Removing fuel door cover

hey, theres a bit of rust on the top half of my fuel door cover that i want to sand blast off and re-paint but i cant get the door off. Its rivited onto the frame and the hinge is held on with a pin. I tryed to pound the pin out but it just won't budge. Is there anyway to get this thing off? or do i have to get the rust off with the door still intact to the body?

thanks, ben

you have to drill out the rivets then just replace them with bolts or re rivet them in

alright thanks

on mine,the nuts were on the inside,10mm to be exact,and from the outside it looked like rivets

same there was 2 per side... total of 4... but watch out.. mine were sooooo rusted the snapped.. had to cut the plastic.. it was a pain in the ass