If you look inside the engine compartment, you will see quite a variety of little plastic clips and devices that are used to neatly route hoses, pipes, tubes, etc. It all looks very nice and neat for housekeeping but I have found that looking at these things the wrong way is almost enough for them to break (similar to what ends up happening with the various plastic wire harness connectors).

I have had mixed luck tracking down some of these pieces (Jaguar has some listed in their EPC) and I managed to get a couple of oddball routing clips for hoses/tubes from places like this http://www.clipsandfasteners.com/Cli..._Loom_s/78.htm or this http://www.itwtekfast.com/

The problem is that they rarely have the exact clip and/or you cannot buy just one or two. I realize that in most cases using a plastic cable tie strap will work but this ends up looking cheesy.

Have any of you guys tried finding these types of parts and, if so, is there some good source?

Thanks,

Doug