I am planning on putting my OEM side skirts back on at some point in the near future. The side skirts still have the "male" plastic connectors installed in them, but I had to basically destroy the "female" connectors (white plastic grommets) to remove them from the body to allow the aftermarket skirts to go on. I just called my local Nissan dealer and they quoted me about $9.00 EACH for these grommets. At 10 per side, I'd be spending $180 just to put my OEM skirts back on. Seems like an NFW to me.

Does anyone know of a generic equivalent for these grommets? Nissan part numbers are 78100HA and 78100HB (I guess there are two different types, A and B, on each side). I'm searching the web but not coming up with anything. I'm sure I'm not the first one to go back to OEM and I would imagine other people were not paying close to 200 to do that. Any help will be appreciated!

 

http://www.courtesyparts.com/kb_sear...utton=Go&cat=1

 

Right....but they have their part no. 78100HA listed in 6 different places at 4 different prices. What I'm trying to figure out is how they can sell (1) at $0.70 for the Maxima, then apparently the same (1) at $7.55 for the Z. Doesn't make any sense. Seems like $7.55 should be the price per set of (10) required for the entire side skirt, but the guy at the local nissan place told me it was priced per grommet. Can't be right...


EDIT: Just called up and spoke with a guy at Courtesy Nissan parts and he verified that pricing was $7.55 per grommet. Kind of pisses me off. On the Altima they somehow managed to use a grommet costing $0.70 each, and on the Z for some reason it costs 10x more. What a load of **** that is. At that price, by the time I put my OEM skirts back on I'm half way to buying a new set of aftermarket sides.

 

Maybe they're shaped or formed differently?

You can try local auto parts stores and see if they have similar ones. Not guaranteeing anything, though.

 

Yeah I might go buy one of them and then take it around to different parts shops to see if I can find something else close.

 

Goodness!. I got ripped. I replaced my sideskirts with an authentic nismo sides and had to reuse the same ones for the OEM sides. I broke two of them.
The dealership (stealership?) sold them for $15.00 a piece. I argued that the price coming up on his computer is probably for all 10. In the end a manager verified it and confirmed the 15.00. I went to several hardware and autoparts shops to find one but came out empty handed. In the end I had to give in.