Paint code rivets

PeterK · Post by **PeterK** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:32 pm

Anyone got a supplier of the special rivets to secure the paint code tags ?

I can get a set of 4 for €5 from Carbone - the €22 postage kills me though.

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:57 pm

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I'm fairly sure Roger Bray stocks them ...

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early911parts · Post by **early911parts** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:41 am

€22 postage kills me though.[/quote]

SERIOUS !

911GP · Post by **911GP** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 1:47 pm

I can't remember where I got mine from but Carbone also sells them on eBay. Set of 4 threaded rivets for £14 including shipping:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RIVETS-FOR-C ... SwOMdZR7xe

PeterK · Post by **PeterK** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:05 am

Thanks guys.
I’ll try RB today and if not, then the £9 fleabay postage is better than the €22 on the Carbone site.

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PeterK · Post by **PeterK** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:03 pm

Roger Bray 4 rivets, £5.17 posted
Result

Thanks for the suggestion

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Flat 6 · Post by **Flat 6** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:13 pm

These also come with the plates that are discussed on this other thread:

https://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =1&t=67491

What I'm wondering how these rivets work? Do you not have to get behind them or is there some kind of tool?

Al.

PeterK · Post by **PeterK** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:30 am

I don’t know, but.....

They’re not like ’normal’ rivets, in that the have spiral flutes running down them. A bit like a very poor screw thread, with 2 or 3 threads maximum.
My assumption is that I just tap them in with a hammer. They twist / spin a bit as the go in but the flutes do the gripping. Tbey’re not exactly going to be under much load
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Flat 6 · Post by **Flat 6** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 8:56 am

Ah, that makes sense, thanks Peter.

Dougieboy1 · Post by **Dougieboy1** » Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:44 am

they are also called hammer drive rivets or just drive rivets and they work exactly as peter describes. Thev are very fiddly as they are so small. Guarantee you will lose 1....

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