Rosette Rivets... Some of you might like this...

[1 Wild R/T]

I was kinda surprised to discover Amazon sells Rosette Rivets... Compared to restoration suppliers they are cheap...
https://www.amazon.com/Rosette-Rive...8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

 

[eldubb440]

they should be cheap, they're only rivets

 

[pnora]

Good deal. Most give the shaft without a reach around.

 

[dadsbee]

Clicking that link it gives me $42.89 CDN from Amazon.ca !

I bought a dozen a couple years back for less than 5 bucks. You can also make them pretty easy in a mill.

 

[pnora]

Clicking that link it gives me $42.89 CDN from Amazon.ca !

I bought a dozen a couple years back for less than 5 bucks. You can also make them pretty easy in a mill.

13.99 US free ship.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Clicking that link it gives me $42.89 CDN from Amazon.ca !

Not the same link, but another that is on the first link... Eight instead of four...

 

[Mopar Hunter]

I heard some people complain about those being thinner and flatter than the regular Mopar ones.

 

[Dan64]

I just used them on a 87' w150 that I had to swap out the dash on, looked/ worked good enough to me ( for a 87' w150 anyway).

 

[Dave6T4]

I remember being at the Mopar Nationals back in the '80's. A vendor there had a nail keg full of those rivets for $1.00 each!

 

[Davefinan]

I remember being at the Mopar Nationals back in the '80's. A vendor there had a nail keg full of those rivets for $1.00 each!
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Ahhhh the good ole days

 

[Kern Dog]

There are deceptive dudes that look to swap numbers to make a buck......but maybe I'm just overly trusting or optimistic when I state that I feel most people are honest. When restoring a car, sometimes you need to remove a tag to properly clean and strip a dash frame. Some Motor Vehicle officials may not notice standard rivets on a VIN tag so what else is a person to do?

 

[kiwigtx]

Some Motor Vehicle officials may not notice standard rivets on a VIN tag so what else is a person to do?

Carefully grind the back of the rivet off underneath the dash frame, pop the tag off and clean it up..... silicone it back in place when done.

Nobody would ever notice if done carefully.

 

[QuickBpBp]

Carefully grind the back of the rivet off underneath the dash frame, pop the tag off and clean it up..... silicone it back in place when done.

Nobody would ever notice if done carefully.

Exactly I said this many times. No reason NOT to re-use the originals except use a dab of epoxy on each one.

 

[LowBikeMike]

Carefully grind the back of the rivet off underneath the dash frame, pop the tag off and clean it up..... silicone it back in place when done.

Nobody would ever notice if done carefully.

I did something very similar with my 57 Ford Retractable in the 80's knowing dip stripping would ruin my VIN plate that was installed with unobtainium rivets. Careful work and all is fine.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Yup, I've re-used them a few times... Not doing anything nefarious, but it's hard to restore a car without dealing with the dash...

I got my rivets today, they might be a touch small, haven't broken out the calipers yet... They are close... Paid $40 for two fifteen years ago, they weren't 100% spot on either...

 

[Sixpactogo]

I remember being at the Mopar Nationals back in the '80's. A vendor there had a nail keg full of those rivets for $1.00 each!

I remember that as well. I splurged and bought 4 of them. What a dumb ***.

 

[Tony Tee]

Carefully grind the back of the rivet off underneath the dash frame, pop the tag off and clean it up..... silicone it back in place when done.

Nobody would ever notice if done carefully.

If you drive the pin out of the dash rosette rivit. If its still in there? Then squeeze the shank of the pop rivit from behind the dash with a needle nose vise grip to shrink the shank down . You can remove the oem rivit out the dash and tag from the top side. This will save your original rosette rivits. , Then replace the pin robbed from a standard pop rivet and re-pop your original vin tag with your original vin tag rivets back on to your dash after restoring your dash and vin tag. Its difficult to get the shank of the rivet squeezed enough to pull it through. But with patience, it's doable. Just my 2cents. Good luck.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

I don’t know how much it matters if at all, but I just looked at a photo I sneaked of the form the DMV inspector filled out when I registered my car and they mention the type of rivet used. Don’t know if they would spot a repro and care, in the past when I was a Chevy truck guy and on a forum for that there was a brouhaha over repro rivets being illegal.

 

[mrhemi]

Galen (before he became a dick) gave me two of those back in the early 80's.