I'm having trouble with this strutbar, I searched but couldn't find anything.


HELP?!


This is the strut bar that I'm putting in.

It bolt up perfectly to the bottom two, but the top refuses to mount up at all!!
I lined everything up without anything bolted down, but nothing. The down just completely refuses to mount up to more than one side at a time.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

try to loose all the bolts up. and put it one by one before you tight it up.

 

I had to drop both front coilovers to do it


Great piece though!

 

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That's what I was afraid I would have to do

I tried the first suggestion, no bueno.
Thank you all. Any other ways?

 

Could I remove the front strut assembly by simply removing the 3 top bolts on one and jacking the wheel of that side off the ground? Would that lower the suspension enough to get it on?

 

did u try jacking the car up?

 

...........I don't think I did. I'll try it tomorrow.

 

aren't you supposed to take the weight off of the front wheels in order to get it to line up? That's how I always put my upper strut braces on...so it does just that when the weight is added to the front wheels...it braces

 

i've had this problem with braces before. if your holes aren't lining up then try to jack up one side of the car till it lines up and then do that with the other side.

just a suggestion and good luck.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Shy_GuyAP1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm having trouble with this strutbar, I searched but couldn't find anything.


HELP?!


This is the strut bar that I'm putting in.

It bolt up perfectly to the bottom two, but the top refuses to mount up at all!!
I lined everything up without anything bolted down, but nothing. The down just completely refuses to mount up to more than one side at a time.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i was lucky... i did mine when i installed my springs... yes you need to jack up the car, take the nuts off, and shimmy it on... as long as the load is taken off the suspension youll be ok... and i like what the bar does even though everyone says it does dick... plus it looks puurrrdy

 

Well it's on the car, and let me tell you it was the biggest bitch I have ever dealt with as far as strutbars come.

BIG PAINS IN MY ********!!!

Tools required -
14mil extended length socket
14mil wrench
14mil standard length socket
Extensions
10mil socket
13mil wrench
7mil? allen
Spare tire jack
3friends with nothing better to do on a Friday night
Flat head screw driver
Phillips head

Step 1 - Remove airbox, 3x 10mm bolts, disconnect assortment of vacuum lines, o2 sensor and various over lines and such
Step 2 - Unbolt strut tower? 2x 14mm bolts on both sides, the typical mounting location of strutbars
Step 3 - Unbolt rack and pinion mount, 2x 14mm bolts
Step 4 - Jack up the car
Step 5 - lower entire assembly into place
Step 6 - Put the two pinion bolts down through the holes
Step 7 - Put the upper strut brace over the bolts on the nonjacked side, this will make it seem like the other side won't fit.
Step 8 - Get a friend to stand on the wheel on the jack side lowering the suspension assembly
Step 9 - Allow the suspension assembly to come back up through the holes.
Step 10 - Tighten everything up everywhere.
Step 11 - Reassemble airbox
Step 12 - Enjoy the understeer

I don't it did anything, but I think if I add a rear brace it will work balance things out and increase the overall rigidity of the chassis and reduce body flex, and increase handling.

After spending an hour and a half on it I'm not in the mood to remove it, so when I get the rear one I won't have to put it back in. We weren't sure how to put it in so there were all kinds of things we tried. I actually stood on the strut bar to lower it in place enough to bolt the lower bolts in.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Shy_GuyAP1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well it's on the car, and let me tell you it was the biggest bitch I have ever dealt with as far as strutbars come.

BIG PAINS IN MY ********!!!

Tools required -
14mil extended length socket
14mil wrench
14mil standard length socket
Extensions
10mil socket
13mil wrench
7mil? allen
Spare tire jack
3friends with nothing better to do on a Friday night
Flat head screw driver
Phillips head

Step 1 - Remove airbox, 3x 10mm bolts, disconnect assortment of vacuum lines, o2 sensor and various over lines and such
Step 2 - Unbolt strut tower? 2x 14mm bolts on both sides, the typical mounting location of strutbars
Step 3 - Unbolt rack and pinion mount, 2x 14mm bolts
Step 4 - Jack up the car
Step 5 - lower entire assembly into place
Step 6 - Put the two pinion bolts down through the holes
Step 7 - Put the upper strut brace over the bolts on the nonjacked side, this will make it seem like the other side won't fit.
Step 8 - Get a friend to stand on the wheel on the jack side lowering the suspension assembly
Step 9 - Allow the suspension assembly to come back up through the holes.
Step 10 - Tighten everything up everywhere.
Step 11 - Reassemble airbox
Step 12 - Enjoy the understeer

I don't it did anything, but I think if I add a rear brace it will work balance things out and increase the overall rigidity of the chassis and reduce body flex, and increase handling.

After spending an hour and a half on it I'm not in the mood to remove it, so when I get the rear one I won't have to put it back in. We weren't sure how to put it in so there were all kinds of things we tried. I actually stood on the strut bar to lower it in place enough to bolt the lower bolts in.

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just out of curiosity, why did you remove the intake and vacuum lines? you def didnt have to do that

 

Because it made accessing the bolts holding the rack and pinion in much easier!!!

It would be almost impossible to install this strutbar without taking out the intake.