omega0684
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| posted on 13/3/09 at 02:47 PM |
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boot cover fixing
my boot cover studs keep coming off!  the boot cover is attached by press studs and i have superglued the bases to the rear tub but they keep
coming off! can anyone suggest a way of fastening the base studs to the tub so they don't come off!
[Edited on 13/3/09 by omega0684]
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splitrivet
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| posted on 13/3/09 at 02:50 PM |
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Pop rivets are what I used.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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James
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| posted on 13/3/09 at 02:52 PM |
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I thought most used rivets too. Watch out for doing them too tight if you've got a GRP rear.
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bob
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| posted on 13/3/09 at 02:54 PM |
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Mine are bolted on with very small stainless countersunk bolts.
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omega0684
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| posted on 13/3/09 at 03:01 PM |
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i tried pop rivets but then the press stud doesn't clip in
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 13/3/09 at 03:05 PM |
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i'd have used these rather than the poppers
linky
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 13/3/09 at 03:08 PM |
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Rivets for me too. I needed to cut a small disc of steel with a hole drilled in it to enable me to pull the rivets inside the press-stud with my rivet
gun.
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 13/3/09 at 03:19 PM |
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how about stainless self tapping screw?
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Davey D
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| posted on 13/3/09 at 03:38 PM |
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instead of superglue try using PU adhesive like Tigerseal. That stuff will stick anything together 
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Jubal
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| posted on 13/3/09 at 04:03 PM |
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I had a similar problem on my old car and used countersunk self tappers into a flat nut behind the GRP. Worked a treat.
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sucksqueezebangblow
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| posted on 13/3/09 at 04:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
Watch out for doing them too tight if you've got a GRP rear.
Use backing washers to stop the rivets pulling through the fibreglass.
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