Riveting on body panels.....

[Jonny Boaterboy]

I cough my nearside rear panel offroading the other day, the panel that the rear light is attached to, and popped a few of the rivets..... do you just pop a few rivits back in? I cant get to the inside so does it matter that there is no washers on the inside? do you have to use a special type of rivet i.e. stainless, alloy, Land Rover rivets etc?

Tar

[Range Rover Blues]

The panels are both steel, so no washers are required or AFAIK were ever used, but if youtake the light out you can get to the back of them.

[Jonny Boaterboy]

Thanks RRB, where were you at Bala last weekend? thought you might have been tempted to show me a few tricks?

[Range Rover Blues]

No  mate, I've hardly time to sleep at the moment.

[Range Rover Ron]

Hello Mate,

I've wacked mine off a couple of times,
I've just rivited them back on,
no problems at all.
the second time though I had to use bigger rivits so if I were you just get bigger rivits and drill out to the bigger size that fits the rivit.

Cheers...........