plastic rivet/screw trick?

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Oct 7, 2007 | 12:26 PM

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plastic rivet/screw trick?

is there a trick to removing these things? like the ones that hold on the front bumper, the ground effect, etc? i need to get my front spoiler repainted, so it needs to be removed, and dont wanna crack the pain on my front bumper. help!

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Oct 7, 2007 | 12:28 PM

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Buy the tool .. Matco and snappy i know make one .. im sure the others do 2 ! go by a local body shop and ask for their toolman's card or atleast # .. get it from him

Oct 7, 2007 | 02:36 PM

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I just went to Auto Zone and bought a package of replacement plastic rivets for when I removed my W68 body kit. I tried every trick in the book to get a rivet out, screw driver, pliars, pry-bar, and wire cutters, but they all mangled the rivet to the point of no return! After I got new ones I used a dremel tool with a sanding drum bit and ground the head off of each one. Then I used a phillips screw driver to push the rest in. Went WAY more quickly when I started doing it that way! Swat

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