[Jon657]

I have a 2001 Z28 and I took the grill off to have it painted gloss black (just think it will look nicer). Anyway, I remember in the past people going through an enormous amount of trouble to salvage the clips when they removed the grill and others who just ripped it off and felt it was easier to buy new brackets.
I took the latter course and just ripped it off destroying the brackets. The problem is, I thought the brackets would be cheaper (5 bucks each at dealer and I need 3 of them). Anybody have other suggestions on what type of brackets to use or where to get them cheaper or do I just need to cough up the 15 bucks?????