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I've been putting together a stainless steel bolt kit with the help of a few members.

The kits out there at the moment are ridiculously expensive, and I can get bits and pieces at wholesale prices through work. So ive put together a kit for the R33 guys that I will in the future sell on eBay. Before it goes up though, ill be selling a few here on the forum for cheap as a thank you for helping me put the kit together.

Why stainless? Because standard bolts look crap, they weaken over time and will round easily. Replacing them with stainless hex head bolts (allen key) makes it easier to remove them, and they will be much stronger as they cant be rounded. They also look ten times neater in an engine bay.

Its is much more extensive than any currently available kits, and about half the price too.

My kit will fit all R33 variants. The GTST, GTS and GTR alike. In most cases you will have a few extra bolts which are meant for the other variant.

All components are Stainless Steel Grade304. All washers are included varying between flat washers, split lock washers, or countersunk washers depending on what is necessary. All bolt types have been matched to stock NISSAN spec. A cheat sheet will also be provided telling you exactly where everything goes. All bolt types are bagged individually and clearly labelled for reference.

Fasteners supplied for the items listed below:

1 Fender bolts + bonnet brackets

2 Strut tower nuts

3 Injector Cap Screws (RB25)

4 Firewall mounted brake line bracket

5 Brake booster hose bracket

6 Bonnet Hinge Bracket

7 Sensor boxes behind strut towers

8 Boost Solenoid

9. Cam cover bolts

11 Headlight Brackets

12 Condenser bracket

13 Hood Latch Bracket Mount

14 Thermofan mount

16 Radiator brackets

17 Crank Angle Sensor

18 Coilpack cover

19 Ignitor pack

21 Injector Resistor Cover (RB26)

22 Power steering bracket

23 Windscreen wiper motor

The total fastener count is 182 items! Thats much more extensive than any kit out on the market now. A single stainless fastener will cost you $1-$2 at your local shop.

Currently priced at $80 posted anywhere in Australia for forum members. They will sell for a few weeks here then I will be opening up my eBay store and website and the price will be jacked up.

Heres a few piccies of member 75coupe's car. He was kind enough to help put the kit together for you guys and do a test fit of the kit.

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Heres a few pics of the second type of load bearing bolt used. This is on a 300zx as I havent got any pics of them on the skylines yet.

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How do those washers for the countersunk bolts hold up? are they are piece of stamped sheet or are they solied with a flat base?

How do those washers for the countersunk bolts hold up? are they are piece of stamped sheet or are they solied with a flat base?

No base but they hold up well. Theyre only used in places where there is no load. Such as brackets and covers.

Anything load bearing has a solid socket head screw like in the bottom 300zx pictures. Combined with flat washers, or split washers where torqueing is important.

They tighten up nicely without any deformation.

How do those washers for the countersunk bolts hold up? are they are piece of stamped sheet or are they solied with a flat base?

I did this conversion to my 33 about 5 years ago, those washers will give you no grief at all.

Hey dude, do you separate each components screws into individual bags or do you simply throw it all together?

The kit is a great idea and i know the 31 forum did something similar with great success so good on ya.

I got my kit today. Everything is in separate, clearly labelled bags.

Highly recommend it! Top guy to deal with, good communication and good quality bolts, nuts and washers (shiny!).

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can you make the kit with button head allen bolts? Instead of the cup washers and countersunk allen bolts.

Cheers

Currently the kit is about half half. Any load bearing bolts use button head allen bolts with flat/split washers.

The ones on the engine itself generally use these.

Countersunk screws with allen heads and cup washers are used around the engine bay where their function is just to hold a bracket on etc.

My first kit on hte 300zx used all socket head screws- or button head bolts. It looked very messy.

Trust me, the countersunk bolts and washers look ten times better :) I did the comparison.

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