Working on my son's 1986 Firebird interior, hardtop. I've taken the w shield pillars off around the top window opening that helps to hold up the headliner. Now I've cussed them for a few hours and they're still not back on yet. I've broken two of the white plastic tabs that hold one of them in and can't find them anywhere. Any ideas or tricks to help or anybody know how to get the tabs out without destroying them? Thanks for all the good info I've gotten during this project.

 

After 20+ years, the plastic simply won't stand up to much. Break them and purchase new.

Check post #57 of the following link for a pic and part number:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...rvation-3.html

The part number is good at http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/results.cfm so I'd imagine that the piece can be picked up from your dealership.

Post #7 shows the new clips very nicely (and may provide a how-to):

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/v6/1...gin-clips.html

JamesC

 

Thanks James C. You guys at Thirdgen have helped me a lot and saved me so much time.