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I have two of these bumper pads for the front corners of my hood and wondered if they made them for the rear corners of the hood too?
Also, I've seen where the bumper pads are supposed to be attached with two rivets, but mine are just slide-on and I'm afraid they're going to come off. Can the rivets still be purchased or is there a better way to attach these rubber pads, they're quite expensive to replace?

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No corners in the rear. But some folks have glued on some generic aftermarket ones.

No idea if you have a rivet tool or if there would be clearance to use it to get a proper set for a solid or tubular rivet. Pop rivets would probably look too much out of place. McMaster does have a 2 piece rivet with the body or shaft around 1/8 in diameter used on wood and another for fabric and leather that might work and could be set with conventional tools if the overall thickness is not too large.

Steele doesn't give a thickness or hole dimensions for the pads but if rivets are out and the overall thickness and hole size could accommodate the 3/16 diameter and 1/4 to 3/8 thickness range of the smallest size binding screw barrel that might present an option with a fairly finished look. Like the rivet, the screw would also provide a mechanical attachment in addition to any glue you might use.

My 1940s used split rivet with washers at the rear which was a similar type of pad as your front and a single split rivet with a metal plate at the front but the front was quite different than yours by then.