Seriously? Many of us here have Rob's(owner of N.W.'s)stainless steel Allen Head valve cover bolts with supplied SS washers. They look and work fantastic for everyone else, just not you? Rob is one of the most standup vendors that I've come across in my years; It's a testimony of Rob's diplomacy and good business sense that he handled you as well as he did.
PEOPLE: You don't have to think twice about getting the right(Stainless Steel)bolts and washers if you're looking to cleanup and upgrade the covers. It's also quite convenient, rather than measure everything and track down exactly what you need yourself.
Originally Posted by
budaman
Valve Cover Bolts at NeedsWings .. Buyer Beware
I bought their set of Stainless Steel bolts without paying much attention as I was new to the Forum and I had seen their name used quite a bit.
I ordered the S/S bolt set (not cheap) $40 with shipping, as I didn't want to waste time.
They sat in a box for a week or so and yesterday when I had some time to get into pulling the valve covers I took them out to see what $40 had got me.
I noticed that they were not FLANGE bolts but instead cap head bolts.
I notified Rob at NW and he said no problem return them, I said I paid something like $6 to get them to me, surely they would pick up the postage for me to get them back as they were not the correct part for the job. He gave me a mouth full of what sounded like politically correct b.....t and that was the end of it.After sleeping on it, I thought to buy some s/s washers to distribute the load. I pulled a couple of the long OEM bolts out and found that Needswings bolts where 1/4" longer.
I just got off of the phone with Rob about the bolts not being a direct replacement and it was a rerun of yesterday, sure send them back at my expense.
I will probably end up sending them back at my expense and eat the $12 for shipping back and forth.
An expensive introduction to a Forum recommended vendor.
That's it, I imagine this post will get pulled, but maybe someone that is planning to buy from these people will think twice.