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Replacing Clip in Rear Door Wheel Arch Garnish

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Recently notice a piece of trim on the rear door of my '21 Elite has pulled away from the rear passenger door. Upon inspection of it I noticed the top clip that holds part of the trim on place has broke off. Does anyone have experience replacing this part? I'm wondering if the clip is simply one of those plastic automotive fasteners I can get one of similar size and replace it with. I also cannot see behind the trim piece well enough to know if I can slide the clip in to a slot and replace it or if I have to remove the entire trim piece. I'm hesitant to pull the trim back any farther in case the other clips towards the bottom of the door trim come off too. I looked online and the trim piece appears to be Garnish, R Rear Door Wheel Arch (Part #75390-TG7-A01) and the clip that snapped in half appears to be Clip, Wheel Arch Garnish (Part #91514-T0A-A01). If the automotive fasteners won't work and I need to purchase the clip is it pretty easy to put back in the trim or if I need to end up purchasing the entire trim piece itself does it come with all the clips to replace it or do I need to purchase the trim piece plus the clips needed for the install. The only clip that broke off in the one in my pictures below. The others are still in tact and holding the lower portions of the trim to the door. TIA!

I tried to add links to the parts mentioned above but can't since I'm new so added screenshots of the parts as well.
 

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UPDATE: I ended up purchasing both from my local Honda dealer. Ended up costing 2x as much as what I could have gotten them online but I wanted to be sure it was an OEM part.

Have not installed the new garnish yet but as I'm looking it over I do not see how the clip is used. There's no way to attached it to the door and the top of the garnish that pushes into the door is not big enough to fit the clip. My guess is maybe the Clip was needed on older models. On my '21 it appears as though I simply insert the male end at the top of the garnish into the hole in the door metal panel itself. Anyone else know for certain? I plan to work on it this weekend when Ive got a few mins.
 
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UPDATE: Installed the new part last weekend and it was super simple. Took about 15 seconds. Found out the clip indeed was needed. On the inside of the door there is a small back tab that was actually the clip. Pulled the old one out and pushed the new one through the hole in the door and it clicked right into the nub at the top of the garnish piece that you push through the hold on the outside of the door.
 
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