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post Aug 8 2003, 01:51 PM
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When I took my car apart the door thresholds were held on with 24 white nylon or plastic rivits.
Does anyone know where to buy them?
I don't see them listed in any of the popular places.
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post Aug 8 2003, 02:11 PM
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they seem the same as in the old VW bugs, but i haven't compared them side by side.
ask you local VW shop ...

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post Aug 8 2003, 02:19 PM
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On my car they are attached with pop rivets. However, I used these type of fasteners all the time in products that I design. White might be hard to get - black should be easy. Since I don't have any, if anyone wants to send me a couple, I can see if I can cross them to any commonly available similar fasteners.

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post Aug 8 2003, 02:36 PM
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Not sure how far off they are in color, they are listed as "off-white"

McMaster-Carr- Plastic Rivets
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post Aug 8 2003, 02:56 PM
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Those are simply plastic blind rivets with a mandrel that pulls to expand the rivet tail and presumably the mandrel breaks off. My understanding is that the originals are plastic rivets in which you push on the mandrel into place to expand the rivet tails. Then you can further push the mandrel right out of the rivet for removal (and reuse).

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post Aug 8 2003, 03:04 PM
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Hey Demick,

I've seen those in white like how you describe, I just cannot remember where now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Aug 8 2003, 03:08 PM
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QUOTE(Mueller @ Aug 8 2003, 01:36 PM)
Not sure how far off they are in color, they are listed as "off-white"

McMaster-Carr- Plastic Rivets

that ain't the right stuff ...
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post Aug 8 2003, 03:16 PM
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There are a number of manufacturers. Richco has a variety of styles. Problem is, I've never actually seen a real one (not conciously at least) so I can't cross it. Mike probably can.

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post Aug 8 2003, 03:28 PM
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this is da item ...

Performanceproducts Catalog ...
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post Aug 8 2003, 04:09 PM
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You can get them new from porsche. They are now clear plastic. white and black are nla. they are called threshold rivets. if you local dealer can't get the part number let me know. It's also listed in the AA catalog if you need the number. The vw rivets are not the same, I tried.
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post Aug 8 2003, 06:10 PM
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I bought them in clear at Partsheaven in Hayward $1 each (ouch)

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post Aug 8 2003, 06:27 PM
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think porsche wants like 30 cents for em.
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post Aug 8 2003, 06:32 PM
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a link to some plastic rivets.

http://www.microplastics.com/

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post Aug 8 2003, 07:58 PM
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I tried them. I went as far as sending them a clear rivet to see if they could manufacture it in black. Their responce was no. They didnt have a match for it. Buy it from Porsche. I thought they were cheap. Better than paying a $1 a pop. They said if the rivet is made of nylon, you can use black fabric dye on it. The type that comes in a powder you mix with water and heat up. havent tried it yet.
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post Aug 8 2003, 08:00 PM
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QUOTE(Jeffs74~914 @ Aug 8 2003, 05:10 PM)
I bought them in clear at Partsheaven in Hayward $1 each (ouch)

oh, you mean THOSE rivets (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
hmmm, dunno then, mine were just screwed on ...

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post Aug 9 2003, 07:14 AM
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QUOTE(Mueller @ Aug 8 2003, 12:36 PM)
Not sure how far off they are in color, they are listed as "off-white"

McMaster-Carr- Plastic Rivets

Has anyone tried these? The price is right @ $17/100?
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post Aug 9 2003, 07:15 AM
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QUOTE(tod914 @ Aug 8 2003, 04:27 PM)
think porsche wants like 30 cents for em.

Can you buy form Porsche online?
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post Aug 9 2003, 07:36 AM
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The Porsche part number for the threshold rivets is 999 591 550 40
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post Aug 9 2003, 07:39 AM
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I did a search for that part number over at www.stoddard.com and got this when I checked stock for 24.

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Parts Search Results

Part Number: 99959155040
Description: RIVET
Quantity: 24
Item Price: $0.80
Total Part Price: $ 19.20

The quantity for that part is in stock
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post Aug 9 2003, 09:23 PM
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When I was searching for threshold rivets, it seemed like all I could find was white when I was looking for black. I got a bunch of different nylon fasteners from Microplastics, Inc. for FREE. I ended up using black 'arrow clips'. They look great and hold real good.
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