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kingofthesparks



Member Since: 06 Jan 2011
Location: Very close to Watford gap services , northants
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United Kingdom 2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Fuji White
Loose Trim in rear of utility
The trim ( window surround plastic if there was a window ) is loose on one side and rattles, how is this fixed, see that there are rivets under plastic caps but whst is it riveted to, other side is solid.
Post #51687 8th Jan 2011 10:03am
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mse



Member Since: 06 Apr 2008
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United Kingdom 2016 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Scotia Grey
Its not riveted.

Go and pull it off (if its the rear) and you will see. Mike
Post #51922 9th Jan 2011 8:38am
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alantd



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Those aren't rivets - they don't fix to anything.

Just give it a tug and it'll come off. It's held in place by 2 spring clips. You'll need to bend them slightly with a pair of plyers once you've taken it off and then it'll just push back in place. It'll never be tight so I drilled the flange behind it (about 2/3 up the leading edge - with the fake rivets on) and put in a captive nut or rivnut. That way I can really secure it in place.

If you have windows, you can get Mantec window guards and they recommend the approach above to provide some level of security.

I did the same for the speaker panel below since it was held in place by those stupid plastic expanding rawl plugs, which broke the first time I was fiddling around. Now everything is nicely bolted in place with some easy to remove and re-fit rivnuts Thumbs Up

I'll take some photos when I'm back in the UK One that started out as a 2.4 TDCi 110 XS
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Post #53773 18th Jan 2011 8:48pm
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