Re: stainless steel tank straps or not
[Re: burdar]
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08/21/09 10:57 AM
08/21/09 10:57 AM
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I used regular steel ones and painted them with clear to prevent corrosion. Stainless is relatively inert and you shouldn't get much galvanic action between stainless and the galvanized tank IIRC. Either way would be fine IMO, but I think my choice will look more correct. Make sure the tank you get is galvanized and not painted silver! DAMHIK.  Cheers, Dave
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1974 'Cuda
2008 Ram 3500 Diesel
2006 Ram 3500 Diesel
2004.5 Ram 2500 Diesel
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Re: stainless steel tank straps or not
[Re: burdar]
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08/21/09 06:38 PM
08/21/09 06:38 PM
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Each person has their preference and although stainless looks great on its own; I'm not too wild about drawing attention to the underside of a car. To me it would be equivalent to painting the rear end yellow. Yellow is a great color and looks good but painting a rear end yellow? 
Allen
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Re: stainless steel tank straps or not
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08/21/09 07:48 PM
08/21/09 07:48 PM
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Each person has their preference and although stainless looks great on its own; I'm not too wild about drawing attention to the underside of a car.
To me it would be equivalent to painting the rear end yellow. Yellow is a great color and looks good but painting a rear end yellow?
Wow dude,  .....I don't think it's gonna shock your system that much to have stainless straps on your tank, they come with a "as rolled finish", which means they have a natural look to them, they aren't mirror polished!
Here's the best pic(for now) I have of mine, my tank is galvinized, I took some polishing compound to the tank to raise the finish of the galvi, then clear coated it in Dupont Chroma Preimer CC, the straps are stainless, I left them as recieved, they contrast nicely with the tank,....and I wanted to "downplay highlighting the undercarriage", so instead of "yellow"  .....I put a chrome cover on the Dana 60
Mike
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Re: stainless steel tank straps or not
[Re: mopars4ever]
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08/21/09 11:13 PM
08/21/09 11:13 PM
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Ontario, Canada
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Wow dude, .....I don't think it's gonna shock your system that much to have stainless straps on your tank, they come with a "as rolled finish", which means they have a natural look to them, they aren't mirror polished!
Hey, ease up on the guy! Maybe he's Amish and likes things plain !!!!
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Re: stainless steel tank straps or not
[Re: burdar]
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08/22/09 10:59 AM
08/22/09 10:59 AM
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I bought stainless ones to put on, but look where that led...
1970 Plymouth 'Cuda #'s 440-6(block in storage)currently 493" 6 pack, Shaker, 5 speed Passon, 4.10's
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible 408 Magnum EFI with 4 speed automatic overdrive, 3800 stall lock-up converter and 4.30's (closest thing to an automatic 5 speed going)
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Re: stainless steel tank straps or not
[Re: jbc426]
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08/23/09 08:00 PM
08/23/09 08:00 PM
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Iowa
burdar
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Like I said earlier, I ordered my tank from RockAuto at 12.31 on Friday. I got a confirmation e-mail before 2:00 the same day saying that it had shipped. My wife and I went away for the weekend for our aniversary. We got back this afternoon to find my new gas tank sitting outside my garage.   Wow that was fast. I didn't even pay for overnight servise. Thanks for the info on the straps. I'll go stainless.
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The stainless straps are not polished and you can hardly tell the difference if at all.
and the guys that like putting colored wire harness covers in the engine compartment. 
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