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Old 06-20-2016, 09:34 AM   #85
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We now have a tool to send with our wicker bill for a small charge. You can also make yourself.
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Old 06-20-2016, 09:39 AM   #86
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I have a video but I do not know how to upload on here
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Old 06-20-2016, 09:48 AM   #87
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video uploads are easy Just use {u2b} you tube letters here {/u2b} use brackets [] instead of the {}.
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'21 ZLE A10 Wild Cherry PDR 2:00.78 VIR Full 10.68@131.69 1.68 60'
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Old 08-07-2017, 12:20 PM   #88
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I ordered this tool on Amazon for under $40!
Hopefully it work, lol
I ordered this same tool the "Astro 1427" and was clearly defective I ended up returning it as the preinstalled M8 mandrel would not spin. I was finally able to tap out the mandrel -this should just drop in place as you can see the internal holes are poorly machined/ not concentric.

I ended up getting this one from Amazon, much better. Also came with some different size rivets which allowed me to make adjustments to get a better estimate of the compression needed so It would compress the rivet in one stroke. It did not come with a plastic case. Hit or miss with Chinese quality.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Old 08-08-2017, 06:34 PM   #89
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I bought the same one as Chip4. It worked well, you just have to be careful not to screw the shaft too far into the rivnut. You can deform the spoiler if you collapse the rivnut too much. This happened on my first rivnut but I quickly adjusted and the rest went fine.
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Old 09-17-2017, 06:27 PM   #90
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What material are the stock rivnuts? Aluminum? Stainless? Cadmium zinc?
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Old 09-20-2017, 02:25 PM   #91
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We now have a riv nut tool made for us and is less cost than most out there. less than $20
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Old 09-20-2017, 02:33 PM   #92
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What material are the stock rivnuts? Aluminum? Stainless? Cadmium zinc?
GM and us use aluminum riv nuts stainless hardware.
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Old 12-05-2018, 07:41 PM   #93
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The rivnut is magnetic so it wouldnt be aluminum. Some sort of special steel. Trying to find a replacement, they are not standard M8 rivnuts. Have taken to numerous auto body and hardware stores and cannot find them.
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