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Red Line tuning hood shock people.....
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<blockquote data-quote="gandolf" data-source="post: 1213014" data-attributes="member: 4908"><p>i had trouble with the rivets also. the ones i got ,even though they went in ok, were of the wrong type and also too short. they are of the type normally used for metal and work by pulling the ball down the shaft of the rivet to expand it, but that won't work on fiberglass because they don't expand enough, and when stressed opening and shutting the hood, mash the glass around the hole and pull out. i went to our body shop and got the type of rivet that, when squeezed, splits three ways and curls out and down. it was also a few mm longer to allow for any thickness difference in the hood. i also went two sizes bigger, as i also had two holes that were pulled out. and i do guide my hood up! mine are very solid now and are working well. ( crossing fingers!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gandolf, post: 1213014, member: 4908"] i had trouble with the rivets also. the ones i got ,even though they went in ok, were of the wrong type and also too short. they are of the type normally used for metal and work by pulling the ball down the shaft of the rivet to expand it, but that won't work on fiberglass because they don't expand enough, and when stressed opening and shutting the hood, mash the glass around the hole and pull out. i went to our body shop and got the type of rivet that, when squeezed, splits three ways and curls out and down. it was also a few mm longer to allow for any thickness difference in the hood. i also went two sizes bigger, as i also had two holes that were pulled out. and i do guide my hood up! mine are very solid now and are working well. ( crossing fingers!) [/QUOTE]
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