Remove Punchouts?

[Randomseed]

Noob question. How should I got about removing these punchouts without screwing it up? Is there a tool for it?
Need to knock out for a mud flap install.

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[dolsen]

I think those are rivets to hold the outer bed panel to the inner wheel well panel.

 

[Rockman5159]

I think those are rivets to hold the outer bed panel to the inner wheel well panel.

my thoughts also

 

[dolsen]

I am not sure which mud flap you're trying to install, but from what I have seen they just get bolted into the same holes that the factory mudflaps are bolted to

 

[Randomseed]

You know what, I was wrong. The clip nuts go on protruding to the outside to take the bolt in, I thought you had to punch those out and put the clip on threads to the inside and run the bolt through.

Thanks anyways!

 

[Randomseed]

Its the gator back big rubber ones, they run up the wheel well quite a ways compared to the cheap ones. Figured out my mistake here.

 

[z-man]

Noob question. How should I got about removing these punchouts without screwing it up? Is there a tool for it?
Need to knock out for a mud flap install.

those may be pinch welds

 

[dolsen]

those may be pinch welds

Not impossible, but that it unlikely with aluminum, more likely to be rivets

 

[Randomseed]

Heres the piece I read wrong in case it saves someone else a headache in the future.
The q's are reverse from what I'm used to and the bolt does NOT go through the panels at all.
"With the extruding end facing out" - key info

 

[dolsen]

Heres the piece I read wrong in case it saves someone else a headache in the future.
The q's are reverse from what I'm used to and the bolt does NOT go through the panels at all.
"With the extruding end facing out" - key info

That makes sense, I could see how that could be confusing. But yea there are only 2 thru-holes. It's a good thing you clarified that before punch out a bunch of rivets haha

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