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I corresponded with Alex from ISP West about their SS side trim to determine the grade of steel. He didn't have an answer, but offered up some other benefits of the SS trim that may outweigh the added cost... here it is FYI: -----Original Message----- From: Alex P. [mailto:alex@vwispwest.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 5:09 PM To: Ruiz, Raul Subject: RE: Side trim In my opinion the added benefits are as follows, 1- appearance, looks like chrome but will not deteriorate like it, 2- construction, its heavy gauge construction provides ultimate integrity to each piece so it will not dent as you try to install and if any damage ever occurs to any piece, it can be straightened and polished to look like new again where if one tries to do that with the aluminum it will probably fail and if it doesn't you'll have to anodize it again after all, 3- Stainless steel as raw material cost more than aluminum, 4- the molding kits are hand made and not stamped out or extruded as mass production aluminum kits, 5- Price, you can replace an aluminum kit 5 times over for the price of 1 SS kit, I rather do it right the first time and do it once. Time is money. I hope this helps... Alex ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org