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Topic: installing rubber on Splash shields
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hotboy1966
Journeyman Posts: 81
From: Everett, Wa. USA
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 01-08-2003 01:46 AM
   
Does anybody know how to install the staples used to hold the rubber splash shields to the steel mounting plate? This is for the splash shields that go inside the front fenders.Thanks,
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Dave
68 Coupe, 289, restomod in process
68 GT Fastback, resto in process
97 Cobra .vert, daily driver
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Fastback68
Gearhead Posts: 1880
From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 01-08-2003 08:13 AM
Unless I'm much mistaken, you do it with an industrial-strength staple gun  I can't think of any other way. Maybe ask a builder if you can borrow one.
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DaveK
Gearhead Posts: 251
From: Sterling, VA
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 01-08-2003 08:46 AM
I used a small drill bit to make the holes for the staples and then just bent the ends of the staples over.
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65darkhorse
Gearhead Posts: 579
From: Je suis a Paris
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 01-08-2003 09:45 AM
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Severine Dupraz/U/Givaudan, Originally posted by DaveK:
I used a small drill bit to make the holes for the staples and then just bent the ends of the staples over.
I did the same thing...if memory serves, I think I also liquid nailed them.
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Hell_Fish
Gearhead Posts: 680
From: Austin, TX.
Registered: May 2002
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posted 01-08-2003 11:40 AM
Could you drill out the holes and use rivits?
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hotboy1966
Journeyman Posts: 81
From: Everett, Wa. USA
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 01-08-2003 12:28 PM
Thanks guys. I was thinking along the same lines...I was just hoping there was a better way. I like the BIG staplegun approach.
Does anybody know how Ford did it back in the 60's?
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Dave
68 Coupe, 289, restomod in process
68 GT Fastback, resto in process
97 Cobra .vert, daily driver
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Jeff
Gearhead Posts: 280
From: Moore, OK USA
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 01-08-2003 02:25 PM
If you don't need original fasteners, pop rivets with washers work very well. Position the material, drill through it and the metal splash and install rivet with washers on both sides.
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