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Dave Bailey

posted on 9/3/09 at 11:19 PM Reply With Quote
Headlight mounting

I need to mount my headlights and have made some ally brackets to mount them. I need to attach these to the chassis and the easy way is with rivnuts. The problem is that 6mm fixings need a 7.98mm hole in a 26mm box section. Welding studs would make a mess of my nice paint job. How many people have used rivnuts?

Dave B

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tomgregory2000

posted on 10/3/09 at 07:41 AM Reply With Quote
ive used rivnuts and my 6mm nuts needed a 9.5mm hole
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chris_smith

posted on 10/3/09 at 08:05 AM Reply With Quote
^^^^what he said

but iv used them all over my chassis with no problems

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Mr Whippy

posted on 10/3/09 at 10:34 AM Reply With Quote
hope you've used substantially thick aluminum? as I mounted some chrome driving lights on to a 5mm thick aluminium panel and the damn things cut a perfect 2 inch hole round the mounting point due to the lamps vibrating and fell off





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Dave Bailey

posted on 10/3/09 at 12:17 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks guys... I may have to re-think the thickness of the ally plate but at least I can get it mocked up! Thanks again for the advice!

Dave B

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