1999 Volvo V70 na: A little body maintenance--questions

[paredown]

Using large headed rivets is the first step.
For me the second step was to squeeze the handle only enough to create the ball on the other side but to release the handle then cut the remaining metal stalk with a Dremel tool. That was the only way to prevent the rivet head from tearing through the guard liner.

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[paredown]

Kranz fixed me up with his extra set of hardware.

I would say the brackets were due for changing! I got lucky--PB Blaster while I did other stuff, and I only had to grind of one of the short bracket bolt heads, and I was able to screw it through and out the back side.

The hardest part is getting the brackets aligned so you can get both bolts back in from the bottom. I had the bumper on and off multiple times until I got the brackets set in position so I could start the bolts.