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What size rivnuts for bodywork?
Miks15 - 2/5/10 at 03:27 PM

Im planning on fixing my bodywork with rivnuts so they can be removed if needed .

What size rivnuts should i use? and what spacing?

Thanks
Mikkel


speedyxjs - 2/5/10 at 03:28 PM

I woudl use as small as possible so you could keep the size of hole you are drilling into the chassis at a minimum.


2cv - 2/5/10 at 05:43 PM

Whilst I appreciate and agree with what speedyxjs says, I would go for M5 reduced head rivnuts on the basis that, in my experience, they are less likely to spin round than M4 and allow a bigger washer to spread the load and make a more secure fixing.

Prifast do some very nice galvanized reduced head rivnuts. These need an M7 pilot hole.


flak monkey - 2/5/10 at 06:50 PM

I use M6 thin head ones from RS


Miks15 - 2/5/10 at 09:05 PM

Ok cheers guys