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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
By any chance is the attach hardware stainless also? IIRC, 1018 is sacrificial to stainless.
If the attach hardware is stainless, I can see that costing as much as the paint processes. Stainless bolts are hella expensive.
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Stainless bolt prices vary exponentially and in a completely random way
I work in the industry and some rather large stainless bolts might be pennies compared to other smaller stainless that might be $10 a pop
This variation is almost 100% demand related.
Classic we never did so it’s expensive so no one wants it situation.
If an industry was standardize to a specific size of stainless you would see the cost drop massively on that size to within parity of grade 8 coated hardware
Even in volume to this day metric hardware is always at least 20% more expensive than a similar SAE and metric hardware IS NOT STANDARDIZED
Hence the increased cost.