Curious if any of you have already crossed this bridge? Looking to replace my rusted nuts, bolts, screws, washers, etc with zinc-plated versions, does anybody make a pre-packaged assortment? Thanks, James

AA makes an interior and trim kit but nobody does a kit to replace all the cars hardware. If everything is coming off for a rustoration you can send it out to get plated or you can go through PET and order what you need from Bellmetric

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Curious if any of you have already crossed this bridge? Looking to replace my rusted nuts, bolts, screws, washers, etc with zinc-plated versions, does anybody make a pre-packaged assortment? Thanks, James
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I have many of the larger nuts and bolts replated. It is not worth the cost the replate common 6 and 8mm hardware as opposed to buying new.
PM me if you are interested in buying some hardware.
Bruce

Not doing a rustoration, just replacing as I tinker and thought it would be nice to buy an assortment instead of running to Ace Hardware every other day lol

You can buy yellow zinc plated metric sets on amazon, eBay, Wurth, etc but they aren’t specific for our cars.

I will check it out Mark, thank you!

Be sure you're replacing like hardware with like hardware.

Most of 914 is Grade 8.8 - be sure you aren't replacing with non-graded China metric hardware.

Supension parts are generally grade 10.8

Marked clearly on bolt heads of whatever you're removing.

35 years ago, I started out with just the blue box full of metric yellow zinc hardware.

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With time, I added more and more fasteners.
And I keep them stocked up so I'm usually never without a fastener that I need.
I keep the old ones that come of the car if they are unusual.

There are still times, I need to get something from Belmetric or run down to my local incredible hardware store that has a lot of metric as well (just not enough yellow zinc).

The biggest problem with finding a nice box (or selection) of metric hardware nowadays is that most are not in yellow zinc.

When you're servicing/restoring/maintaining a couple of early 70's Porsches, this is the only way to fly.

Bel metric has everything you need..

LoL I have the same addiction. For most larger nuts, bolts, and washers we have them cadmium plated. For our restorations we started with an AA kit and had it plated but found that some fasteners were different than stock, so we plated our old stuff and bought from Bruce to fill the gaps.

Always keep the old stuff. Even if you don't reuse, it's a good reference.

Thanks guys, all good information for me to use. What would be the best solvent/method for me to clean greasy old nuts, bolts, small parts? I do not have a parts washer...

In my case, it's not grease, it's rust. So I wire wheel them and send them out to get replated. If it's just dirt and grease, drop them in a plastic bottle, add some grease disolving detergent and water, screw on cap and shake.