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SignUp Now!----------------------------------------------Turbodan said:Anyone know where I can get some wheel well moulding screws. The molding on my car is chrome. Are the screws stainless?
Wells said:FWIW & IMHO:
I just took a close look at all 4 corners on my '87 turbo-t and the screws holding all of the wheel well outline moldings appear to be stainless. Zinc processing/plating has a different coloring than stainless steel.
------------------------------------------strikeeagle said:Well, that may be, but I have 2 new-in-the-wrapper, bright, rear wheel opening moldings for an 87 Turbo T, each with new-in-the-wrapper screw packets containing 6 screws each that clearly look to me to be plated and are STRONGLY magnetic. This plus the information in my 44W book leads me to believe that the screws are NOT stainless.
However, since we haven't heard for the original poster in a while, perhaps it no longer matters.
strike
Regarding my earlier post, a correction. The rear moldings are a kit and include screws, the fronts do not.
Wells said:------------------------------------------
Strike:
I am not disputing your findings nor your analysis, but I will stand by my original belief that mine are stainless, appear to be about as magfnetic as the wheel well outline molding itself, and the finish on both of them appear to me to be non-plated stainless. My car is an original 17K mile car. What would you do if you were GM, ran out of stainless steel screws for the wheel well outline molding, but had an excess of others accessible? FWIW< about a year ago I went to a GM dealership to check the availability of the screws that hold on the i/c shroud. They gave me what appeared to be zinc plated, but were definite silver in color. Originals were black. HTH
onefastcar said:I know cars take great pics, but thats a sweet lookin ride i like you're rims to what are they and size.