 Sill Plates - replacing the black with the metal, Removal? |
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| jjbunn |
  Sep 2 2010, 10:14 AM
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Julian  Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 20-May 09 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 10,383 Region Association: Southern California  |
I want to replace the black plastic sill plates with a pair of aluminium plates, which I have on hand.
What is the best way of removing the plastic round headed rivets that hold the current sill plates in place, without damaging the plates? Drilling them out looks tricky. I'd rather not rivet the metal plates, and want to use small self tapping round head screws (I'm not concerned about originality). Is there any practical disadvantage to doing this? Thanks for any advice! |
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| dr914@autoatlanta.com |
Sep 2 2010, 10:32 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,055 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None |
push the peg through the rivet with a very small drift and then replace them with the factory opaque rivets to keep the same hole dimension.
QUOTE(jjbunn @ Sep 2 2010, 09:14 AM)  I want to replace the black plastic sill plates with a pair of aluminium plates, which I have on hand. What is the best way of removing the plastic round headed rivets that hold the current sill plates in place, without damaging the plates? Drilling them out looks tricky. I'd rather not rivet the metal plates, and want to use small self tapping round head screws (I'm not concerned about originality). Is there any practical disadvantage to doing this? Thanks for any advice! |
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jjbunn Sill Plates - replacing the black with the metal Sep 2 2010, 10:14 AM
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I want to replace the black plastic sill plates w... Sep 2 2010, 02:44 PM jjbunn Thanks for all the great advice, folks! Sep 2 2010, 04:35 PM Ian Stott I used a sharp wood chisel and gave them a love ta... Sep 2 2010, 04:47 PM tod914 Hi JJ, easiest to push the pin through, then the r... Sep 2 2010, 05:13 PM BigDBass For nearly 4 years I've been debating replacin... Sep 2 2010, 06:00 PM |
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