Are you driving around with your plastic underpanel?
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Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Falls Church, VA
Hey to all that thinks removing it is a PITA, go to your local Napa, and pick up the plastic rivets for GM cars. I know that they are used on the Colorado, so that might be a start to get you in the right direction. I will try to get you a Napa part number and or a picture of the rivet so that you can see why I have converted my last TWO cars to these style rivets.
You can get them out with your fingers, no tools necessary! If you go to Napa, they usually have a display of all different types, just look at the GM's ones, and I am sure you will be able to figure it out. I will try to get a pic anyways.
Actually, i searched on Napa's website and found a pic. I hope it works:
As you can see, you can get enough grip on the rivet part to pull it out with your fingers, and no tools.
Napa's item number is:
Item#: BK 6652409
And the best part is it's $4.99 for 13 as their web site says.
Things to watch out for:
The rivet "base" is larger than the base of the stock style rivets, so on some rivet
locations you might not be able to use them. I have used these with great success.
You can get them out with your fingers, no tools necessary! If you go to Napa, they usually have a display of all different types, just look at the GM's ones, and I am sure you will be able to figure it out. I will try to get a pic anyways.
Actually, i searched on Napa's website and found a pic. I hope it works:
As you can see, you can get enough grip on the rivet part to pull it out with your fingers, and no tools.
Napa's item number is:
Item#: BK 6652409
And the best part is it's $4.99 for 13 as their web site says.
Things to watch out for:
The rivet "base" is larger than the base of the stock style rivets, so on some rivet
locations you might not be able to use them. I have used these with great success.
no more BS with the undertray.
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,171
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From: Falls Church, VA
yeah, I took my undertray off last weekend.
I used a super thin disposable IKEA-type wrench (filed the end of to make it thin enough to slip under the edge) just pulled the outer ring up with it and put some wire cutters in there and then levered them out back and forth until they popped free.
those that didn't come easy got snipped. **** those dastardly clip screws. I'll mess with them once and never again.
I used a super thin disposable IKEA-type wrench (filed the end of to make it thin enough to slip under the edge) just pulled the outer ring up with it and put some wire cutters in there and then levered them out back and forth until they popped free.
those that didn't come easy got snipped. **** those dastardly clip screws. I'll mess with them once and never again.
