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Originally Posted by s13coupedrfter
I've had alot of experience with this kind of stuff, I worked for Northrop Grumman on the F-18 assembly line for 3 years.
From my experience hardware store pop rivets will work but they will get loose after time. If you use them be sure not to mix metals example: steel sheet metal with aluminum rivets. When you mix you are making a mini battery (two disimilar metals and a electrolyte). The electrolyte in this case would be the environment (salt air, water, moisture, soaps from washing etc). When these conditions are present the electrons are flowing from one metal to the other which is highly corrosive. Just rember to use steel on steel. Also, before you install them use alittle RTV sealant around the shank so moisture doesn't get in.
Option 2 is to use solid rivets like we use on aircraft. To install these you will need a air hammer with a bucking bar and very understanding neighbors.
Hope this helps and G/L
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I've never replied to any of these threads before but I've seen chassis spot welded and riveted. I've got an old AE86 Special Drift Tengoku that I let someone borrow and they lost. Anyway they had a two page write up on it. It looked decent and easy to do but once I saw the threads about how they come lose. I asked a couple friends if there was a difference in rivets at all. They all said all the rivits were always the same and asked why I would want to know. I told them about my mag and they said they were weak and come loose. I really got confused because I just looked at a Blackhawk up close and person at a Dayton airshow and never noticed the entire outside armor is rivited on.
If its good enough for F-16s and Black hawks I think its good enough for us since I don't think we have pushed any where near the G's they have. I did a simple search and the wiki provides alot of information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivet