I didnt break any clips lol i said if you pull them out they are very fragile and will break easy... If you do happen to break the clips, double sided tape is your best friend. 2 clips are broken on my gauge cover and did this and works great. I went and bought a few cans of gloss black and will be painting everything tonight and go from there... I have a ton of red in my truck so still deciding on what i want to keep red or switch to black.