Standard stainless with a stainless washer to spread the load is what I
have on my Westie's luggage rack. Looks great to me (far better than the
old rust-coming-through-the-paint screws I took off). I also went with #2
philips heads, I feel these give a much more secure tool-to-fastener feel
when installing/removing the screws. Those big slotted screws always feel
like a good opportunity to slip with a screwdriver and gouge the paint.

My $.02, IMHO, YMMV, not valid in New Jersey, etc.

Tim

At 09:38 AM 8/5/2006 -0700, Mark Drillock wrote:
>That seems like the obvious answer. Standard SS screw with oversize SS
>washer to cover the old rust stain from the original screw head. Or
>slight oversize thin rubber washer to relieve stress and cover the old
>stain.
>
>Mark
>
>Alistair Bell wrote:
>
>>Roger,
>>
>>just measured my pop top truss head screw: head diameter 16 mm.
>>
>>the fastenal truss head with 14mm head diameter would not be too bad
>>a choice, better than rusty :)
>>
>>A thin ss washer would not look terrible, IMO, if you did want to
>>increase contact area.
>>
>>Alistair
>>
>>
>>
>>On 5-Aug-06, at 7:35 AM, Roger Sisler wrote:
>>.............
>>
>>I have made about 50 or 60 phone calls. The 17mm truss head oem screw is
>>not avaliable anywhere. Period. Go Westy has a replacement pop top
>>screw.It
>>is a common , off the shelf truss head screw . M6  with a 1.0 thread
>>pitch
>>and a 14mm head. Standard issue for this size of screw.I need a 17mm
>>truss
>>head and it is a oversized, oversize head and is,custom. VW has a
>>repacement screw thatGoWesty sells. It has a VW part number ,but is the
>>standard truss head of 14mm. Nothin special at all,and they crack the
>>fibergalss. . ............