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Old 06-22-2015, 08:18 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Rivets will pull through bumper plastic in time. In fact, even just popping rivets into plastic might cause them to pull through. You could back them with a suitable array of washers though. Also, stainless rivets are a lot stronger than Alu, I can imagine alu rivets breaking after a short time.
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