E-brake boot question

[1 Bravo 6]

Austen,

The snaps come in different sizes, colours and styles and all with short or long shanks. If you're using the snaps in carpet, you'd probably be better using the long shanks. Might be an idea to take the boot with you to ensure you get the correct size. They come in kits, complete with punches. As Enrique said, make certain you use the correct parts.

You'll pick them up in hobby shops, hardware stores, shops that sell leatherworking tools and shops that sell dress making material are likely to have the best variety.

Rick.

:devious: :devious:

[EScanlon]

Well, my dad and I decided today that were going to go with the snaps. Were going to pull the seat out and drill holes for the snaps because we think this will work better in the end. Now we just gotta find where to get them.

Take a note from Ed and don't start drilling holes and driving screws into the transmission tunnel.

E

[76Datsun280z]

Take a note from Ed and don't start drilling holes and driving screws into the transmission tunnel.

E

Is this because of the brake lines?

[Ed]

Brake and fuel lines.

[76Datsun280z]

Brake and fuel lines

Alright, that's good to know.

[EScanlon]

YES! and the Fuel lines, and the Emergency Brake mechanism. Not to mention the car metal's propensity to rust...especially when you add a hole and fill it with a dissimilar metal.

Far better to attach the snaps to the carpet than to the metal. If the carpet is properly affixed to the car and the jute below it (or whatever you have for sound deadening or padding) then that's sufficient to hold the cover in place.

When you find the snaps, you'll find various styes amongst others. One is the screw on method, another is the rivet method. You can also find the sew-on kind, but that would be more of a problem unless you're handy wiht a needle and thread.

The screw on method requires a hole as you were mentioning. The other style, the rivet, usually has or you can buy a simple rivet gun. I've seen both the style that requires a separate rivet gun like you would use to rivet two pieces of metal with separate rivets, and the style that has the rivet built into the corresponding half of the snap that goes BENEATH the material. This half will usually have a deformable rivet head that gets forced through the fabric, and through the upper half of the rivet, then you press both together with a small tool (usually enclosed with the snap set, or available cheaply) and you use a hammer and small anvil to deform the rivet.

Ask the person at the counter and they should be able to help you out, as they are common for Blue Jean repair. In fact, you might check and see if your blue-jean sized rivet would work, and that would give you a size to look for.

Did a quick search and here's a link to show you the second style:

http://www.umei.com/snap-buttons/snap-buttons.htm

2¢

E

[76Datsun280z]

Thanks for your help and suggestions, I'll menchean this to my dad tonight and I'll see what he says.

-Austen.