For Qashqai Tailgate Boot Handle Repair Snapped Clip Kit Clips 2006-2013

I've had this car for three years and the tailgate handle has been stuck on with duct tape for most of it. I considered getting a new one purchased, painted and fitted from Nissan, but they quoted me over £400 two years ago. I even considered getting a new unofficial tailgate handle and getting it installed from a local body shop, but that would have set me back around £100-£200. I even wasted some money on some set of clips from another seller (four separate small clips) but it was too complicate to install in just the right place to ensure correctly fitting the handle. I almost gave up.Then I found these clips and they are a god-send! They fit exactly where they need to, thanks to the way they're designed. I watched the Youtube video and the instructions were very helpful. However, the first time I tried to bond with acetone that came with the clips and left them clamped for three hours, the clips didn't bond properly and came right off while installing (the instructions didn't state exactly how many hours). Luckily, I had a large bottle of pure acetone that I'd purchased previously (for the other clips that I never installed) and I bonded them again with liberal amounts of acetone (must've used twice the amount that originality came with the clips) and left the clips clamped to bond overnight.It's been a few days and the handle seems solid so far, however I avoid pulling the tailgate with the handle. Instead, I just use the button to unlock it and pull from the bottom of the tailgate. Hopefully it will stay on for a really long time!Now, I just need to get rid of that pesky duct tape residue...

It's quite a basic kit for the money, but... it is the perfect solution and you don't need much skill to do this task.There's a very comprehensive and easy-to-follow video instruction on this listing in the item photo section.My father-in-laws boot trim had torn clean off, every single mount sheered andwhilst this kit only addresses the left two and right two clips it was still strong enough to make up for none remaining in the middle.The hardest bit is tugging off the inside boot trim - its on about 10 push-fit clips and takes some strong tugging to pull it off (and don't forget the one single philips screw hidden in the internal hand grip!)Once thats off, you can see and easily access the original 10mm nuts that once hekd the trim on. There's 5 of those and one plastic push fit one thats odd to the rest.Just remove all remnants of the broken clip mounts from the trim, brush on the acetone liquid until the plastic starts going gooey, press the replacement brackets on and CLAMP! You must clamp these for 30min.Then refit the push clips into the new brackets and push back on and reapply the 10mm nuts.Easy!Boot trim felt very strong afterwards, i was pleasantly surprised.

This is a great kit for fixing a common Qashqai issue. The kit is simple and contains a couple of plastic inserts for fixing to the inside of the boot handle plus a pot of acetone to glue them in place. It is worth making sure you have some clamps to hold the inserts in place while they dry - I used 6 small clamps and that seemed to work well. Also, once you have removed all of the plastic that will be replaced by the inserts, give the area a rub down so the inserts sit flush to the inside of the boot handle.

I was not too happy when the tailgate of my ageing Qashqai (2007) fell off. just like that. PLastic beacme brittle and whoever design this handle at Nissan did not care much about durability.I was even unhappier to find out about the cost of spare parts or cost of a repair in a garage (an arm, a leg and a signature in blood at the bottom of a funny piece of parchment).This plastic repair kit is well designed: dimensions of the plastic molding are very precise.Essentially, it replaces the ridiculously poor plastic fixings from the original part and bonds them onto your existing handle – so no coulor matching.Removing the part involves removing the boot liner plastic cover. Follow the video instructions, go easy, that's not difficult.When the tailgate handle is free, I'd recommend taking a few pics of the various light bulbs and connectors (just so you reconnect them easilly).I have a Tekna model, with some extra electronics embedded in the handle, which are not shown on the video. Nothing you can't remedy if you have a minimal toolbox (pliers, stanley knife, sanding paper).I was initially doubtfull about the use of acetone as a bonding agent (as you are in effect glueing new fixings onto your existing tailgate handle). Well, it works a treat.I used clamps to make sure the bonding was strong and left it a few hours (so a good idea to dismantle the handle in the evening, process the bonding, let cure overnight and reinstall in the morning).You will need to file existing parts off the existing handle and make the surfaces to bond as plane as possible. Get an old paintbrush to apply the acetone. Good thing with the kit is that the parts fit very precisely onto the handle, if you follow the video, positionning is quite obvious.Once finished, the end result is a handle that feels solid - at least as solid as the factory-installed one.Only gripe is the cost for a minimal amount of plastic and a small bottle of acetone. It hurts.