Stainless Steel Bolts : Any disadvantages?

[daedal.]

As stated in the title, is there ANY negative side (apart the price) to replacing regular bolts by their stainless steel counterpart?

[timberdoodle]

strength of materials, for instance depending on if you want a flexible bolt or not you may not want to use a very stiff and strong piece of ss.

[public]

Stainless is usually okay for grade 5 and below.

[SaabJohan]

Stainless stell is as flexible as other steels, but usually it's strength is lower. There are of course extra strong stainless steels but then then the price go up, way up. Stainless is probably equal to 8.8 bolts.

Stainless bolts, or the even better super alloy bolts are prefered when the tamperature is high.