new armrest pad screws to short!

just wanted to vent! after 30 minutes of trying to install a new armrest pad with all new bases and panels the screws that came with the pad are to short! I also bought an interior screw kit that has the armrest pad screws also and they are the same size, TO XXXXXX SHORT! who is makin this **** and who is doing the research on this stuff. thank god I saved the old screws when I took the duster apart 4 years ago! here are 2 pics . the original ones are on the outside. that's almost a 1/4" and that's about what I needed to catch the clips in the door! just wanted to let everybody know to watch out for this. a lot of the screws in the kit were not the same when I compared them to the originals! the kit was for an Abody I think from yearone.