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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / 4x4 Cars / June 2006Dee Zee Stainless Steel toolbox has rusting rivets
Anyone else have this problem. I just got off the phone with them, and they will send me brand new stainless rivets, for me to replace my rusting steel rivets in my brand new 800 dollar Chinese made truckbed toolbox. They call it 'stain less' not never stain. There are various grades of stainless and the Chinese one is known to rust before the item is installed. Same for anything labeled 'stealhorse'. They have very poor quality metal. I would want a better grade of rivets though. If the originals rusted out that fast in the box, what are the chances of the replacements rusting the first rain they see..... Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) > Anyone else have this problem. I just got off the phone with them, and they > will send me brand new stainless rivets, for me to replace my rusting steel > rivets in my brand new 800 dollar Chinese made truckbed toolbox. I am figuring that out. I just opened the lid and watched something snap on the latch. Now it wont latch shut. That part looks aluminum though. Dee Zee seems to be about as American of company I could find. In fact, the headquarters is here in Iowa, about 70 miles away. Might just have to visit, and drop of my rusting, latchless "Gold Series" toolbox in their parking lot. I'll stick it in the "Made in China" box so they'll recognize it! > They call it 'stain less' not never stain. There are various grades of > stainless and the Chinese one is known to rust before the item is [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> steel >> rivets in my brand new 800 dollar Chinese made truckbed toolbox. Hmm, you do know that you can't mix aluminum and steel parts right? If you put steel rivets into an aluminum frame, they will rust immediately and rot out the aluminum. An aluminum box needs aluminum rivets. Mike > I am figuring that out. I just opened the lid and watched something snap on > the latch. Now it wont latch shut. That part looks aluminum though. Dee [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >> steel > >> rivets in my brand new 800 dollar Chinese made truckbed toolbox. > Anyone else have this problem. I just got off the phone with them, and they > will send me brand new stainless rivets, for me to replace my rusting steel > rivets in my brand new 800 dollar Chinese made truckbed toolbox. They're sending you a bag of the rivits you already have. Sell those on e-bay. Some sucker will buy them Go to McMaster-Carr and get some good SS Cherry Pop rivits. They will last forever, and be much stronger than originals.  Signature.boB Arrived: 2006 FXDI, Red. 1997 HD FXDWG - Turbocharged Stolen 11/26/05 in Denver 1HD1GEL10VY3200010 CO License J5822Z 2001 Dodge Dakota QC 5.9/4x4/3.92 1966 Mustang Coupe - Daily Driver 1965 FFR Cobra - 427W EFI, Damn Fast. |
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