Body/floor/interior rivets and rivnuts

[voucht]

Originally Posted by jps

I had a look at your blog but my French is not good enough!!!

I understand ! But if you want, there is actuelly a "translate" menu on my blog (right column, right under the blog archive list), and you can chose your language. It is translated by google, so it is not very good, but I guess you can catch the main sense.

Anyway, here are my answers to your questions:

Floor : I actually used rivets and not rivnuts for the floor, because I can't see why I would need to remove it, as I kept the transmission tunnel open, so I have access to the propshaft from underneath.

So I used 4mm rivets every 50mm along each edge.
I also sealed/glued with Sikaflex.

Side panels : all the bodywork I wanted removable. So I used M5 rivnuts, countersunk head.

Top side :
3 under the hood (the one in the very front is also the nose cone fitting point)
2 under the scuttle
2 between the scuttle and the rear arch
None on the arch, but the rear part of the side panel is attached to the chassis with the rear wheel arches.
So it is 7 fitting points + 2 or 3 with the rear wheel arches

Underside :
5 on the front part (in front of the angle)
2 on the rear part (behind the angle)
So it is 7 as well

So 14 rivnuts per side panel.

Hope that help. Do not hesitate to ask if you need

Good luck!

[voucht]

I just realized that I might have misunderstood your question.

You were asking about the rivnuts to fit the side panels through the ally floor. Sorry

Originally Posted by jps

how many rivnuts did you use for the side panels. And did you drill out your 3mm floor (I have 3mm alu for the floor too) to fit the rivnuts flush with the floor panel?

Yes, I drilled out the ally floor and used countersunk rivnuts, so they are flush with the floor. Rivnuts have to cope with 5mm thickness (2mm tube + 3mm floor). Mine were OK for that, I tried on a scrap tube and 3mm ally piece.
The link to my blog about that is:
http://vouchtroadster.blogspot.fr/20...panels-09.html
(I moved the "Translate" button on top of the side bar so it is easier to find.)

There are 4 rivnuts fitted through the floor (+ 3 directly on the tube, at the front of the chassis)

Also, these countersunk rivnuts I used to fit my side panels are M6 (9mm hole) and not M5 (7mm hole) as I said yesterday.

I hope I have now answered your question

[jps]

Merci beaucoup for taking the time with a comprehensive answer, much appreciated! I'll take a much closer look through your blog now, the photo's you've got on there are very helpful. Although I am hoping that I do not have the mysterious gaps in bodywork I suspect I may have similar challeneges ahead, as my bodywork has been waiting to be fitted for nearly 3 years now and may have adopted some new shapes...!