Heater pipes

[Welsh62fhc]

Hi I am fitting new heater pipes before painting car, should the plates on the ends with 3 rivet holes be left black, or painted body colour.

Also every rivet gun I can find won't allow the rivet to pull up square, the pipe gets in the way of the gun.

Thanks Gary

[Jeremy]

The pipes and the front plates on my car were all painted black Gary. Have a look at all the photos in the Factory Fit threads which are particularly helpful in identifying correct paint finishes.
I put a small nut on the shaft of the pop rivet to act as a spacer between the gun and the rivet head, and that solves the problem of fouling with the pipe.

[Welsh62fhc]

Thanks for that tip Jeremy