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Thought you guys might get a kick out of this.
Got some A-6209 8-32 x 1/2" Aluminum Flat Head screws in from Horizon this week, sorta....
See the picture

I posted up that same basic rant a while back. You'd think they would at least not call them aluminum

gomachv wrote:Well now that my Losi screws showed up I am a bit pissed at Losi.

I remember the screws being black, but this is 12 years later- OK I can accept "raw" aluminum even tho the pic shows black. Here they are......


Wow...they look OK but very shiney. Heavy too. Hmmmm a little test......



Yup they are STEEL. Damnit. Losi lies. You'd expect them to at least change the label

I use these and they are definitely aluminum:

http://www.fastener-express.com/black-flat-head-phillips-machine-screws-100-degree.aspx

[quote="gomachv"]I posted up that same basic rant a while back. You'd think they would at least not call them aluminum

Did you contact Horizon about this? I did, hopefully they will get it changed. I will give them a little bit and then try another contact to see if they can get things corrected.

I was annoyed with a set of stainless steel screw sets I bought off Ebay. The 8-32 screws don't countersink 100% because they have the slightest "sidewall" to the head of the screw. Similar to the ones in the tops picture. Luckily I found a couple packages of old aluminum screws in an old tacklebox I used to use when I raced.

I really wanted to use stainless. The rest of the screws are great, just cant use the 8-32's.