STAINLESS STEEL BOLTS?
Hi Guys, Last night I removed my back bumper, rear fenders, and bed skirts form my pickup. Both fenders and one skirt had stress cracks that I had welded closed this morning. Rust between the bed and fenders was starting to pit but I think I caught it before it got too bad. After I repaint this, do you think it would be ok to make a rubber gasket to fit in between them to prevent the paint from rubbing off or do you think it would cause more rust. I had also thought about putting a sealer or calk of some type in there instead. Most of my bolts broke off when I tried to take them off, which is ok because I wanted to replace them anyway. I was thinking about replacing them with stainless steel bolts. This would make removing them so much easier and will only cost me about twice as much to buy. My questions are will the stainless cause dissimilar metal corrosion when the bolts wear through the paint from vibration and will paint stick to the stainless or will it flake off? Does it need a
