Losing Plastic Rivets

[The Silver Bullet]

I just finished installing an extreme graphic undertail (stock brake light upside down) on my '02, and I keep losing a plastic rivet where the hole in the undertail isn't flush with the hole in the tail section (middle hole, right-hand from rear side.) There is a fair ammount of tension on the little guy, and it keeps popping out when ever I go faster than 120 mph or so. At $2.77 a pop, I'm getting annoyed, and wanted to know if there was anyone else out there that solved this problem? Know where to buy longer rivets?

Thanks for the help,
Mike

 

[dezzy7]

Screw the rivets, get screws and fasteners that you keep you locked down... and its cheaper

 

[ks-waterbug]

Take a drill and make the holes line up.............. If the inner hole is extremely large after this fix take another piece of sheet metal roughly 1.0" x 1.0" x approx. .025" thick (anything on the thin side will work) and drill another same size hole in this material.... Use this as a back up plate to catch the rivet, bye bye problem! Or just follow Dez's advice.....

 

[busabrother]

I had the same problem. So i went to lowes and bought larger push rivits. But then on top of that I put silicone on ALL the rivits. Once you do that they will never come out until you want them to.

 

[The Silver Bullet]

The problem is that the fender is in the way, so I can't reach the back to get a nut on a screw. The holes line up, but there is a gap between them that is causing all the tension. So they sell those plastic push rivets at Lowes?

 

[ThunderPants]

Is there anywhere to get a box of 25 of those rivets? Anytime I take them out regardless of how carefull I am one of them always breaks. I think it is ridiculous that they are $3 a piece for a 2 cent part.

 

[ks-waterbug]

I wonder if a sheetrock fastener would do the trick.......... The kind with plastic expanding fingers.

 

[kb97]

pep boys has an aisle full of different sized clips

 

[busabrother]

Dude they are only 50-75 cents at lowes