Hi,

I am 1000 miles from my S2000 and want to buy stainless steel bolts for the two splash guards/pans that are under the motor and front suspension from a local hardware shop.

Mine are all rusty and I would like to get ss hardware rather than buy OEM (item 13 in picture below).

I would like to know the metric bolt/washer details for the majority of the bolts that connect to the "6mm nut clip" fasteners (17 below). (length, dia, thread pitch. washer diameter, etc.)

Also, do stainless steel nut clip fasteners exist?

Thanks

 

The bolt sizes are listed on the parts chart just below the diagram if you are using an on-line parts diagram. Part number 13 is a 6mm bolt by 16 mm long and they list 14 of them as the quantity going by the listing.

I was about to do this a few months ago when I had my front end apart but I gave up. I went back to using the Honda bolts. The Honda bolt/washers are basically one assembly, to go with stainless alternatives I had to use separate bolts and washers. When working on your back under the front end I didn't want to mess with separate parts, the single piece washer bolts from Honda are easier to use, so I scrapped the idea. I could not find stainless speed nuts, so I used new Honda replacements. The extra cost for stainless didn't seem worth it, and I didn't want to mess with separate bolts and washers.

 

Thanks. Can I assume 0.8mm thread pitch?

 

that's a good question, the best match I get for them is 6mm x 1.0 pitch.

 

Thanks!

 

Just got around to finishing this. I had to replace the front splash guard because the PO ripped it up driving over something. I also had to use the scissor jack to press the left radiator lower support forward ~ 1.5" sheesh.. bad driver he was.

I bought a 10 pack of the larger plastic holding clips (from Honda) and used M6 X 1mm stainless steel bolts, ss lock washers and large ss fender washers to hold the ripped up plastic together. It is much better than before. (fyo pep boys has all the ss parts in the hardware bins).

I also refreshed the 6mm nut-sert like clips with wire brush, acid dip,acid primer and enamel pain with 30min 250 degree oven back to speed drying.

The only problem I see is that the whole interconnecting front plastic parts still can move. Even the angled air guide parts in front of the AC rad around the hood latch mechanism. I find the whole front a bit "clunky" when driving over bumps. Any ideas on using foam between panels to take up the slop?

Finally, my driver side fender turn light is a bit loose and clunky. How does one tighten it?