Totally Stainless

kombi_kid Moderator Good Kid too many projects

124 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 10 Mar 2004, 4:09 pm

#149099

hey guys
this site offers complete stainless steel bolt kits for our VW's!!! at US$102 for a complete body and engine for a beetle this aint bad!!! they also offer them in different head style's!!!!!
Totally Stainless
maybe we can do a group buy??
cheers
rhys

it aint just cool its aircool'd

StenGuns Veteran Volks Folk

2,147 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 10 Mar 2004, 4:39 pm

#149111

Whats the link?

kombi_kid wrote:hey guys
this site offers complete stainless steel bolt kits for our VW's!!! at US$102 for a complete body and engine for a beetle this aint bad!!! they also offer them in different head style's!!!!!
Totally Stainless
maybe we can do a group buy??
cheers
rhys

Andy42 Insano Dub Head

709 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 10 Mar 2004, 5:09 pm

#149129

http://totallystainless.net/totally.html

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Desert Moose Cut Cut Cut

2,098 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 10 Mar 2004, 6:58 pm

#149160

kombi_kid wrote:hey guys
this site offers complete stainless steel bolt kits for our VW's!!! at US$102 for a complete body and engine for a beetle this aint bad!!! they also offer them in different head style's!!!!!
Totally Stainless
maybe we can do a group buy??
cheers
rhys

Desert Moose Cut Cut Cut

2,098 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 10 Mar 2004, 7:00 pm

#149161

Count me in on the order. u2u or email when you want to order

Moose

:alien

modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 10 Mar 2004, 8:53 pm

#149206

Hi Rhys,
Did you get them to send the catalogue or is there some other way to get pricing/kit info. (I'm interested as to whether they have something kombi-ish)?

t.i.a.

Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.au

matara Custom Title Time!

1,342 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 11 Mar 2004, 9:32 am

#149373

count me in too

kombi_kid Moderator Good Kid too many projects

124 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 11 Mar 2004, 7:57 pm

#149652

if we get enough interest i might order a catalog we will see how we go i have a photcopy of the beetle and karmann ghia here and have been told there are kits for kombi's!!
if i had a scanner i would put them up i will try my hardest!
cheers
rhys

it aint just cool its aircool'd

Peter Leonard Moderator Volatile

1,456 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 23 Mar 2004, 10:09 pm

#151799

hate to be the doom-sayer, but here goes: stainless WILL rust and do funny things if in contact with ordinary steel.... like the stuff our dubs are made of. unless you use a special painty compoundy thing between them, available from marine suppliers. try this (get mum's permission first😀) everyone has an 18/8 stainless steel sink, right? go get a non-structurally imperative steel nut from your dub (or lawnmower or neck or whatever) and leave it in the sink for a day or two. then clean up your rusted sink with scotch brite to stop the rust from continuing to pit the sink 😀
if the nut is greasy, then you'll probably be fine. I love stainless, but you gotta be careful.

let sleeping dubs lie

modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 23 Mar 2004, 10:14 pm

#151802

Peter Leonard wrote:... stainless WILL rust ...

So we could end up with stainless rats?

Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.au

Peter Leonard Moderator Volatile

1,456 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 23 Mar 2004, 10:32 pm

#151818

Yep :thumb

who wrote "the stainless steel rat" series?

let sleeping dubs lie

ibmoknegawsklov Seriously Crusin Dubber

164 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 24 Mar 2004, 7:42 am

#151884

You shouldn't use stainless bolts in high load areas because of their tensile strength, stainless bolts tend to be brittle and could fracture in use. Also the comments on dissimilar metal corrosion is very true, I would recomend cadmium plating as an alternative its what modern cars use. It prevents corrosion and looks cool too, it has a gold looking finnish. From what i understand it doesn't affect the strength of the fastner either, looks like a win win situation.

[Edited on 23-3-2004 by ibmoknegawsklov]