well thats what my dad has on his car, the hole is reamed with no clip, but it is still cracking, not nearly as bad or as fast in comparison to using clips, but since i figured im paying for a good paint job, i want this sucker to last, I plan to only use it for races, and or just our local points series, but then I see some guys using their fancy shmancy bodies all the time and their still in good condition lol. I just wanted to see if it was removing that tab was pretty common or not, it seems like there would be less stress on the body