty design because the screw to open and close the legs of the clip.. well, it screws in and out. Which can cause the whole clip to spin.. so no progress
The pliers even help with them by gripping under the washer part to keep it from spinning while you loosen the screw





if we're talking about that, for lack of proper nomenclature, edge guard, my car doesnt have that stuff. Nonetheless, it can be removed safely with pry bars. Just jam a flat one in at a tight part where you know a clip is...