Thanks for the tips. I only had one to do, so once you showed me how they work, I used a putty knife to get a little clearance and then used an old cheap dinner fork to pop it the rest of the way.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I work on a different industry that unfortunately use the same evil clips and have never been able to find a good tool until this video.
Hey flat rate master, a great trick ive learned recently is to use a small spanner/socket on those annoying clips that generally hold in wiring looms. A lot of people use needles noses or a pick to push them out but with this trick you slide the spanners closed end over the clip and it just pushes out with so much ease (socket does the exact same but the leverage of a spanner is nice)
@@whatfreedom7 you pay for service and ease of warranty, you pay for convenience of the truck being at work you don't gotta take your good time to go warranty out work tools. Sometimes when you want to warranty out a tool it can take a week for the package to come, you then ship it to the tool creator. And wait for your replacement. It's a mess and I'd much rather grab it off chuck with the truck for an extra 5 bones and a 10 minute conversation.
@@firsttimediesels6289 it’s easier sometimes and in my experiences it can be 2-3 weeks to replace a tool on the tool truck if they don’t have it on the truck.
Amazon has a great warranty, all you do is order a new one and return the old one in its place. A quick drop off at kohls or a ups store and your good to go 👍 I live in minnespta and the somalians that work for amazon take returns as long as something is in the box that even remotely resembles the item.
You’re the exact asshole that is the cause of so many one star reviews. People ordering stuff and saying that it was already broken, or missing pieces, or otherwise damaged somehow. Can’t wait until you order something important, and you get one of someone else’s returned pieces of shit. I gotta believe that you are typical selfish red blooded hick that’s never been 100 miles from where you were born, and your family tree is a bush. (that means that there is a lot of inbreeding, sorry to go over your head)
Took a rav4 bumper off over the weekend, and two flatheads worked surprisingly smoother than i thought it would, nothing broken. The specialized tool looks like the easy way if you're doing this often for sure though.
Matco sells a 4 piece kit like the two you shown @1:55 but they have slightly better handles. One small, one normal, one long and one curved. I got them Friday and I don’t know how I lived without them. They save me minutes sometimes dealing with those clips 😂 the sets like $60 it’s 100% worth it!!
Funny what we find entertaining! I liked this. And I just bought a bag of hundreds of assorted clips, so I don't have to worry about re-using them! Yay!
The best 3:19 minutes I spent all day. Not only funny "the bane of my existence" and educational. Since I only pop these things off on rare occasion some small rather flat wire strippers pried the one I needed off. Thank! Thumbs up!!!
i got a 3 piece set from mac, i love them, it came with a free 2 foot pry tool for clips also, seems ridiculous until you need to pull off a clip in an engine bay, or remove a sliding door panel. awesome. was only 56 bucks cdn when i bought them.
This was one of the most surprising videos ever. I would look up the first tool number then continue the video and he would say it was the next one then I looked it up and he said that it was the one he used to use by the time he got to the third i was near sure he would sneak in a fourth. Thank you for your help though, i appreciate it
In the motorcycle shop realm they are on 4 wheelers Yamaha/Suzuki/Kawasaki ect... as well and a pain especially after MUD caked in. Will be buyin them pliers for sure!
My most used clip tool for the slotted is my .99 screwdriver. I bent the tip at a curve and just pops the center right out. If they are stubborn I use the :50 lisle 2 prong style and don’t have many problems as long as they are slotted clips and aren’t jam packed full of dirt.
There are exact same looking ones of your new favourite plastic clip plier on Amazon under different names. I saw them some time last year and didn't know if they are any good. Now I know!! And will gonna get it!!
There’s an indexable fork style tool (unfortunately they only make it in the large u shape, not the tight V) that sk tools makes.. or maybe “made” (they just changed owners and dropped a bunch of products) Anyway the thing is awesome and gets clips out of tight spots. The Matco/Kd ones that you say “suck” actually are essential for me, when I run into those clips on german stuff that where all you have to get under the center of the clip are two recesses in the base of the clip
Very informative video. Really enjoyed the information you provided including the tools you prefer for clip removal. Thank you for puttting this together.
I have a small pair if Knipex hose clamp pliers.....6" ones or so. I use the tips to pull the center part out and then I use the hose grabber part, which fits nicely under the pulled head, to pull the clip out.
No one had done a simple video on how to fix a gap bumper SEPARATED an EASY way and HOW to REMOVE a bumper and place it back with simple steps front and rear!
I have a version of the last tool that you showed that my wife bought me off of Amazon for about $10.They are Chinese or Taiwanese but they’ve held up well. I originally used them as flush cutters for cutting wire ties which they also work well for. I think the brand is called king lake, they have light blue handles. I mainly use them for pulling those plastic push clips also.
Any tricks for removing multiple barbed bind hole fasteners that have no release on them. Ford seems to use them for holding wiring harnesses to blind holes in blocks. They are very difficult to remove any tricks?
Panel clip pliers from Harbor Freight for $8.99 are better suited for this task than any of the tools you showed. Plus they can also be used for wiring harness plugs.
I personally use 1st tool you mentioned I got gearwrench brand came with a angled one as well. I do plan on purchasing other tools you mentioned. Gotta keep an open mind to what others are using thanks for video
Depends on the clip design. Most of them I just grab a end cutter or a side cutter. both will do the job. Need to find a decent plastic trim clip remover, the ones I've got keep bending.
I saw Walmart customer review saying their plastic clips don't have blankets nor straps with the blankets with them. So what's are straps with blankets ?
Finally somebody called the HF pin pliers "crap", because that design is crap. Tried many times after getting them and a screwdriver works 10 times better.
What do to use for the ones that don't have a button center to pull up? I call them Christmas Trees 🌲 I break them all and replacing them is hard to do because the Worth Guy doesn't stock the ones I see the most or someone else got them.
I've actually been looking at knock offs of those for a year on Ebay but just haven't pulled the trigger...guess I'm gonna have to know...lol On Ebay I think their just called panel clip pliers and start about $6 straight out of China if your on a budget and not in a hurry😉
Great video thanks brother. I don't like the clips either. I have a lot of the plastic rivets. The whole under side of my truck to just past the transfer case has three different types of clips. I have two panels down there and one door. Messed up the door one hoping to get to my oil filter better wrong. I bolted it back on. Keep up the great work see you in the next video thanks again brother
Those are easy, what I hate are those metal u-shaped which are dug into plastic. Somehow you have to get the metal part that is dug in, to retract or widen by force the entire clip to get to release. I hate this type of stuff.
Bought a pair this week for my motorcycle, everything is held on with those clips! I got a pair off ebay for $7, exactly the same as the dentfix, but with blue handles.
@@nba3512 They're not branded. I would guess Dentfix do not make these and they are simply rebranded. They are a cheaply made tool, but extremely effective.
So it's 2020, and we are getting these Dodge Durangos that have the expanding metal rivet/pin thing in the front fascia assembly. They have plastic and metal ones. The plastic just breaks but the metal ones are something else. Do you have any words of wisdom for this issue?
On one of our cars (2009 Nissan Sentra) I found clips which are very different from what I saw before. They look like stamps. Do you happen know if they are removable or it is some kind of permanent attachment? Thank you for the film.
The worse plastic clips are the 1s with the phillip head inserts so you gota use a phillips screwdriver and a little pry tool at the same time.
shah I am so happy someone said this I agree I hate them too
Have you seen the Toyota ones? Holy shit
dear god, why would they do that?
I've been trying to remove these since my 3rd brake light stopped working and I cannot figure it out. Anyone know how to remove them?
death to scrivets they are the worst they dont even work to their design
Thanks for the tips. I only had one to do, so once you showed me how they work, I used a putty knife to get a little clearance and then used an old cheap dinner fork to pop it the rest of the way.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I work on a different industry that unfortunately use the same evil clips and have never been able to find a good tool until this video.
Hey flat rate master, a great trick ive learned recently is to use a small spanner/socket on those annoying clips that generally hold in wiring looms. A lot of people use needles noses or a pick to push them out but with this trick you slide the spanners closed end over the clip and it just pushes out with so much ease (socket does the exact same but the leverage of a spanner is nice)
I don’t ❤
I’m trying this the next time I have a small wrench and access to the backside of the harness clip
As a Honda atv mechanic I'm just happy if they haven't been replace with a rusty bolt
I think the worst are hondas push clips.. They always shatter and the pieces that fly off always ends up in hitting your face.
on amazon you can find those same pliers under the brand "kinglake" for 10$ cheaper
Most tool truck tools can be bought for half the price somewhere else.
@@whatfreedom7 you pay for service and ease of warranty, you pay for convenience of the truck being at work you don't gotta take your good time to go warranty out work tools. Sometimes when you want to warranty out a tool it can take a week for the package to come, you then ship it to the tool creator. And wait for your replacement. It's a mess and I'd much rather grab it off chuck with the truck for an extra 5 bones and a 10 minute conversation.
@@firsttimediesels6289 it’s easier sometimes and in my experiences it can be 2-3 weeks to replace a tool on the tool truck if they don’t have it on the truck.
Amazon has a great warranty, all you do is order a new one and return the old one in its place.
A quick drop off at kohls or a ups store and your good to go 👍
I live in minnespta and the somalians that work for amazon take returns as long as something is in the box that even remotely resembles the item.
You’re the exact asshole that is the cause of so many one star reviews. People ordering stuff and saying that it was already broken, or missing pieces, or otherwise damaged somehow.
Can’t wait until you order something important, and you get one of someone else’s returned pieces of shit.
I gotta believe that you are typical selfish red blooded hick that’s never been 100 miles from where you were born, and your family tree is a bush.
(that means that there is a lot of inbreeding, sorry to go over your head)
Took a rav4 bumper off over the weekend, and two flatheads worked surprisingly smoother than i thought it would, nothing broken. The specialized tool looks like the easy way if you're doing this often for sure though.
Never have I needed something so much and never known until I saw it. Ordering those clip tools ASAP
Matco sells a 4 piece kit like the two you shown @1:55 but they have slightly better handles. One small, one normal, one long and one curved. I got them Friday and I don’t know how I lived without them. They save me minutes sometimes dealing with those clips 😂 the sets like $60 it’s 100% worth it!!
I love it when the clip is already partially broke. I grab the torch.
Funny what we find entertaining! I liked this. And I just bought a bag of hundreds of assorted clips, so I don't have to worry about re-using them! Yay!
The best 3:19 minutes I spent all day. Not only funny "the bane of my existence" and educational. Since I only pop these things off on rare occasion some small rather flat wire strippers pried the one I needed off. Thank! Thumbs up!!!
i got a 3 piece set from mac, i love them, it came with a free 2 foot pry tool for clips also, seems ridiculous until you need to pull off a clip in an engine bay, or remove a sliding door panel. awesome. was only 56 bucks cdn when i bought them.
This was one of the most surprising videos ever. I would look up the first tool number then continue the video and he would say it was the next one then I looked it up and he said that it was the one he used to use by the time he got to the third i was near sure he would sneak in a fourth. Thank you for your help though, i appreciate it
I use the same Matco plier to pull out my nose hairs. Best tool!
Hate those plastic clips
And you just made me buy another tool! These will make life easier, thanks!
In the motorcycle shop realm they are on 4 wheelers Yamaha/Suzuki/Kawasaki ect... as well and a pain especially after MUD caked in. Will be buyin them pliers for sure!
Great video, thanks for the info! Going to get one of those here in a minute
This was a great help, thank you!
My most used clip tool for the slotted is my .99 screwdriver. I bent the tip at a curve and just pops the center right out. If they are stubborn I use the :50 lisle 2 prong style and don’t have many problems as long as they are slotted clips and aren’t jam packed full of dirt.
Never knew that tool existed. I'll have to grab me a set of those. Nice find👍
Great Neck TL4C tack lifter is another good tool.
Great video. I put it on my tool-must-buy list. I have used with great frustration the first tool you showed. Thanks.
There are exact same looking ones of your new favourite plastic clip plier on Amazon under different names. I saw them some time last year and didn't know if they are any good. Now I know!! And will gonna get it!!
There’s an indexable fork style tool (unfortunately they only make it in the large u shape, not the tight V) that sk tools makes.. or maybe “made” (they just changed owners and dropped a bunch of products)
Anyway the thing is awesome and gets clips out of tight spots.
The Matco/Kd ones that you say “suck” actually are essential for me, when I run into those clips on german stuff that where all you have to get under the center of the clip are two recesses in the base of the clip
Very informative video. Really enjoyed the information you provided including the tools you prefer for clip removal. Thank you for puttting this together.
Ford uses what we called "death clips" on interior panels, made it difficult to get everything apart without killing the panel
I have killed many of those ford panels :(
Furds the worst on earth, nightmare electrical problems, contortionist engineering and TURBO weed-eater engines...
you gotta get the oem honda clip remover, it’s literally life changing
I have a small pair if Knipex hose clamp pliers.....6" ones or so. I use the tips to pull the center part out and then I use the hose grabber part, which fits nicely under the pulled head, to pull the clip out.
Thanks for great info 👍👍👍😎
No one had done a simple video on how to fix a gap bumper SEPARATED an EASY way and HOW to REMOVE a bumper and place it back with simple steps front and rear!
Thank you Flate Rate Master!!!!!! You da Man!!!!!
I have a version of the last tool that you showed that my wife bought me off of Amazon for about $10.They are Chinese or Taiwanese but they’ve held up well. I originally used them as flush cutters for cutting wire ties which they also work well for. I think the brand is called king lake, they have light blue handles. I mainly use them for pulling those plastic push clips also.
Will definitely put these on my Amazon shopping list.
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO , LOVE THE TOOL VIDEOS TOOL VIDEOS ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED PLEASE KEEP THE TOOL VIDEOS COMING .
Bought one off the cornwell truck just one and it’s a very versatile piece, will update with the model no. Soon
Cool never seen that tool before, looks good!
Any tricks for removing multiple barbed bind hole fasteners that have no release on them. Ford seems to use them for holding wiring harnesses to blind holes in blocks. They are very difficult to remove any tricks?
Panel clip pliers from Harbor Freight for $8.99 are better suited for this task than any of the tools you showed. Plus they can also be used for wiring harness plugs.
Thx Flat Rate Master. That was helpful.
I have been looking for a tool like this, thanks a bunch!!
The money they want for vehicles now, they should do better than these damn cheap clips ! Great video!
Glad to see that even the professionals hate and struggle with these devil's invention trim clips !!!
Thanks for the tips! Make more!
Great video. Had to order after watching this. And they now are on Amazon for 26$
Damn those little evil pieces of plastic. Thanks for the tip.
I personally use 1st tool you mentioned I got gearwrench brand came with a angled one as well. I do plan on purchasing other tools you mentioned. Gotta keep an open mind to what others are using thanks for video
Is this tools also good for FENDER LINER WHEEL WELL SCREW GROMMET ?
I use a tack remover tool. Works fantastic way better than the cheap clip tools!
Depends on the clip design. Most of them I just grab a end cutter or a side cutter. both will do the job. Need to find a decent plastic trim clip remover, the ones I've got keep bending.
I'm convinced! Going to order a pair. Thanks!
Matco has a nice 4 piece set of those prybar style ones. There's even one shaped like a loop.
Who doesn't enjoy working with a tool that actually works. I'll check out the link because what I have been using is crap.
I saw Walmart customer review saying their plastic clips don't have blankets nor straps with the blankets with them. So what's are straps with blankets ?
Hello sir, what are the best for under-hood insulation clips?
Finally somebody called the HF pin pliers "crap", because that design is crap. Tried many times after getting them and a screwdriver works 10 times better.
Just saved my life! Was gonna start smashing things!! Haha
Snap on has some pliers as well that have 2 little forks and they work pretty well as well
What do to use for the ones that don't have a button center to pull up?
I call them Christmas Trees 🌲
I break them all and replacing them is hard to do because the Worth Guy doesn't stock the ones I see the most or someone else got them.
I've actually been looking at knock offs of those for a year on Ebay but just haven't pulled the trigger...guess I'm gonna have to know...lol
On Ebay I think their just called panel clip pliers and start about $6 straight out of China if your on a budget and not in a hurry😉
Thank you for great clap removel tool
Getting these back in is harder than taking them out any tips on getting them back in
Great video. Thanks buddy 👍
I have the harbot freight ones. Both styles. Depending on the shape the clip is in, i have had mixed luck with them. Want a better set though.
I use the weed puller design also. Seems to work well.
Great video thanks brother. I don't like the clips either. I have a lot of the plastic rivets. The whole under side of my truck to just past the transfer case has three different types of clips. I have two panels down there and one door. Messed up the door one hoping to get to my oil filter better wrong. I bolted it back on. Keep up the great work see you in the next video thanks again brother
I do 100% the same thing.. Years ago I cut a slot in a very little pry bar to pull the clips
The screw on type with the stripped and ground down Phillips head from rubbing somewhere. 😤 😡 🔥
How do you remove and install tacoma side skirt panels clips
Also, If you have any white shirts with corner pockets that just have that Flat Rate Master logo on the pocket, I'll buy 2.
Ur awesome, I just found u too late. How do I get out ones that are already broken???? 😖
The pliers shown at the last aren't available at this time.
Harbor freight joints bomb whole set very good
I have a 2 piece set from sk tools that work well.One is an indexable pry that does get them out
I was getting angry just watching you taking them clips out hahaha dam clips
😆....yes
Hate the plastic world we live in 😥. Will give those a try !
Great advice as always.
Them look awsome I want a pair,great video! !!!
What if you don't have access it any of what you have mentioned? What else can you use without damaging the trim clip?
Those are easy, what I hate are those metal u-shaped which are dug into plastic. Somehow you have to get the metal part that is dug in, to retract or widen by force the entire clip to get to release. I hate this type of stuff.
Thanks just what I'm looking for - Do you put the old clips back or just put in new ones ?
I use a tack puller it's sharper and pinches the center to keep from ripping heads off
thanks these little tips help!
Snapon A161b is by far the best clip tool you can buy.
Bought a pair this week for my motorcycle, everything is held on with those clips! I got a pair off ebay for $7, exactly the same as the dentfix, but with blue handles.
What's the brand?
@@nba3512 They're not branded. I would guess Dentfix do not make these and they are simply rebranded. They are a cheaply made tool, but extremely effective.
@@TomClark1995 can u send me the link bro if you dont mind
Please review electrical connectors removal pliers. The ones that grip the sides or connector body so you can pull them out. Like the Merry Japan.
The struggle is real! LOL
lol
Hi, can you post the new link to the product..appreciate your video!!
how do u remove snap clips?
Astro sells one like the dentfix pliers. Astro 9581
I bought extra plastic clips on amazon.
Those locking ones aren’t my problem. I’ve got some that are just one piece. Just took out a plastic interior trim piece and broke 2 of the 6.
Nice
So it's 2020, and we are getting these Dodge Durangos that have the expanding metal rivet/pin thing in the front fascia assembly. They have plastic and metal ones. The plastic just breaks but the metal ones are something else. Do you have any words of wisdom for this issue?
Really cool
Little late to the party but those first pliers arnt for plastic trim their for small electrical clips
On one of our cars (2009 Nissan Sentra) I found clips which are very different from what I saw before. They look like stamps. Do you happen know if they are removable or it is some kind of permanent attachment? Thank you for the film.
The Matco ones show they are discontinued. What is an updated alternative?
Matco has an updated part number
Flat Rate Master found them. # of the kit is 6100MB. Thanks!