Source for these carpet clips

[kcoyle]

I'm looking for a reasonably priced source for these carpet clips from the hatch area carpet. I am going to make the rounds of the FLAPS this weekend but if anyone knows of a cheap online source, hook a brother up. Color unimportant as I'm gonna paint them.

[P944GUY]

I just tried ordering the factory ones and they are no longer avail from Porsche, some companies may have the Porsche ones still around, so it would take a bit of calling around to the various places, but I just got some from auto atlanta , they are an aftermarket clip and look good, they have a smooth finish on the cap, so would be easy to give a light sanding and paint any color you like...they are I think $2.36 a piece, as compared to $6.00 for the Porsche ones. If your close to a NAPA they have carpet clips similar, experimented with 2 different ones, one was too big and one was just a hair to small and didn't go back to see if there was another one yet...

[CHICKS]

I've been looking too, always end up buying used ones that dont take long to break. Let us know what you find!

[bennkishh]

I always snag them from junk cars in the salvage yards, and ask members on the boards about buying them. They do break too easily though

[Gawernator]

I'm still on the quest for clips too... My poor carpet is hanging!

[ditch68]

My local Ace Hardware stocks some that are close, but not quite tight enough. Next size up is too big. But they work better than nothing.

Jeff

[kcoyle]

According to my cheap HF calipers the originals are 8mm. I eyeballed some "christmas tree" retainers as they are apparently called on my way home from work and they are too small. Being "frugal" and angry at wasting 5 bucks on nothing I heated them with a heat gun and pinched them with pliers so they are fatter one way. They now fit and hold fairly well but its still ghetto.

I believe this is what we really need. Its a close match, they even have the texture on the cap.

https://www.belmetric.com/a145-plastic-retainer-p-789.html?cPath=12_178

[Gawernator]

Nice, that could be a good part. I just ended up buying three of the clips from Auto Atlanta, I'll try those out. The Line 24 didn't seem to fit well... but they were $5 for a 10 pack and I'm sure they're useful for something..