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BDUBYA
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 Lights Need to install my light bars on a new boat. It's an F86 and I can't get to where the lights will bolt up. Thinking about making brackets and pop riveting the brackets in place the. Bolt up lights. Any ideas?
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Quackhead62
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Re: Lights This is what I did with my light bar. I welded down some aluminum channels drilled a hole though each and bolted it down. Easy to pull off when u don't need the light. 20140315_145501.jpg
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Full Throttle
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Re: Lights Rivnuts are your friend
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xYouAreBoyx
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Re: Lights I just drilled a hole and used some stainless 1/4" sheet metal screws. Working great so far.
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mudslut
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Re: Lights
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BDUBYA
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Re: Lights Rivets is what I was thinking. Thought about self tapping screws but some people tell me theirs have pulled out when riding in rough water. Thanks for teh reassurance.
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Puddler45
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Re: Lights I just used a little bit of silicone on the 1/4" screws I used. I haven't had them loosen up at all
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txmudcutter
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Duckaholic-Anonymous
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Re: Lights Where do you all get your rivnuts? I've been looking for some that don't require a notch
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BDUBYA
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Re: Lights Never heard of rivnuts. Ill need to check into that.
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Full Throttle
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Re: Lights
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MuddRunner86
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Re: Lights Grainger and Fastenal also carry them
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BDUBYA
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Re: Lights Well I got me some rivnuts and the tool for it on the way. Makes me feel good knowing Ill be the brightest boat on the water again this year. Thanks for all the advice. Ill have some pics when its all done.
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mudslut
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Re: Lights
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mudslut
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MuddRunner86
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Re: Lights got a bag of 50 of them from grainger for less than 20 bucks. And the tool is not really needed all you need is a piece of flat bar with a hole in it look it up on youtube thats how i learned about the flatbar
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BDUBYA
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Re: Lights I looked it up on YouTube but I might be doing a lot of this so I got the tool & 3 different size nut on ebay.
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