cargo light installation

[incoma]

I've tried to install my cargo light using those awful rubber well nuts. Well, now I've found a better solution. I have discovered rivet-nuts. What wonderful creaters these are. I've included a pic of a rivet nut that's been crimped, what they look like uninstalled, and what they look like installed.

If you're not familiar with them they are a special rivet. Basically, they have threads inside and when you crimp, you're using the treads to "bulge" the steel in a similar fashion to a pop rivet.

These particular rivets are steel, and they are 1/4-20 thread. That was the only size that the fastener shop had that was .375" diameter to fit in the cargo light holes. Now I just need to get the appropriate size panhead screw, and I'm in business. It seems that a 1 1/4" or 1" long panhead screw will work fine with these. Either way, I've now got a solution to the well nuts pulling out of the holes!