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Originally Posted by arpad_m
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I got it done for her. She is very appreciative. I will say that this "simple" rivet was tougher than it appeared.
First suggestion is not to get just any HSS drill bits. Get something that advertises and super mighty or something for metal. I used many namebrand HSS bits that I paid good $$$$ for that were junk when put to this test. But I also bought some bits from a company that I never heard of before "Giant" and they advertised their bits as metal mighty or something like this. No special tips, no colouring, nothing. But when put to this test, these things cut through this rivet like butter. Pretty much one bit per rivet. Although, I probably could have gotten away with using it on a second rivet. I also found using a slightly smaller (5/32nds) was better, (maybe because I was using the giant brand, don't know), and after the depth was correct then just "carefully and slowly" making the hole a bit bigger.
I did mine a little different...
1) move seat forward all the way.
2) with socket remove plug guard, then unseat the plug (removes easy)
3) unbolts seats
4) yank seats and put on carpeted floor outside of the car and roll on it side.
5) remove plastic guard as shown in the first link
6) unzip seat leather cover to expose rivet as shown in the first link.
7) Using a punch make a nice mark and deep starting point in the head of rivet.
8) while using 1 hand to keep the foam/material away & to stabilize the seat, use other to drill.
9) vacuum shavings, put seat back together, roll seat over and do the other side.
I didn't disconnect the battery or do all the other stuff the first linked tutorial did (remove clip, nothing). As long as you make a nice punch mark the drill bit will bite and there'll be no problems. Have a vacuum handy cause there will metal shavings everywhere. Your female co-pilot will appreciate this project cause the seat will lay back much farther.
Thank you so much for the tutorials