When I bought my Z from the PO, the body had been repainted and all of the small press-in clips used to secure the trim badges had been removed and lost.  Now that I get around to replacing them, I find that I need 20 of them and they cost $2.50 each.  That's $50 for a bagful of clips that I would have expected to be worth five bucks max (ok, maybe ten).  Has anyone located a non-Nissan source, or a parts-store substitute, for these pieces? 

In Nissan parlance, these are: 'Clips - Tublar' (tubular)  with the part number, 63845-18000 .  In the non-Nissan world, I believe these are called 'trim barrel nuts'.  Everybody used to use them back in the day.  I think these are what the Nissan clips look like...

 

When I put my car together a number of years ago I was working in my brothers body shop.

 

He had all sorts of clips and stuff

 

I would go to a shop and see what they have.

 

Casey

29 minutes ago, Casey_z said:

When I put my car together a number of years ago I was working in my brothers body shop.

 

He had all sorts of clips and stuff

 

I would go to a shop and see what they have.

 

Casey

Thanks, Casey.  In the intervening time since I made this post, I've made a couple of important discoveries:

1. I am an idiot.  The trim badges (which I already have) come with the barrel clips already installed on the mounting posts.  In my defense, they're tiny and easy to miss.
    
2. There's a (relatively) convenient source for these clips from on online jobber who has an eBay store...
   
   Gulf Coast Auto Parts LLC
   
   Bag of 25 clips for $9.95 (that's more like it!)    Shipping free in the USA (or add $15 for Canadian orders).
   
   http://www.ebay.com/itm/Barrel-Nuts-For-Nissan-Qty-25-1-8-Stud-5-32-Hole-Trim-Emblem-Molding-018-/322144534004?hash=item4b014f7df4:g:81wAAOSwuhhXWest&vxp=mtr

Lots of other items available from this supplier.  Great fun if you're a fastener geek.