I was super bummed when I got these clips because they were too wide for the groove they scratched the crap out of my new light and it didn’t look good not sitting in the group properly so after a little modification I’m heck of stoked they actually fit in the groove and they don’t look like they’re modified.
The clips look good. Sorry to hear that they scratched your flashlight.
I’ve been using straws to install my clips. So I put the straw on the clip, slide the clip onto the flashlight, and then remove the straw. Thus the flashlight does not get scratched.
Now in order to remove the clip, I slide a plastic sheet between the clip and the flashlight and then remove the clip. The plastic sheets that come with cellphone screen protectors seem to work well.