What is this bolt?!

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I need to replace 12 of these nuts and bolts but am struggling to know what to search for. I'm told they need to be stainless steel (they go underneath a vehicle) and I believe the 8.8 is important? I've measured them as M8x20 but the square 'head' on the top seems unusual (and is important).

Any tips HUGELY appreciated!

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Screws, not bolts.

And the nuts just look like flange-nuts

You will need a "stainless steel anti-seize" lube on the threads.

The "88" means it is high tensile strength steel. Most stainless screws are Chinese and the steel is poor quality. You haven't said what these screws are for, but you ought to buy them from a reputable engineering supplier and specify the HTS requirement.

As Freddy says, I use stainless for under body shields, but they have no HTS requirement (the parts on mine are plastic).
 
Thanks gents. I'm starting to understand a bit more!

They were actually holding on a pair of side step rails on a VW T5 - as you can see they've corroded to buggery and I need to replace them all.

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Yea that third pic doesn't look too healthy! Can the rails be slid along an inch or so so that the new bolts heads can be mounted in clean metal?
 
They don't need to be 8.8, it would only really matter if it was on a suspension component, although the suppliers I use only stock 8.8 in steel. If your going to use stainless you won't get 8.8. Unless the square head is "captive" use standard hexagonal heads then you can just use a 13mm socket or spanner either side.
 
They don't need to be 8.8, it would only really matter if it was on a suspension component, although the suppliers I use only stock 8.8 in steel. If your going to use stainless you won't get 8.8. Unless the square head is "captive" use standard hexagonal heads then you can just use a 13mm socket or spanner either side.

Brill. Standard hex heads seem A LOT easier to come by. Cheers.
 
[S="simondyntDBeK, post: 4729426, member: 14191"]Brill. Standard hex heads seem A LOT easier to come by. Cheers.[/QUOTE]
Standard M8's are a doddle to find and cheap as chips, I've actually got a few hundred M8 x 25 I got given!
Try getting Whitworth bolts, or Japanese automotive metric fines with the correct spanner sizes, cost a bloody fortune!!
 
That's assuming the heads of the bolts aren't deeper than the slot and the heads won't turn too much in the slots when tightened - which would beg the question why the manufacturer didn't supply traditional bolts to start with.
 

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