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Shiny is Good! => General Pinto Talk => Topic started by: popbumper on June 23, 2009, 12:37:20 PM

Title: Fender speed nuts - where to buy?
Post by: popbumper on June 23, 2009, 12:37:20 PM
Hi all:

  After taking off my drivers' side fender, I also removed the speed nuts (that hold the fender bolts to the unibody) and put them in phosphoric acid to clean them up. Sadly, I left them in there for a few days - which destroyed them (a lot of the metal was literally eaten away).  ???

  Lesson learned. Question - where do I get these as new? Home Depot? Automotive supply store? Some other recommendation? Please let me know, thanks!

Chris
Title: Re: Fender speed nuts - where to buy?
Post by: 75bobcatv6 on June 23, 2009, 01:42:00 PM
try copperstate nut and bolt company, they are cheap and they usually have what yo uneed for automotive or home needs.
Title: Re: Fender speed nuts - where to buy?
Post by: 78txpony on June 23, 2009, 01:52:40 PM
Are you talking about the C-type clip-on nuts?  If so, NAPA sells them in bags.  Other stores have them in the HELP bolt section but are much more expensive...

I ~might~ have some spares if you can shoot me a picture of what they should look like and a bolt size.  
Are they attached to the fender or the unibody?  
If they stay on the fender, those fenders I pulled may have them still on.  Of course they are baking up in the attic right now...  :o
Title: Re: Fender speed nuts - where to buy?
Post by: popbumper on June 23, 2009, 02:05:47 PM
C-clip? I guess you could call them that - they go on the unibody. They are shaped like a long "U" with a threaded "nut" as part of one side. It's what receives the bolts that hold the fenders in place. I did find some larger ones (for the bumpers) at a local harware outlet, but they did not have the smaller 1/4" ones I need.

Chris
Title: Re: Fender speed nuts - where to buy?
Post by: popbumper on June 23, 2009, 02:13:28 PM
....always do a google search....

These would literally be called "EXTRUDED U-NUTS", I found them out on the web. Now to find a local source, thanks guys.

Chris
Title: Re: Fender speed nuts - where to buy?
Post by: 78txpony on June 23, 2009, 02:15:14 PM
I know what you mean now - U-clip is a better term - yes, try Napa.  They have them in different sizes and I think even a variety pack!  A bag of 10-12 runs about 4-5 bucks or so.  They had the 3/8 size I needed for the Olds fenders and I know they had smaller sizes.  
Title: Re: Fender speed nuts - where to buy?
Post by: blupinto on June 23, 2009, 03:58:00 PM
Kragen and AutoZone also sell them.
Title: Re: Fender speed nuts - where to buy?
Post by: dholvrsn on June 23, 2009, 07:02:18 PM
The miscellaneous fastener section of a bigger hardware store. Also possibly in someplace like TSC or Bomgaars.
Title: Re: Fender speed nuts - where to buy?
Post by: fastbak390 on June 24, 2009, 06:27:11 PM
Dallas Mustang should have something similar.
Title: Re: Fender speed nuts - where to buy?
Post by: popbumper on June 25, 2009, 02:14:17 PM
Something similar indeed - I visited them today and bought a VALANCE attachment kit - $12 - which contained 10 u-nuts and 10 black oxidized bolts. They are a little smaller than what I was looking for, BUT, they will work. Thanks for the lead.

Chris
Title: Re: Fender speed nuts - where to buy?
Post by: fastbak390 on June 25, 2009, 07:33:02 PM
Good deal. Glad you got a hold of something that works!
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