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The only way to get the bolts you want is to make them... just get two nuts and weld them together and then weld onto the head of a bolt.

i think gutless is the man you to speck to about BL

try on nbs forum.

want33s wrote:The only way to get the bolts you want is to make them... just get two nuts and weld them together and then weld onto the head of a bolt.

Yes, the answer is to make them, but not like this. I love my welder, but welding is not the answer to every car problem.

I cut the thread off of 16mm bolts, bore and tap them with the appropriate thread. (10X1.25) with the sleeve removed from the rubbers (this is 16mm od) this bolt fits perfectly up through the stock rubber and locates the block as well. (you will have to drill the factory washer out to 16mm, up from 10mm

The socket bolt shank ends up about 45mm long. I use construction grade (mild steel bolts) as they are easy to work with and the very deep thread engagement (over 25mm) will mean they will never fail - the stud will pull out of the floor first.

I have been building BL's this way for about 8 years and they work perfectly.

Indeed, this is also the way that Gutless, and a member from NZ build them. no cutting of studs, box section or any other ugly non reversible modifications.

I had alluminium 3" blocks made up and had them drilled so I could tap a thread into them, but well i sort of stuffed up and told them to drill them 10mm . Too big So then I used a 42ish mm hole saw to drill into the top of the floor so i could access the four studs you can't see, then using a 19mm hole saw (with out the drill bit in it) I was able to cut the weld around the top of the studs and now I have no more studs some 8.8 bolts with nylocks and rubber grommets to plug the holes in the floor and i was

Deffinatley go the reversible way, my BL was a cut in job, what a pain in the arse to remove, and just another point for rust to get in.

Layto....

To the best of my knowledge Gutless (Pete) doesn't do them anymore, I got some him about a year ago. I now make them out of High Tensile bolts and can supply either full kits with poly blocks or just the female bolts. I have had them tested by a NATA test centre as well to ensure they are strong enough.