Upper console clip slots broken

[cashmonkey38]

Many are aware of the horrid clips that hold the upper console in (I believe I have the "shorter" console btw). Despite pulling straight down and attempting to be gentle the first time I removed the upper console, one of the clip slots (the part that is attached to the roof of car where the clips go in) broke, and I decided to leave it alone. Pulled the console down again the other day to replace lights, and this time two of the other clip slots broke, so now I can't put the console back up - the plastic on that part (and many other parts of car) is just very brittle at this point. I tried epoxying some magnets to the console and the part of the roof, but the console did not hold tight against the roof. Has anyone else had this issue/found a solution? The part with the clip slots attached to the roof seems like it would require pulling down the roof lining to attempt to replace, much less finding the part...

[Marauderjack]

If you can find the pieces you can "Plastic Weld" it back together with "Plastic Epoxy".....I did this several years ago and it has held OK!!:beer:

I bought a new roof attachment bracket but have not installed it yet...since then repaired OEM one still holds OK!!;)

Hope ya can fine the broken pieces and reassemble it!!:confused:

Good Luck!!:beer:

[cashmonkey38]

Yes this happened when doing other work on the car and I did not bother trying to find the pieces unfortunately. On all 3 that broke it's the thin little side that broke off, so I could likely epoxy a straight piece of something else back in place of the actual plastic - will keep this in mind, thanks!

[Gerry24]

I found an 03 CV LX in the boneyard and took the entire piece but one tab broke. I have an extra console just in case, but yea they're brittle have to be overly cautious with that piece.