Easily said I know but refitting treads before any corrosion has taken place has paid off for me. The prompt apart from postings on TM was seeing a Roadster just a few years older than mine at first FolkMog event attended with very signifcant bubbling of paint on running boards.
The argument that stainless and aluminium don't play nicely together is indisputable but have found that greased fixings essentially stop any interaction for the greater good.
