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    Thread pitch on cladding wheelwell screws?

    When I test fit my JDM mudflaps, found some of the existing flange bolts in the rear wheel well of cladding were just a tad too short to catch with the mud flap in place. They're 25mm long and some weird thread pitch. We figured 30mm would work.

    Took it to Fastenal, they id'd them in a book, but don't carry them. Gave me part # and name of an auto paint shop that carried them.

    Went to auto paint shop, they ordered them.....or so I thought. Two weeks later I call to check, they determine never ordered. By this time I can't locate the paper with the part#......have to go back to Fastenal (it's closer) and start again....

    They're M6 x25mm, and I "think" Fastenal said pitch was 1.81. Anybody know?

    I plunked around on the Isuzu schematics info but couldn't find that detail.

    Here's the bolts:
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    when i did my bodylift these came off but they were pretty messed up so I put bigger and more aggressive screws in there and now now way they will come out..
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    Have you taken them in to your local Ace hardware. The one up the road from me has quite the collection of nuts, bolts and screws of about every type.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BOARZHEAD View Post
    when i did my bodylift these came off but they were pretty messed up so I put bigger and more aggressive screws in there and now now way they will come out..
    And the size you went with was__________?????

    Quote Originally Posted by Triathlete View Post
    Have you taken them in to your local Ace hardware. The one up the road from me has quite the collection of nuts, bolts and screws of about every type.
    I have indeed, and HomeDepot....neither had anything close, so next stop was Fastenal...was surprised they didn't have anything either. Fastenal sales person looked them up in a reference book (I can't recall the mfg name), noted they had a very course thread, and gave me the part # from that catalog. Looks like I'm goin' have to revisit them and get the part # again. (No, I'm not putting them on before Moab....in addition to the 2 cladding screws, they ALSO require several long strips of double stick tape to complete the installation....so they're not a quick removal once installed. I got the waterproof 3M doublestick tape, so I'm all ready to go once I get the longer flange bolts)

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    When you went to ACE, did you visit the automotive section, too? My store has a small section of fasteners specifically for vehicles (hood liner pins, etc.)


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    Sort of here: you may want to remove/ be careful with the mud flaps in Moab (if you leave them on) as they may catch on stuff and get torn off.....and we wouldn't want that. It'll be cool to see them, can't wait.
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    Quote Originally Posted by VX KAT View Post



    (No, I'm not putting them on before Moab....)
    Quote Originally Posted by MSHardeman View Post
    Sort of here: you may want to remove/ be careful with the mud flaps in Moab (if you leave them on) as they may catch on stuff and get torn off.....and we wouldn't want that. It'll be cool to see them, can't wait.

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    Thanks Sue. Apparently I need to learn to read before I type.

    It would still be cool to see them in person.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MSHardeman View Post
    Thanks Sue. Apparently I need to learn to read before I type.

    It would still be cool to see them in person.
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    Are you going to be hooking a trailer up to that fancy new hitch? Doesn't seem like you'll have enough room with all of the goodies that you're bringing. Wish I could be there to see you pull in to The Stoop. Take pictures for sure.

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    Hi Sue,
    I don't know the pitch, but here's my thread on stainless screws. I bought them from Fastenal as well. Part number is listed too. Seems to be same pitch. See pics...
    http://vehicross.info/forums/showthr...nless+cladding
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    Quote Originally Posted by SilverBullet75 View Post
    Hi Sue,
    I don't know the pitch, but here's my thread on stainless screws. I bought them from Fastenal as well. Part number is listed too. Seems to be same pitch. See pics...
    http://vehicross.info/forums/showthr...nless+cladding
    I'd forgotten about that thread, nice! But these are flange bolts, they're the two at the bottom and rear of each wheel well arch. Looks like those have a very course thread too, like the ones I'm after, but I'd need a bigger head ...(ok, no comments boys!) I recall the Fastenal person saying he could tell these were definitely automotive bolts because of the very course thread.
    I'm going to stop by Fastenal with your part #and see if it leads us to an alternative. Thanks.

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    LOL What I had..

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    Pic of the bolts I'm after in 30mm length.

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    KAT,

    You don't need to match those screws 'zakly. As long as it's a slightly larger screw, it'll self thread the hole during install. I think that those are the same ones that I replaced with pan heads in case my tires contacted them during tight turns. I picked them up at Lowes.

    AFAIK, Ace buys all of their fasteners from Fastenal (at least the one local to me does) so if Fastenal doesn't carry a specific screw, then Ace prolly doesn't either.

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