Arrangement for securing an inner trim panel to a vehicle substrate

Interior trim apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

• a trim panel body having a outer finish side for forming an interior surface of a vehicle passenger compartment and an inner side;
• a plurality of clip housings extending from the inner side in a pattern matching a corresponding pattern of mating holes in a vehicle substrate to receive the trim panel body, each clip housing having an elongate hole with closed and open ends, the closed end forming a securing region;
• and
• a plurality of securing clips, each securing clip being inserted laterally into a respective elongate hole and comprising a shaft captured in the securing region for extending axially toward a respective mating hole in the vehicle substrate;
• wherein each clip housing includes a centering member for centering the respective shaft in the respective elongate hole.