Timelockmind

My door tag was missing so I order a replacement from Mustangs Plus (you give them the code numbers and they make an an exact replica!). I also purchased the two rivits that connect the tag in the exisitng home. My question is how do you install the rivits - do you take a nail punch and hammer them in (I don;t want to damage the metal surrounding the two holes). Do you need a special tool? Can you press them in by hand?

Thanks

Halz5

are they not pop rivets?

Soaring

Yeah, they are just pop rivets. Aluminum, but just pop rivets.

Timelockmind

... and this means what regarding install?

Thanks

Halz5

you need a pop rivet gun... dunno how much they are but i doubt they are expensive. Any auto place should sell them i would assume

Soaring

Just for you big boy, I went out into my shop and took some pics of how a pop rivet gun works. Basically, all you have to do is drill a hole in the metal, insert the rivet in the hole and pull the trigger.

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67t5ponycoupe

Hold on there fellas. Those are not pop rivets. The originals just tap in with a punch.

67t5ponycoupe

Here is a pic of what they look like. Just tap them in. It doesn't take much and they will go right in.

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Soaring

No, here is what they look like. You have some funky rivets in there.


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67t5ponycoupe

Them there rivets ain't original there Soaring. Swear to goshin!