Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
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Have people just sprayed theirs or replaced for stainless??
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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I beleive the trend is to get chromed bolts 
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Marc
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Location: York
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Thats expensive 
Although Screw-Fix is round the corner
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Sod screws, get some good old fashioned nails 
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Marc
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ed
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Any I have needed to replace have been stainless
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Marc
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My dads just handed me a price list/chart from when he did his motorbike. Ive got a feeling its going to take a while to find the ones i want!
Looks like it ranges from 10p to about £2 a bolt.
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ed
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Go to a bolt shop with samples and the numbers you want, they will be able to do all the hard work for you 
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Marc
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Well im going to have to take each bolt out indivually and measure it, so either way its going to be fiddley for me, especially seen as though the car is 5 years old. Im sure theyre rusted in good and proper now!
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ed
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Take out one of each of the bolts you need and just show the bolt shop the ones you want, they will be able to get them for you... Easy, no measuring or nothing.
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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i bought stainless ones, the just used a buffing wheel to get mine all shiny, the anodised ones cost the earth!
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Marc
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Ive just been told mixing stainless steel and aluminium is a bad idea as it causes the two to lock together and the stainless will cause the aluminium to eat away
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bradfincham
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not on something like rocker cover bolts, when they have been lubricated, using washers,
A load of bollocks mate, we built the kit cars with stainless bolts
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Marc
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I think im only going to do the really visable ones anyway so ill have to see where theyre situated.
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bradfincham
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i can understand on main head to block bolts etc, but for dress up parts that arent under stress i dont think you will have a problem
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Marc
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/16vmarc/engineclean05.jpg
Most are on the actual block, with a few on the lower block over the plastic cover.
Might have to have a rethink!
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mazdaspeed
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Registered: 8th Jan 05
Location: Darlington
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I made up some bolts for my alloy wheel caps out of stainless on a lathe and mill, very difficult and took all day for 4 bolts lol
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