Fender arch rivets
 

Anyone knows to how install rivets on the fender arch without using the rivet gun?

Thanks is advance.

Why do it any other way. A rivet gun in only ~$27 bucks.

You can get one very cheap on ebay.. I got one from the UK in theend...

we did it without a rivet gun and it was very difficult. I say "we" because you really need 2 sets of hands... the rivet gun is really worth saving the frustration.

if you must, heat up the plastic rivet a bit with a hair dryer so that it can bend a bit easier. Use pliers to pull the stem outward (it will take 1 person to do just this) while the other person uses any other tool to hold the small base of the rivet in place against the flare. Like I said, this was the only way we could figure out how to do it without the gun... very not recommended. We gave up after putting in only 3 rivets under each wheel. Body shop eventually put the rest in without being asked when they saw the extras in my trunk.

:iagree:...it was a pain in the rear to do it w/o a rivet gun. It is do-able, but you will find it very frustrated at times. I did used a plier to try to install the flares, but it was kind of difficult to do it without the help of second person and I decided to wait until my rivet gun came. I was just too anxious to install them even before I got the rivet gun :p:. I would not recommend installing the fender flares w/o using a proper rivet gun tool. Good luck...

I have a rivet tool for the small pop rivets, such as the ones in the trim piece for the rear bumper when installing the hitch receiver, but I haven't been able to find one for the fender flare rivets. Does anyone know the diameter of the fender arch rivets, and where to find a tool for those? My local hardware store doesn't have a tool for those larger pop rivets.

Jim M.

Here is the one you can use:
NAPAONLINE

Same thingm but cheaper:
Marson 48000 Klik Plastic Rivet Setter with Pouch

Thanks, shashankmittal.

I guess I should have been looking on-line, instead of at the hardware store.

Jim.

Unfortunately the cheaper one still costs $30 after shipping when I looked.

Put my wheel arches on today .. what an easy thing to do .. apart from taking the wheels off it's a snap ... and yes I had the rivet gun .. all rivets put in in under 10 minutes...

You have to take the wheels off to install the wheel fender arches?

No. The wheels stay on for this. :thumbup:

You don't have to take the wheels off if you use the rivet gun that I mentioned about earlier. Some other rivet guns however would not fit between the fender and wheel, and thus would require you to take the wheels off.

I took my wheels off.. but I also installed mud flaps.. also noticed the front rivets (which are longer) snapped off in a strange place and needed to be trimmed for some reason.. rears were fine...