A few things to consider on this one. Make darn sure you get ALL aluminum replacement rivets. Often the rivet is listed as alum but the mandrell (nail) is steel. Over time the interior may look like it has chicken pox! The painted pop rivets will hold paint a bit better than bare alum ones. When you bore out the old ones use care to get dead center so as not to distort the original holes, you'll want to re use the original holes. Buy a bunch of quality 1/8 bits, at the first sign of a dull one toss it. Keep a eye out for distorted or streched rivet holes, you may have to go up a size to get a good tight rivet grip (it happens and showes later). V T S do'es have the right ones, right head and right hardness, good price. Beware there are some venders that sell all alum rivets that have a tendancy to "break long", when they pop you have about a 1/2 inch of mandrell sticking out, real pain to deal with. Good drill, good bits, decient riveter, quality rivets & it goes fast & easy.
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