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I wasn't thinking of changing the stud just the nut and thats only if I get a bug up my butt about it.I like sandmann just ignore it. I was making a suggestion in respose to a question. Stainless is not rust proof only resistant this I know. How ever some types are extremely rust resistant the type I used for the brackets I made were out of a home made pond and were partly submerged for years and not a spot of rust. They were lilly pad supports. I do not know what type it was. I normally use 304 since it is easy to machine , polishes nice , and is fairly rust resistant. I wouldn't suggest trying to replace and exhaust stud unless you had to since most people wouldn't have a good way to extract the broken piece. But the nut yes. It would look somewhat better and shoildn't rust as quickly if at all and when you did need to mess with it chances are good there would still be something for the wrench to grab not a rusty blob.