I've had the TA cover on my 70 for 10 years. My bolts are still Black? bad batch maybe? BTW I do not drive mine in the rain. Walt http://www.personal.kent.edu/~wbainey/CHEVELLE.htm
----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, April 24, 2005 5:36 pm Subject: [Chevelle-list] fasteners 12 bolt cover > a couple months ago i replaced the rear cover on my 12 bolt with a > t/a > performance rear girdle. cover is alum? and the fasteners were ARP > black cap head > bolts. in less than 3 months all 12 bolts are rusted and look > awful on the > cover. ARP was no help and t/a suggested replacing with stainless > bolts which > they don't have available. sounds ok but could there be some kind > of metal > interaction going on? friend suggested some kind of grease > between bolt and > cover but that seems like it would attract dirt. another > suggested a anode spacer > between bolt and cover. any experience with this out there or any > suggestions? thanks, les. 70 ss 396. >
