Split rivet placement

By DroidHunter
April 9, 2014 in Assembly, Mods, and Painting

https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/26886-split-rivet-placement/

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jo-ninja[TK]

Posted July 8, 2015

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Posted July 8, 2015

Awesome!

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gazmosis

February 12, 2015

If you have never installed split rivets before, take caution. There is a wedge tool that separates the legs for you but if you don't have one, you will need to bend them outward. I have always used a

DroidHunter

April 9, 2014

Forgive me if a diagram like this has been posted already, but I can't seem to find one. Also I am at work, so I apologize for the crude picture. I am trying to make sure I get the placement correct o

troopermaster

April 14, 2014

As a rule of thumb, I go 15mm from the top of the ab plate to 15mm up from the bottom and split the difference. The overall distance is usually 114mm from the top rivet to the bottom, with the middle

uji[TK]

Posted October 21, 2015

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Posted October 21, 2015

Nice work

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flixman

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Posted March 5, 2016

great work

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MortisSin

Posted June 14, 2022

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Posted June 14, 2022

Great information. One thing I want to check. I have added a shim to both sides of the ab plate as I seem to be a bit sturdier than I used to be. Should I make the ab rivets 10mm from the edge of the new shim or 10mm from the original ab plate edge?
Thanks