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No. The beers will probably help, but you're still going to end up cussing the design of the rear end.
The bolts that I used came with the rear rack combo. They were just a smidge (maybe last pinki bone length) longer than the original bolts.
Any bolt will work, as long as it's the right diameter. Just go down to Lowe's/HomeDepot and pick up a bunch. Metric bolts are only about 10 cents a pop.
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The advice that I can give may be hard to explain. If you don't understand this, let me know.
The design of the alignment of the rear plastic and the rear frame require all four bolts to be removed at the same time in order to slide the sissy bar assembly on the rear rails (those silver things that sissy bars and saddle bags attach to).
As soon as you remove all 4 bolts, the rear plastic and all that junk will fall loose of the rear frame. It will save you a lot of trouble if you have someone help you and if you remove the rear passenger seat as well, so it won't weight as much. Getting the rear plastic, frame, and new sissy bar to align is the part where you are going to cuss a lot.
When removing the original bolts, unscrew them but do not remove them from the frame holes. just slide them back and replace them one at a time, sliding the new bolt all the way through the sissy bar assembly as you replace it.
At least this way, you won't have to wrestle the rear plastic back into correct alignment.
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