A-body armrest - stripped threads in door’s sheet metal

Dana67Dart said

The screws go in at a steep angle up.

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The sheet metal is basically vertical. The rivinut would be basically vertical.

Won't work.

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maybe the best case scenario is a conglomeration of ideas.

Cut a slot above and below.

Rivnut.

Put a bolt in rivnut and twist to the angle.

Mig up the slots and BAM!