The heater comes new without any clips. It is held together by glue or
plastic welds. Once you split the upper and lower sections you need
something to hold them together again. That is what the clips are for.

There are other ways to hold the sections together again but the clips
are the VW way.

If your heater already has clips you can use them again.

Mark

Dan N wrote:
> hi all,
>
> I am about to replace the Front heater motor... on VC site they suggest to
> get the heater box clips. I didn't get to there yet.. so my question...
>
> are those clips (metal) break easily and need to be replaced? Could I
> re-use the clips or they a one time use items?
>
> thanks for you help
>
> dan
>