In article o.uk, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:20:12 -0000, Lieutenant Scott wrote:

The new radiator which came with brackets had no such plastic, and I
don't think any of the existing ones do either.

Can't say I've ever seen any plastci bits on the brackets or hoops on
the back of radiators either.

Mine came with little plastic clip on bits for the bracket.