Taillight clips

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Taillight clips

June 24, 2007, 10:53:50 PM

A couple of the metal clips on the driver's side taillight on my '87 T-Bird are broken and the taillight has a hard time staying put. Anyone have a couple they can sell?

Taillight clips

Reply #1 – June 24, 2007, 11:25:54 PM

Need a pic of the part?

Taillight clips

Reply #2 – June 24, 2007, 11:28:52 PM

Maybe for 83-86 clips. I would expect all 87-88 clips to be the same (part of them wraps around the plastic of the bulb enclosure and a small forked tongue in the center grabs the lens enclosure, and it's the tongue that breaks off)

Taillight clips

Reply #3 – June 26, 2007, 10:07:34 PM

SO you want the tail light bulb pigtail. Head on over to the parts store. You can get new ones there. I sell them all the time. Just make sure you take yours to compare. I know at work we sell them in Borg Warner and Calterm brands. You could also check the BWD site to see if they can give you the number. Here is the link http://www.bwdautomotive.com/ Maybe you can find what you are looking for.

Taillight clips

Reply #4 – June 26, 2007, 10:14:31 PM

I'm just talking about the little metal clips that hold the lens on...

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Reply #5 – June 27, 2007, 12:07:50 AM

OK, I still tell you the parts store they should be able to get them in Dorman or Disco brand. Maybe even the Dorman/Help stuff.

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Reply #6 – July 01, 2007, 07:44:32 PM

I'm looking for three or four clips like these:

Taillight clips

Reply #7 – July 02, 2007, 10:02:10 AM

did you find them yet?

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Reply #8 – July 02, 2007, 10:34:31 PM

quietleaf, PM me your address.

i rescued my broken tails from the trash before the trashman came this morning. managed to salvage 9 of these clips for you.

Taillight clips

Reply #9 – July 03, 2007, 12:08:27 PM

I think I might have some rust free kansas ones if you dont go with gumby

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Reply #10 – July 03, 2007, 04:23:45 PM

I already PM'ed gumby with my address so hopefully I'll be okay now, but thanks for the offer. I've snapped quite a few of them over the years.