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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 04:31 PM
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Can anyone please show me some nice rivets which can be put on a car to leave exposed.

Tried google went to a body supply shop nothing interesting

so help me out Please with pics and were to buy some
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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 04:48 PM
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don't like molding?
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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 08:12 AM
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just use stainless steel rivets:


that what im going to do when i get mine painted
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Old Sep 19, 2008 | 09:37 PM
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It's hard to tell in this pic, but my friend used some black rivets. It's a nice little touch that looks real clean in person.

molded
rivets that look like screws
fancy black rivets

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Old Sep 20, 2008 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 5thelement,Sep 17 2008, 07:31 PM
Can anyone please show me some nice rivets which can be put on a car to leave exposed.

Tried google went to a body supply shop nothing interesting

so help me out Please with pics and were to buy some
Cant wait to see ur project done

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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 10:10 AM
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where can you get black rivets? I was considering some for my overfenders.
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by breakneckS2k,Sep 26 2008, 11:10 AM
where can you get black rivets? I was considering some for my overfenders.
A good hardware store should have them. Otherwise you might need to order them from a fastener supply place.
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 11:36 AM
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thanks!

is it any specific type of rivet aside from the color?
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by breakneckS2k,Sep 26 2008, 11:36 AM
thanks!

is it any specific type of rivet aside from the color?
My buddy got them from the body shop that did his install and paint work. I think they're just black, and also they don't look like philips screws, I believe they have hex heads.
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by NFRAP1,Sep 26 2008, 03:02 PM
My buddy got them from the body shop that did his install and paint work. I think they're just black, and also they don't look like philips screws, I believe they have hex heads.
You seem to be confused about what rivets are. They don't screw in to anything, so the don't have phillips heads, slotted heads, torx heads, or anything like that.

There are many different kinds of fasteners, but only rivets are actually rivets. They hold by deforming the metal of the rivet (either by using a rivet gun and bucking bar to cold-deform the metal of the rivet or by using a "blind rivet" like a pop rivet).
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