Reply With QuoteThrow them and go to you favourite fastener reseller and buy the same size bolts in grade 8.8 steel.
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So Gavs, how does that translate in plain English to the nice shiny stainless steel bolts supplied and it seems were not suitable for this application? Cheers AlOriginally Posted by gavs
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Throw them and go to you favourite fastener reseller and buy the same size bolts in grade 8.8 steel.
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American Fastener - ASTM, SAE, and ISO Grade Markings
Grades of Bolts
http://www.roymech.co.uk/Useful_Tabl...s/Strength.htm
Grade 8.8 in any size you are likely to need should be readily available from any bolt shop. It's the high tensile ones that are tough to find in some sizes.
Last edited by kaanage; 12-11-2012 at 09:52 PM.
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Cheers for the heads up on the bolts. It'd be worth relaying to UR.
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So do Ultra Racing need to show all of us their serious about the quality of the products they supply and offer some replacement bolts suitable for the intended use? Cheers Al
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There's nothing wrong with the quality of the bolts and to be fair none of the braces are full on structural items. They are highly unlikely to come off in my opinion.
In the interest of a neater install, I'd be using bolts that aren't overly long and I'd fit some locking nuts.
What I don't really like is the monster holes that are in the rear brace.
Gavin
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agree
the holes in the rear brace are awfully awful
need to get some bigger washers
and I had a cross-threaded bolt on the brace today when I try to change them to a set of high tensile bolts and nuts
now I have 3 new bolts and nuts with an old one on the rear brace
can't take it off, can't tighten it
any suggestions?
Last edited by TDIfan; 14-11-2012 at 02:55 AM.
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Dub Crazy
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Can you do a picture of the cross threaded one. So I can see the location.
Gavin
agree
the holes in the rear brace are awfully awful
need to get some bigger washers
and I had a cross-threaded bolt on the brace today when I try to change them to a set of high tensile bolts and nuts
now I have 3 new bolts and nuts with an old one on the rear brace
can't take it off, can't tighten it
any suggestions?
Volkswagenist
Is the rear lower and front lower brace intuitive on where to mount?
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Gone but not forgotten: 08 Polo GTI
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Has anyone fitted the front braces yet from the current group buy?
I bought a front brace about 4-5 months ago and I had to modify it to fit, curious to see if these will require the same. I also took it off for regular street driving and it was rubbing on the subframe and making unpleasant scraping sounds.
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