keep breaking footpad supports

I keep destroying these. anybody else?
I go through 1-2 a year. sometimes one side, sometimes both. Either plastic cracks/breaks or the bolts get broken, bent, or pulled through entirely. im sure its better to have the $30 piece of plastic break than the frame mount bend but damn.

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think im going to hit the hardware store tonight and find shorter bolts. once tightened, the nylock nuts are usually sunk into the plastic but the bolts stick out 3/4 of an inch and probably catch on every rock, root, and rut I drive through. hopefully this will solve my problem.

also debating on using some of this thick and sturdy conveyor belt mat with fender washers to replace the plastic "waffle". maybe it will give a little more but still support the plastic floorboard. whatever I do I will follow up as to what is/isn’t working.

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