Bill -

I'm a big proponent of stainless. Whenever I take anything apart on my truck, I reassemble it with stainless steel fasteners. I think they look better and I can do without the rust. Unlike yourself, I have done this over a period of years. I have owned my truck since 1977, but began using stainless about 10-12 years ago. Each time I replace a part or disassemble any part of the truck, I go back with stainless.

Recently, I pulled the front end off of the truck and decided to go back with stainless. Here's what I did. I matched all of my various sizes of bolts, washers and nuts. After counting them, I found that it actually saved me money to buy boxes of 100 of various sizes. Not only that, but I have some left to use on the truck when the next little or big job comes up. If you will look at what sizes of various bolts you have, I think you'll find that there are not that many different sizes. There'll even be a few that you won't be able to find in stainless. I also found that I could combine some lengths to cut back on some of the length sizes.

This may not work for you, but it worked for me and I thought I would just share my thoughts with you.

Good luck!

Joe smile

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