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Subject:Re: rear hatch panel clip removal on 90 Carat
From:Robert Cardo
Date:Sun, 2 Oct 2005 14:27:22 -0500

<<i hate to BREAK it to you, but those are one time clips. � if your
careful you might save 1/4 of them.. � � take your time, and don't
mess your hatch panel up.>>

Finesse and the right tool pays off in the long run .

They have been known to snap when dry rotted.
But are a servicable part.

<<In the end, after messing with them (for an hour >>

An hour?

Maybe 10 minutes max.

This is where a door panel tool works well, and will cut you me down to
nothing.

If this job took me an hour I'd shoot myself, and then the Van.