Plastic nuts and Bolts

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Plastic nuts and Bolts

By Gorveatt
- Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:04 pm #189634 Ok where I live everyone always has issues with rusting, and to help minimal the chances of developing further rust, when i fix up the rust i have now i was thinking on replacing certain metal bolts with plastic ones of some sort, cause when you think about it, if someone is gonna hit a body panel then metal bolts or not and you're fucked.

Anyone know if any certain types would be good for this? think it's a good idea maybe? cause well, less metal on metal = less chances of rust right?
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By chilango41
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:20 pm #189822 :eh: idk about this.
Plastic bolts and nuts ain't going to hold like the metal ones.
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By Gorveatt
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:31 pm #189824
chilango41 wrote::eh: idk about this.
Plastic bolts and nuts ain't going to hold like the metal ones.


It wont be for holding large heavy things or mechanical things, mainly i was thinking like the bumpers
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By Gorveatt
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:12 pm #189849
JUICE wrote:they make some pretty heavy duty nylon screws/bolts....


yeah those would be the ones i'd be getting... once i have some spare cash and can find the right size

By Method
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:26 pm #189851 stainless steel.
its a good thing that where i work, stainless steel hardware is at my disposal..
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By JUICE
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:56 pm #189853
Method wrote:stainless steel.
its a good thing that where i work, stainless steel hardware is at my disposal..


in ohio stainless steel bolts rust.. i don't think Canada would be much different, if not worse....
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By Gorveatt
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 1:19 am #189867
JUICE wrote:
Method wrote:stainless steel.
its a good thing that where i work, stainless steel hardware is at my disposal..


in ohio stainless steel bolts rust.. i don't think Canada would be much different, if not worse....


Very bad, put it this way, where I live there is so much iron in the soil it is literally red, and surrounded by salt water... shit rusts FAST here
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By 99cx
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 1:47 am #189872 i think its a cost thing.

Plastic may be cheaper by the pound but to produce the forms and quantity of plastic nuts and bolts isnt feasible to auto manufactures when they already have access to a variety of metal.
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By JUICE
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:10 am #189878
99cx wrote:i think its a cost thing.

Plastic may be cheaper by the pound but to produce the forms and quantity of plastic nuts and bolts isnt feasible to auto manufactures when they already have access to a variety of metal.



:lol:



.......ok :eh:

By Method
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:18 am #189883
JUICE wrote:
Method wrote:stainless steel.
its a good thing that where i work, stainless steel hardware is at my disposal..


in ohio stainless steel bolts rust.. i don't think Canada would be much different, if not worse....


it must be a shitty grade of stainless. my exhaust is 304 stainless and i have had it on my car through 2 winters. also have lots of hardware that is stainless that hasn't rusted. i have only seen rusted stainless once, it wasn't really rusted, started to see some spots, that was some equipment we installed in a food grade processing plant where they blasted everything with some high acid cleaning solution. the acid wasn't the problem, the problem was that when we built it rubbed on our mild steel benches and embedded it self into it.
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By Classiccarsrule85
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:37 am #189899 couldnt you put a agent over said bolts to prevent rust such as antiseize or grease??.....

Was reading the bottle on my antiseize and says prevents rust....i also paint all my bolts....but yea...
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By JUICE
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:46 am #189901 well, sounds like you need to hook me up with some nice stainless bolts to hold up my bumper... and maybe some for Gorveatt too :lol:
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By {ikon}EM1
- Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:08 pm #190133 dont need to go all fancy and buy plastic nuts and bolts to hold ur bumper together..... if ur going to go that route then I would say go with zippity zip zip, zip ties :thumb:
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