Yeah...they kinda snap in there pretty hard and hold. I don't think you can grab ahold and pull on them without them breaking. When I changed my fender to a z3, I had to remove that side molding and put it on the new fender and it took a little umph to pinch together the clips to get the molding to come off. They are kinda like the metal clips you would find in the dash that hold things together but these didn't looks like they would snap in and out like the metal ones do. Who knows...maybe they do and I didn't want to break anything and pinched them to come out instead of pulling them...who knows...