How to remove these fixings

[u/sweetlambly]

How on earth do I remove this bracket? It's fixed to the side of my van and I can't see any way to get to the back.

Any help greatly appreciated

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[u/drummwill]

those are rivets

you can drill them out, but you’ll end up with rivet-sized wholes in your van

[u/4linosa → u/drummwill]

If there are rivets, there are already rivet sized holes… right?

I’ve drilled rivet heads by using a significantly larger bit so it cuts the head off the body but doesn’t drill into the body of the rivet. Then tapped the remainder in with a hammer so I don’t make the coating hole any bigger.

[u/Whats_Awesome → u/drummwill]

He’ll also get a rattle as the backs of the “pop-rivets” will fall into the door or panel that he cannot access the inside of.

[u/jimmyray29]

They look like rivets. Personally, I would drill them.

[u/ScrewMeNoScrewYou]

The only way to remove that is to drill them out. Those are rivets.

[u/Yeeeeeeewwwwww]

All the Fixxxxeeeeens

[u/sweetlambly]

!solved

Drilling is the way.

[u/jaybranders]

Drill

[u/UpsetInteraction2095]

Try screwing in a screw and pulling it out with a hammer. No idea if this will work but good luck.

[u/Thneed1 → u/UpsetInteraction2095]

It won’t.