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| | | | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 244 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 244 | I had my 1953 GMC grill chromed and they did not put rivets in all the holes. The question I have is whether I should put stainless steel rivets in the missing holes or should I replace the existing rivets with stainless steel nuts and bolts? | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | I don't know that you can even get stainless steel rivets, stainless isn't very malleable (unless you are talking about the aluminum pop rivets that look like stainless).
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A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 439 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 439 | Little SS nuts and bolts for me. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 244 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 244 | I was able to special order stainless steel rivets. Right now I have the option of using the stainless steel rivets or stainless steel nuts and bolts. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,154 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,154 | Be careful if you are buying SS pop type rivets they will not work in a standard pop rivet gun as the rivet is very hard and more than a hand grip is needed...make sure you have the correct type of gun as the jaws for SS rivets are also different. T/C Steve | | | | | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 244 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 244 | I did buy SS pop rivets. I didn't know they were different size and would not work in a normal hand rivet tool.
I gues that puts me back to using the SS nuts and bolts.
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