Having bought a new bracket I noticed it comes with plastic fittings, the one on the car is pop riveted on. Will the supplied fittings stand up to the job?

2 hours ago, brian stanley said:

Will the supplied fittings stand up to the job?

Do you think it very likely that they will have manufacured a potentially safety critical component thats not "up to the job?" and risk a major lawsuit ?

2 hours ago, brian stanley said:

the one on the car is pop riveted on

I can't remember the last time that I saw anything pop riveted by a car manufacturer as things are mostly Spot Welded these days.

Perhaps the pop riveting was done by a garage at a later date and not in the factory

Should be, or at least used to be that they were fixed using 3 aluminium rivets.

the bracket is made of plastic so spot welding is unlikely.

2 minutes ago, MarksST said:

the bracket is made of plastic so spot welding is unlikely

well thats put a smile on my face !  😀

I didn't know the bracket is plastic which make the OP question a little pointless. Plastic bracket held on by plastic fittings seems very logical. 👍

Used rivnuts and bolted it on, job sorted at last.