[ryanheacox]

Thanks Mike and Mike. Ideally I'd like to remove the rivet instead of drill another hole. I've been repairing rot in the roof rail over the rear driver side door with a kit from Abatron. It's good stuff, comes with a penetrating epoxy and then a filler putty. I had to fill some big voids around the T bracket and was able to get the screws nice and tight once the putty was cured. That job is done now but I have epoxy left over that I may try to inject into the hole after removing the pop rivet somehow.


Yes, it does look like the rivet goes into the header sheet metal. With the roof rail work I saw that the drip rail is pop riveted along its entire run. I will try to get a hacksaw blade in there first. I also have a Fein multimaster but I worry about nicking the paint with it.