P500 Skid Plate Install - Rivnuts or Self Tapping?

[The Green Goat]

I frequently hit bottom pretty hard...

 

[Admin]

 

[Tall_Vol44]

Do you remember what length is needed for these bolts?

 

[futzin]

Do you remember what length is needed for these bolts?

Pretty sure I bought 1", which is longer than needed for most spots but handy for getting them all started and the skid pieces aligned.

 

[lee]

Pretty sure I bought 1",

I usually don't recommend stainless bolts for anything (engineering geek reasons) but for my skids I also used 1" long 6mm flange bolts (well, 25mm long).
There is extra threaded bolt sticking in to the pipe - it's not seen so no issue.
But after being soaked in Tennessee swamp water and packed with that special Stinking creek mud (ever notice how it smells like Stinking creek when you pressure wash the vehicle a month later?) I don't want to bolts to rust on the back side of the plus nuts.
If they do rust on the back side you will never get them out - just throw the p500 away and get a Talon at that point.

 

[The Green Goat]

I usually don't recommend stainless bolts for anything (engineering geek reasons)

Galvanic Corrosion?

 

[lee]

Galvanic Corrosion?

Green swamp slime corrosion.
I think the soil in the area of Tn we ride has high sulfur content.
This attacks the zinc plating on fasteners.

(Thought I had a picture but I don't)

 

[JACKAL]

Do you remember what length is needed for these bolts?

I use these, black oxide finish 6x30 mm grade 10, over 100 of them in 3 SXS haven't broken one yet.

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