benderxtc700
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I'm polising my tunnel, are the rivets stainless steel or steel or what? I dont want to go through all the trouble then find out the dam things are gonna rust.
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Rivets?
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yamaholic22
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they are very high quality stainless, and hold better than any hardware store rivets you will find.
SRXSRULE
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They are very high quality but they are not stainless. They are coated steel and they will rust. I have stripped/polished 4 of them and the rivits will rust, not very bad and its easy to keep them clean but they are not stainless. ===SRXSRULE===
they are not stainless, they are steel zink multigrips, i can sell you any no for 15Cents each, the easiest thing to do is to drill all that show, buff and polish then install new rivots.
yamaholic22
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sorry boys thought they were stainless 
yamaholic22
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and BTV, what the heck is with your number of posts?
n2oiroc
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are they the same as the structural rivets on a viper tunnel? mine sure look like stainless and never any rust.
they are atleast as strong, the yamaha ones pull a little easier than the ones i have,
yamaha used steel zink plated, or steel with a anodized brown. viper ones are steel. after i buffed mine a few times the edges of the rivots where the zink wore off would rust.
thats why i say, if your going to do a new polish, the best result will come from taking all rivots off, then sand with 2000, buff, polish then install rivots.
yamaha used steel zink plated, or steel with a anodized brown. viper ones are steel. after i buffed mine a few times the edges of the rivots where the zink wore off would rust.
thats why i say, if your going to do a new polish, the best result will come from taking all rivots off, then sand with 2000, buff, polish then install rivots.