Postby VStar650CL » Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:58 am
That's a complete PITA, nobody makes high-temperature push clips. I've run into that four times that I can recall. In one instance the customer wanted it "fixed right" and we lifted the carpet to drill and install riv nuts. In another the customer said "f__k it" and left the shield off. In the remaining two we cleaned the area around the sheared studs and glued the shield in place with Gray Death (world's nastiest engine sealer, Nissan's version of Permatex Ultra Gray). To my knowledge those last two are still on the road and never had further problems.