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Man, I love rivnuts. These are great for bolting sheet metal onto a car in places it wasn't originally intended to go. I generally use them when building spli
by tristor 4y ago
Man, I love rivnuts. These are great for bolting sheet metal onto a car in places it wasn't originally intended to go. I generally use them when building splitters, covers to flat bottom a car, or rear diffusers in addition to rods running into the frame. They're also great for simple repairs or for making alternate mounting locations.
One of my favorite tools is my rivnut gun.
- Sophistifunk 4y agoYup, they are a car-hacker's best friend, and once you've got the gadget you'll be surprised how often the solution to a random problem around the house turns out to be more rivnuts :)
- bigiain 4y ago“When the only tool you have is a nailgun, every problem looks like a messiah.”
- mnd999 4y agoThank you, that actually made me laugh out loud. I’m getting funny looks now.
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoOnly if you DGAF about your stuff being serviceable in the long term. Rivnuts have the wonderful habit of going together like a bolt and coming apart like a rivet after only the slightest amount of corrosion gets applied. That tiny interface between the rivet nut and sheet-metal is no match for the surface area of the threaded joint once there is corrosion involved. Sure you can help it out with good material selection and some anti-sieze but dealing with a spun riv nut is a little more twice as onerous as dealing with a rivet the normal way.
- Sophistifunk 4y agoI've got some hooks rivnutted onto my pool fence to hold skimmer poles, they've been living outside in the queensland weather for a couple of years with no problems.