PaulvS
Well Known Member
.063 is a little overkill in my opinion. IIRC I think I used .040. And I think even .032 would work fine. I did mine several years before Van's offered a "repair kit". The use of closed end rivets is not required. You're using pro-seal to seal everything anyway.
Agreed, I would've probably used .040 unless someone had advised to use thicker for the covers. Also, Vans kit has 25 rivets per cover, which seems like a lot compared to the 12 screws in the access plate on the root rib.
If the covers ever need to be removed again in future then the closed end rivets will be difficult to drill out because the mandrel can't be knocked out, so that's another argument to use normal pulled rivets sealed by Proseal over the heads.