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rear bumper attachment questions

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  • Start date Start date Aug 4, 2009

fivespeedsteed

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the rivets are giving out and you can move my rear bumper in and out a couple inches. would you just drill out all the rivets and use nuts and bolts or re rivet them ? the bottom cover to the mount is a push pin isnt it?
 

stykthyn

I want to measure mine. It doesn't look that tall.
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use new rivets with a flat washer
 

fivespeedsteed

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what size rivets do you know? i have some 1/4 inch ones that come with the metal door handles, and the door lock actuators, but i need those for the door handles and actuators.. i had to get that big huge rivet gun for them. on lrs all i see is the push pins 6 piece. no idea where that goes. maybe its for an lx? theres the rear bumper beam, then theres 2 things that hang down, there like 8 inches long i guess, and drop down about 2-3 inches, and the bumper cover goes to that. the actual rectangle shaped things are whats moving on the bumper beam.
 

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i used some tiny bolts so i can remove them when i want to, i had the same issue
 

fivespeedsteed

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i got some 5/16 bolts nuts and washers for the actuator before i found the rivet gun so i might just do that. there stainless too. just want it to be done right.
 
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