exterior taillight trim piece plastic rivits?

[KAL7467]

when I removed the black surround to my taillights all of the small plastic rivets broke. these rivets are smaller than the ones that hold the interior plastic in place and I cant seem to find them to order a few...anyone have a link or proper name for them?

[SteveJ]

I haven't dug that far into my cars. Could they be regular POM rivets?

[DatsunZGuy]

You still might be able to order them.

The rivets pictured on top are the for the taillight panel, and the one below are your standard interior rivets.

[IdahoKidd]

Looking for some myself. Aren't they grey however? And metal? I remember drilling them out instead of pushing the center in. I think......

[DatsunZGuy]

Looking for some myself. Aren't they grey however? And metal? I remember drilling them out instead of pushing the center in. I think......

The original rear panel rivets are plastic. Most likely, the previous owner removed and replaced the panel and opted to go with aluminum pop rivets.

[IdahoKidd]

Went and looked at the other 72. The rivet is plastic, but does not have a push pin in the center. It is built more like a traditional thumb tack. It is grey to match the panel. At least on this car. I remember it being the same on the other car as I couldn't get them to pull out so drilled them out. Not sure how well the ones pictured would work as they would set up higher and might interfer with the hatch.

[Zs-ondabrain]

They work fine. remember, the 240Z used small black plastic rivets with the push in center pin. There is NO clearance issue unless you have NO weather stripping and the hatch sits on metal??

alot of PO's tossed the plastic in trade for metal. So a stock rebuild or restoration would use the plastic ones.

As far as having plastic rivets with no center pin, you might find that if you use a small punch in the center, that there actually is a pin there. it's just blended with the outer rivet over the years.

The 260Z and 280Z's used larger plastic and also screws.

Dave

Edited January 16, 2011 by Zs-ondabrain

[tlorber]

Motorsports has them-for $1.00 EACH. I know this is probably not a huge volume seller for them, (6 per car every 25 years) but there has to be a hell of a margin in there.

[IdahoKidd]

A buck fifty. Each. Ten bucks doesn't seem like a big deal in the over all picture, but sheesh...........

[JeffMopar]

Have you tried the dealer? I got mine a couple of years ago direct from Nissan, $18.40 for 2 packages of 10. Its not a lot cheaper but you dont have to pay shipping.

[IdahoKidd]

Found an exact match (from outside) at the hardware store this morning in one of those little drawers full of automitive interior fasteners. 38 cents each.

[SteveJ]

Found an exact match (from outside) at the hardware store this morning in one of those little drawers full of automitive interior fasteners. 38 cents each.

Okay, share. Was there a brand, Leonard?