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Old 04-05-2016, 01:47 PM   #74 (permalink)
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Have you checked out other bolt suppliers? Fastenal comes to mind.
https://www.fastenal.com/
Thanks for the link. I tentatively checked it out and found only flatted round head stainless wood screws (#8 x 1.0 inch). It may not be a big deal, but I really like the truely flat-head screws, because there is less of a chance of snagging something on the head when running over chunks of hard snow in the winter. Sometimes you can hear the "zing" of something rubbing across the fiberglass when it occurs.

I will have to into this further.

Not sure if this is mentioned in the thread somewhere, but I have gotten stuck twice in deep snow, and the panels actually cause the car to "float" over the snow and raise the body and then limit traction to the point where the car stops moving.

Then to get "unstuck", all I have to do is dig the packed snow from under the car and watch it slowly drop back down to normal height, when I can get back in and reverse it from the stopping point. Having a small plastic telescoping shovel really helps for this.

Jim.

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