well i hated it since they clippy broke, spoke to my grandpa, and well he's a genius.
heres his idea for me.





i dont know why i didnt think of it!

1 piece of tubing cut down the middle
1 self tapping screw
4 minutes of your time

 

he has a 86 toyota pickup and he said its how he fixed his.
i figured i'd share that useful nugget of info, guess it'd work on any year though.

 

lmao, that's awesome!

Mine's half broke... the front part is broke, but the back of it is still there, so I've been just setting it in between it an the core-support, lol

but now I know how to fix it when that peice finally breaks


but what I'd do is remove what's left of the broken plastic clip and mount it there, instead of drilling a new hole

 

My grandfather was one of the smartest people Ive ever met. My grandmother would call him an "engineer without the degree". He was able to fix anything with whatever he had at hand. And it was always something wild like this that I never would have thought of in a million years. It just comes from living in a day and age when improvising was the norm, I guess, when there wasnt a part you could just go and buy at Wally World or wherever.

PS Im totally doing this when I get home tonight. Mine is broken too.

 

I'm lucky enough to have one that isn't broken, but this is worth compliments. Nice and relatively clean repair.

 

Another way to do it is with one of the metal 1/4" socket clips from HF. pull it off the socket tree and screw it to the core support. Nice idea though I love these cheap fixes.

 

When the one on my 4Runner broke i got a rod holder from an early 80`s truck, there metal and won`t break.

 

Great idea! While you were doing that, I went to the Toyota dealer and spent $3 for a new one!

James

 

x2. I dont really like the clip anyways, youve gotta pull hard enough to snap it out of the holder when I can just easily lift it up haha.

 

Mine's still there. '94 Pickup.

On a side note, a simple Plinth clip would have worked too. (from cabinetry)




About eighty cents at your local hardware store.

 

Who would have thunk a thread on hood support clips! I picked a few on my last trip to the pick n pull only to discover my new aftermarket over-sized R134a condenser blocks half of the clip hole. I considered installing struts but this thread gives some simpler and cheaper options. Thanks.