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Originally Posted by Tim Smithson
So my advice to those of you who don't want to scrabble under the belly pan to find it has only 2 bolts and the others are pop-rivveted on, 
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The underpan is actually held on by 10 bolts, 2 screws and no pop rivits.
The actual underpan consists of an aluminum frame that has a plastic pan pop rivited to it. To remove the underpan you unbolt the 10 bolts and remove the aluminium frame and underpan as one piece. The frame has four bolts at the front (2 either side), and 2 screws that secure the plastic body work. At the rear the aluminium frame has 2 bolts on either side and the rear of the pan is held on by 2 bolts on either side to the suspension cross member. There is no need to remove the pop rivets.
On my car - I have removed the pop rivets and replaced them with nuts and bolts so I no longer have to remove the entire aluminum frame and pan and only have to remove the pan itself.
Garry
