you answered your own question. take a bolt out and go to hardware store and see if they have a shorter (appropiate) length bolt. acorn nut would look funky, i would get a shorter bolt.

 

I know I answered my own question, but I'm also wondering if there is a reason they are that long and don't want to change it if it will affect performance.

 

affect performance? of what?

Just make sure you get the right size.

 

Mine seemed really short, some of them I really had to mess with to get the nut on.

 

Mine stick out at least 1/4" beyond the nut. A buddy told me PRo Armor in fact recently changed the length of the screws, but I can't get anyone to confirm it for sure. I just want shorter screws that work. I'm going to try PA again

 

Search local hardware store for any alternate options you may like to choose. Thnx

 

Where can i get the new bolts?

 

I bought 1" think closed cell foam and put on the insides of my door. Not only did it put padding on it reduced noise and took out the hollow noise I was hearing and some rattles

 

I just installed new PA doors last weekend using the supplied washers both outside and inside. The screw was just long enough to get the nylock nut on. Nothing much protruding on mine.

 

I put the acorn nuts on them, I dont have pics but they dont look bad. They had plastic ones that are white you could die them black I suppose but I used chrome, looks good to me.

 

MMMMMM...CHROME....I like chrome but then my FatBoy is more chrome than paint.:rofl3::rofl3:

 

Acorn nuts installed on the outside of the doors. Makes it look like a German staff car! :rofl3:

 

Mine were short(normal), my uncles were long(too long). He complains about his.

 

I was wondering if anyone has had an issue or noticed the screws that hold the door skins on the door are pretty long. I've scratched my arms and legs a few times on these screws..

Only about a 100 + times, piuss poor design

 

was thinking about just using rivets on my doors , has any body done that ?

 

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one getting nicked up by the bolts. I like the feedback on different ideas, even the acorns on the Outside.. I really don't want acorn nuts on the inside, so I may just have to find shorter screws and be done with it".

 

I had the long ones too, and when I had to replace a panel I asked ProArmor for some new bolts and the new ones are about 1/4" shorter....perfect length.

 

I can't remember if mine are long or not but I have never hit mine.

 

Have you contacted Pro Armor ?

 

I did contact Pro Armor a few months back and I was told that they had a few complaints and were in the process of changing the screw size. I wasn't really offered any help with my problem which is why I'm looking for other options. I'm not that handy and I'm better at paying people to fix stuff for me. Im looking for other ideas and truly just someone to give me the correct size bolt which someone threw out there early in the thread.

 

I would measure how much thread is sticking out beyond the fully tightened nut, you should only have 1 to 2 threads exposed after the nut and bolt are fully tightened. Deduct what you need from the existing bolts, proceed to a hardware store (Fastenal ususally has everything you need). I would reccomend grade 8 bolts with new nuts that have nylon inserts on the nuts (help prevents the nut back off on it own). Just my two cents.....

 

I appreciate all the feedback. It looks like it's hit or miss on short bolts or long bolts. My next step is another call to Pro armor asking if they do indeed have now starting using shorter bolts and get them to ship me some. I tried Home Depot and couldn't find anything similar

 

Holy cow you for sure don't need grade 8 bolts to hold a door skin on... Measure how much is sticking out past the nut, remove the nut and take the bolt to a real hardware store match it up with one that is shorter by that margin, reinstall and your done.

 

Do they make nylok acorn nuts? that looks pretty good , but like the idea of nylok

 

Not that I'm aware of but you can use loctite.

 

I just bought a stick of blue loctite, (yep, you can get it in a stick), and put a dab on the bolts. Mine where a bit long but with my electric screwdriver I was able to get them tight enough. It will be heck when I need to remove them! :scared2:

 

Mine are about a year old and cause me to bleed on almost each trailride. I seem to forget all about it until the next ride and I start bleeding again. I keep telling myself that I am going to change them out. In reality, I most likely never will.