I have a 2013 impala. I was working on my car when I noticed that the plastic cover piece for the hood latch/radiator area was not fastened down by anything. Looks like there should be two fasteners used to hold it in place. I imagine they are the push-in style rivets? Can anyone confirm what that piece of plastic is held in by? I can try to take a picture of it if needed. Its the roughly 1 ft wide piece that covers up around the hood latch area. Should see it when you open the hood.
Yes, there are about 14 or so pop button riovets where the center pushes in to lock and pull up to release........GM dealers sell the for $4 each or you can buy 40 of them for less than $6 or similar larger multi type packages on Amazon
Yes, there are about 14 or so pop button riovets where the center pushes in to lock and pull up to release........GM dealers sell the for $4 each or you can buy 40 of them for less than $6 or similar larger multi type packages on Amazon
The part I am looking at only has two holes where I imagine these push rivets go. It isn't the full front bumper. Either way, I got these on order...hopefully they will do the trick. Thanks.
Not sure they were 100% the right fasteners, but they seemed to work. They were a very tight fit though. Don't think I will be getting them out with out breaking them...but it was only $5 for 40 of them so I don't really care.
did you install them with the center pushed out then after it was in the hole, insert the push pin back into the base (if that makes sense). that center push pin is supposed to expand the fastener once it is in place.
Yes I did. The center was fully out when I pushed just the outer piece in. They started bending and were extremely hard to push in. Once in, I added the center part, which again were extremely hard to push in and started to bend. Eventually they popped in, but like I said, I doubt I will be getting them back out again.
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