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Hi everyone,

Can anyone tell me how to re-fit the black plastic rivets that secure the wheel arches? I'm guessing I need a rivet gun?

Guess I should have sussed this out before I removed them

Cheers for any advice.

Not sure exactly which ones you're having trouble with, but does the centre not just push in again? I know on some types you remove the plastic centre, push the outer back into place and then plug the centre back into the middle to lock it in.

They are very easy to bugger up when removing unfortunately. A plastic rivet gun with rivets of various sizes is just shy of 20 quid on Fleabay. Or you can probably buy the odd rivet (no doubt for almost as much as a pack of 50 Ebay ones LOL) from your dealer.

They are one shot deals unfortunately. Need to buy new ones.

Yes - pop them through and then fit the new sleeve and the pin after that to lock them in place:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=b ... vot&_rdc=1

Thanks for the responses everyone, and the link Sanj - I thought I'd read somewhere that they were re-usable and you just pushed the centre pin back in which is why I removed one

Better get myself on fleabay and order a gun & replacements

The ones Sanj posted are the wrong ones


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The ones where you push the pin through aren't correct. The ones for the arches are plastic rivets. You push the plastic rivet through and have to then pull the pin outwards to expand the backing to hold it in place. So once you push the pin through on the old rivet it's done with.

Have a look at my thread in "how to" on Le Mans arch fitting thread and all will be clear.


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Like these?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WHEEL-ARCH-SP ... 1256wt_905

Nope !!! They are mudflap ones

Check my thread Sanj


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