i need help installing the c-pillar bar.. i put the brackets on first then when i put the bar on, it seems to long. i have a 42-44in bar including brackets, im trying to figure out what it is... any help pls!

 

you have to adjust the bar. put one side on first, and bolt it down, once that is on, adjust the c pillar from the opposite side (making it shorter in your case) so you can fit in on the opposite bracket...its pretty self explainatory....just mess with iT! it will come around!

 

I had a problem with mine also. I had to work with it for a while to get it to work. Just fiddle with the thing, try different ways, you'll eventually get it.

 

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in what ways did you have to "work with it". Please be more specific in your response. Most c pillar bars for sale are adjustable at the ends. I know on my EM Racing C pillar bar, you can adjust the length by adjusting the nut on each end.

 

I forget how it works, but at the endlinks, they swivel (rotate 360 degrees). I would get one side in (just a thread or two) and then position the other side the same. Then I'd adjust each side equally, so the threads are in the seatbelt bolt holes equally.

lol, that probably doesn't make sense.

 

just post pics to help people see

 

for most generic c pillar bars, they are equipped with two endlinks. both are used to place the bar where the seat belt bracket is.

connect one side, making sure it is secure but not too tight. ( the bar should be able to swivel in any kind of direction, making it easier for you to place the opposite endlink onto the seatbelt bracket)

now look at your bar...there should be a nut at each end of it. you should be able to move the nut back and forth by twisting it clock wise and vise versa.

take a endlink and spin it either clock wise or counter...i cant remember, but doing so will either make the c pillar bar longer or shorter. once at the desired length, put the endlink onto the seatbelt bracket and tighten down....( this part takes patience and maybe even a friend, so they can hold the bar up while you adjust the endlink)

once the bar is in place, tighten down the two nuts on either side of the bar to make it stiff (if your looking at the bar, the nuts can either swivle towards the endlinks or towards the main bar... tighten the nuts so they go towards the main bar itself). lastly, each endlink should have a bolt and a insert for a alan wrench, with a nut on the opposite side...tigthen those down as well to make sure the bar doesnt come off the endlinks...


this is very similar to a strut tower bar install....so if you have done one of those, then you should be able to knock this out pretty quick!

one more note..remember there might be some tension, but that tension is ment to be there, and tightening everything down makes the bar solid!

hopes this helps...i dont have any pics, but i can take some if you really need em...pm me if so!

 

you said it better then i did lol