Nuts and Bolts

Its becoming very apparent that there are no nuts and bolts included with this kit.  Yes, there is a bag of washers, nuts and bolts which look like they are for the pedals and the wishbones but thats it.  Yesterday it was clear we would need our own for everything else.

Thats fine, but again with no manual or guidence, which nuts to we need?  What sizes?  How many?  No idea!  Looking again at RHOC forum and other blogs I decided to purchase a selection of M6, M8 and M10 bolts and nylon lock nuts.  I think it may be overkill for all nylon nuts, a quick search for IVA rules mentions either using a spring washer or nylock nuts in certain places so I figure use them everywhere right?

I had to do some research on what type of bolts I needed.  I am not an engineer, I work in IT so this is new to me.  I see lots of debate about using either stainless steel or mild steel and it looks like both have different properties, stainless being weaker/snaps under load rather than mild steel which will bend rather than snap but its more expensive.

Theres lots of threads, blogs and discussions about the different ratings, from what I gather most if not all mild steel is rated as 8.8 minimum (assuming that's to do with host much lb's of force it can take) and the very expensive stuff is 10.9 (areplanes!).  I've seen lots of technical arguments before in the IT world about stuff that in the end doesnt really matter, I get that vibe with this debate.

In certain industrial environments I can understand that very complex calculations are required by some much cleverer people than me, but in perspective, this is a kit car and if it was *that* important it would be obvious.

It will also get picked up on IVA pre inspection by GBS.  I had already guessed that HT/mild would be needed for the important stuff and that stainless would be OK for the rest..  Good job I checked and decision made.

It seems that most stainless is rated at "A2 70" as the norm, that's also what screwfix supply so I have ordered them from there and will use the stainless for anything that doesn't require any real strength, i.e not for seat belt mounts.