Turnbuckle fasteners for Cigarette cockpit cover

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

03-11-2008, 10:03 PM

#11

Audiofn

Charter Member #232

Charter Member

Join Date: Oct 2000

Location: Carlisle, MA USA

Posts: 18,422

Likes: 9

Received 6 Likes on 4 Posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by LZH

Actually I think the ones on my boat are stainless ?? Each one also has a small stamping "made in USA" - I'd like to keep that motto going

They are probably crome plated brass. They will look stainless when they are like that.

__________________
Put your best foot forward!

03-11-2008, 10:13 PM

#12

LZH

Registered

Thread Starter

Join Date: Sep 2007

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Posts: 263

Likes: 0

Received 1 Like on 1 Post

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamer

keep what u got.... since then all that stuff is foriegn junk now... go look at a new donzi or fountain.... they even told me so at the boat show when there was rust around some of em on NEW boats

man ur post count goin up!!!

Yeah I hear ya...your prob right about the quality...maybe I'll just pull em all off and really clean em good by hand.
Post count ? That's what happens when you aint gotta job

03-11-2008, 10:14 PM

#13

LZH

Registered

Thread Starter

Join Date: Sep 2007

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Posts: 263

Likes: 0

Received 1 Like on 1 Post

Quote:

Originally Posted by Audiofn

They are probably crome plated brass. They will look stainless when they are like that.

Any idea how to get 'em nice and shiney again ?

03-12-2008, 12:32 AM

#14

MM1

Registered

Join Date: Apr 2006

Location: HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA.

Posts: 148

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by LZH

Yeah I hear ya...your prob right about the quality...maybe I'll just pull em all off and really clean em good by hand.
Post count ? That's what happens when you aint gotta job

You have too much spare time on hands.

03-12-2008, 12:45 AM

#15

Griff

Charter Member # 55

Charter Member

Join Date: Oct 2000

Location: Omaha/LOTO

Posts: 19,558

Likes: 4,176

Received 1,821 Likes on 907 Posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by Audiofn

just make sure that they are all brass not the cheaper alluminum ones.

They are nickel plated brass.

I just replaced all my snaps on the AT with Stainless ones that I ordered from them. They had both the nickel plated brass and SS in regular snaps. I also ordered some other SS bolts from them. Shipped quick and correct and the shipping charge was cheap.

03-12-2008, 06:45 AM

#16

BillR

OSO Moderator

Charter Member

Join Date: Oct 2000

Location: Virginia Beach, VA

Posts: 3,580

Likes: 0

Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts

West Marine & McMaster-Carr are aluminum. I replace all mine last winter. They now look like crap.

I have not found stainless or chrome plated brass. I am sure those would look better. Where can I get those???

__________________
BillR

'00 Scarab Sport 302 CC
'02 Cigarette Top Gun TS
'02 PQ 340
'00 PQ 280
'98 Scarab 22
'97 Baja Outlaw 20
'72 Checkmate
'65 Glastron

03-12-2008, 06:57 AM

#17

Screamineagle

Registered

Join Date: Sep 2007

Location: St. Louis \ LOTO

Posts: 227

Likes: 6

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve_H

http://www.boatersworld.com/product/328470166.htm

This one says it's stainless. Not sure if it justifies a fiver apiece though

03-12-2008, 07:49 AM

#18

pm203

Platinum Member

Join Date: May 2003

Location: MA and NH

Posts: 3,707

Likes: 62

Received 87 Likes on 35 Posts

Anything you can buy for 5 bucks for a Cigarette is cheap! I don't care how many of them you need. Step up and get the stainless ones and you will probably never replace them again.