Currently piecing my roller back together and most of the clips holding the sunroof drain tubes are broken. The factory clips are NLA from Mazda and I cant think of a good, long term solution to keeping the tubes in place, so are there any alternative clips I can use?

 

Its showing as available from Mazda Japan for around $1 each.

Furthermore, the same clip was used on various other models including FB RX-7 and 323, 626, 929, MX-6, Protege from 1986 to late 1990s. You should be able to scavenge some good used ones locally from a wreck of any of those models.

 

They are no longer available through any Mazda parts supplier that I have found, however I was able to find a 626 in a local junkyard and get the clips and several other parts that I needed.

 

for next time, there are more but Amayama and RHD Japan (i think Monaro, and even Amazon.co.jp) both are buying from Japan and can get stuff like this that is NLA in the US. furthermore Mazda USA raised prices because inflation, and the yen to dollar is really good right now, so prices in Japan went down, so its a good idea to get the Mazda part number and shop everywhere.

obviously this clip is kind of funny, because its $1 each, but $17 in shipping....