woofpup

I cracked my speaker grill a while back, and ordered a replacement. However, Audi uses this sort of plastic heat-rivet design, where poles on the new grill are melted and pressed down to form a rivet on the other side of the panel. (The poles are like plastic tubes about 3/4" tall. I could post a photo tonight.)

Does anyone know of a tool to do this or a way to improvise? See the pics below of what it looks like.

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jmdp

if you heat them up to the point that you can use something to press it down it should work. just be careful not to apply too much heat because it will disconnect from the grill itself. it might even just melt to the point it should kind of like heat shrink tubing.

just my .02.... let us know how it works out...

A4-Freddy

just be sure to do it in a well ventilated area, the smoke can be nasty

ErikNYC

Use a drill bit the same diameter as the "poles" so you wont make the holes in the door panel much bigger. You proably would have to drill all the way through the broken speaker grill but so what, it's broken right?

woofpup

between the speaker and the grill. i.e. how mashed they'd need to be. Any idea?

A4-Freddy

good point.. my iron came with a wide flat tip so I was able to smash them fairly close

woofpup

*nod* I have a flat tip as well.. I'll try it. Thanks!