At 05:49 PM 11/8/2007, Roger Sisler wrote...
>I am looking for stainless steel tie downs that are cast in OEM style.
>Not
>the $4 wire stamped tie downs that GW sells. Not OEM in Galvanized
>steel.

>I bought a few to try them , but they dont work or are not as good as
>GW.
>Not theat the GW one is good enough.I think the footprint on the
>fiberglass is half the size of OEM,and the supplied bolts are 2 sizes
>smaller than the hole in the OEM bolt( I know, OEM is secured with pop
>rivits). The washers is even smaller.

Maybe they changed the OEM later on, but on my '81, the ones from Go
Westy weren't a whole lot different than the originals. Screws instead
of pop rivets, sure, but the mounting surface of both the loop and the
provided washer were about the same. I think the loop itself was
actually thicker diameter. Nothing like the difference you describe.
Then again, maybe it's the Go Westy ones which have changed.