help?!?!?! - wanted: strut nuts (and some bolts)

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

Al, 

Many Japanese cars use M12-1.5 lug nuts.  Would those work?  I have a bunch of chrome nuts left
over from when I put studs in - they were for a VW Beetle application.  Yours if'n you want them -
say the word.

Ron

--- Allyn <amalventano@sc.rr.com> wrote:
> ok, heres the delema. after swinging by lowes, home depot (who was i 
> kidding), and several auto parts places in town, i must fall back and beg 
> upon the list. i even checked mcmaster-carr with no luck (something i 
> thought was impossible).
> 
> i need strut nuts, a bunch of em, like 20 of em, and i need 8 strut bolts 
> (a2 style preferred, the kind that dont have the keyway for the camber 
> adjustment, but i'll fall back on what i can get if a1 style is all thats 
> out there). other bolts are similar to these (a2 front subframe to body, for 
> example).
> 
> the main reason i ask here is that many of you are likely to have these 
> things lying about, especially if you have parted any roccos. here is the 
> reason i must bring this request to the list:
> - the nuts / bolts are m12 with a 1.5mm thread
> - the standard m12 thread size is 1.75mm
> - even places like mcmaster-carr only carry the 'standard' m12 thread size 
> (1.75mm)
> - SC is the worst place on earth to find any kind of vws, let alone vw parts 
> (even nuts and bolts)
> 
> as much as i'd like to go with the 'standard' size, i fear that the wider 
> spaced threads will be weaker. vw must have gone through the trouble of 
> selecting an odd size for a reason. the fact that they use these odd thread 
> sizes is high stress applications can only be for a very good reason.
> 
> anyhow, if anyone knows a supplier or some way i can get these nuts/bolts, 
> please let me know.
> 
> thanks in advance for assistance
> Al
> 
> 
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