Rivets For Floor Pan

[Guest WHEELNUT]

Evening all, I've been looking closely at the colin usher web site as this on it's own seems better than the "fawlty towers " style videos that came with the kit! CU states that he used ss 4.8mm rivets, he doesn't say whether thes are the closed type or std. What did other builders use? Also there seems to be bones of contention about seat mounting and belt mountings, I spent about 2 hours yesterday just pondering whether to weld something extra into the chassis to provide something decent to secure both to. Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated.

 

Regards Wheelnut.

[Guest TerryBarry]

I've used 4.8 mm standard s/s ones.

Re' the seat mounts I've gone for two pieces of angle across the chassis extending onto the side rails.

[Guest WHEELNUT]

Thanks Terry , thats pretty much what I wanted to hear. I think If i do weld something in I'll be putting in some sort of box section that will carry mounting of both seat and lower belt mounting. I think on saturday I may just try and find myself some seats as at the moment I don't have any.

[Big Jim]

Have a look here. I'm going to have a ride over there in a week or 2, to see what I can get to fit the mark 3. They're a better price than other well known makes.

[balnacoul]

I ordered some standard rivets this morning and according to the guy at primary fasteners, closed /blind rivets are only really used where you want a gas type seal, but the clincher for me was the price e.g.

1000 blind rivets = £115.43

1000 standard = £45

[Guest chris brown]

So now you are convinced standard ones are the ones to use. I used 3.2 mm stainless throughout just put more in where I needed extra strength I think my floor has rivets at 2.5 inch centres my reasoning being that a lot of small ones are better than less larger ones as there is less likelihood of deforming the material between them.

[Guest racman]

I have also used 4.8 ss rivets for the floor.

 

But i have used 4mm x 100mm plate welded between the chassis tubes, this provides fixings for the seats and handbrake mounting, plus all is inboard with nothing showing under floor.

 

jeff

[Guest timswait]

Where do you buy stainless rivets, the local DIY places only seem to do ali, and they corrode out fairly quickly when fitted in stainless panels? (I did click Jim's link, but typing rivets into the search doesn't produce any results).

[Mitch]

Have you not got a local engineering supplies, near to where you live??

or tifosi do mail order but get a big order in as the postage will cost, due to the weight

 

http://www.tifosi-devon.co.uk/

 

hth

Mitch

[balnacoul]

I used primary fasteners, very helpful and quick

 

http://prifast.co.uk/

[Guest WHEELNUT]

I got my rivets last week from J & L INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY . C an't find their web address at the mo but the service was next day and the price was half that of a local firm I use at work. They quoted £34 per 100 for 4.8mm, J & L were £18.55!

I also bought some cobalt stub drills as reccommended elsewhere.

 

Regards Malcolm.