engine bay bolts
28 October 2013, 04:20 PM
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engine bay bolts
anyone recommend somewhere to get some decent looking engine bay bolts? mine are really letting down my engine bay... id be after the wing bolts and anything else I could swap over really
28 October 2013, 05:30 PM
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ebay or a local bolt and nut stockist, find him on www.yell.com
The stockist will have all the ordinary bolts and washers in stainless, ebay will have the more exotic ones like those with skirts, or captive washers.
The stockist will have all the ordinary bolts and washers in stainless, ebay will have the more exotic ones like those with skirts, or captive washers.
28 October 2013, 10:38 PM
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meh.. i did this on my old 88 BMW 325i years back and still looks good. ditched old tired looking rocker cover studs and nuts for stainless steel allen head bolts and changed alot of other random nuts/bolts. even usedsome anodised aluminium allen head bolts on stuff that would not see the same amount of heat/stress like throttle cable brackets, etc.
if you can work out the nut/bolt sizes and thread pitch you need then its always cheaper to buy the stuff yourself rather than buy pre packaged kits. i was actually thinking about selling kits at one point but never got around to it.
FWIW when i changed the BOV on my WRX i raided the shed and just happened to have some nice stainless allen head bolts to put on with the new BOV, i think they were M8 bolts if memmory serves.. not sure of thread pitch but the ones i had worked a treat anyway..
if you can work out the nut/bolt sizes and thread pitch you need then its always cheaper to buy the stuff yourself rather than buy pre packaged kits. i was actually thinking about selling kits at one point but never got around to it.
FWIW when i changed the BOV on my WRX i raided the shed and just happened to have some nice stainless allen head bolts to put on with the new BOV, i think they were M8 bolts if memmory serves.. not sure of thread pitch but the ones i had worked a treat anyway..
10 November 2013, 05:31 PM
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Bought mine off e bay from a company in Taiwan only took 4 days to get here and there as good as the expensive kits think I only paid £25 all in.
Once back from engine builders will be posting pics up on my project thread.
Once back from engine builders will be posting pics up on my project thread.
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