when i bought the GTR it was in pretty good nick but there were a few things needing done to make it functional. Fuel cap didn't release properly, boot lid struts were definitely dead and the front passenger side mudguard moulding was hanging off the wing. Not a huge deal as you can see below but annoying enough.
As part of the slowly slowly building up the car to be 'fixed' but standard I had bought some body clips to get the issue fixed but on checking the car the mechanic found that although I needed the body clips I also needed the moulding clips as well to allow the two wing and moulding to fit into each other. This was put on the back burner for a while as basically I was lazy. Fast forward a year or so and I started looking for the clips for the mouldings. I couldn't find them anywhere as a stand alone part though i could buy a complete set of clips for all the body mouldings but it was kerching.... Anyhow, I did a bit of asking around on the forums and somehow managed to find a part number which then lead to another of those GTR ownership moments. Yep you can get the part brand new in the UK / EU but kerching! So i searched the Japanese market and lo there were at a more sensible price and with postage to the UK I could get few clips for less than the price of one sourced locally. As it turns out, handy I did buy a few...
So with the clips in hand and about 5 months after I had actually received them today i tackled the problem. Moulding clips below and a spare body mount as well.
Since I do not have access to ramps at home a supplemental tool was required to locate the screws holding the bottom of the moulding to the car.
Doesn't have to be fancy it just needs to work :) So underbody fasteners removed (two of) and the two wing mounted fasteners removed
Pull the moulding off and tada there you have it. What this first picture doesn't show you is there are three body clips required
and it was only when I looked at the car itself that I noticed the three body clips looking all lonely for a moulding clip to fit
Another quick look at the moulding and yes there is the third clip position to match the body. Luckily i had bought more than the one clip I thought I needed. Zero clips in place originally (well from previous owner), no wonder it hung a bit out in the breeze eh ? So, three brand new clips in place and now to squeeze it back onto the car.
All back together again and matching the drivers side. Job done and knuckles and tools intact.
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