Well I got home from work today to see a package sitting inside. Open it up and find my SKUNK2 rear strut tower brace and some other goodies that will be installed tommarow. Hmm I got a little time before I go out tonight, might as well atleast put the strut tower brace on. Well 3 nuts came off fairly easily. The 4th one...well let's just say it didn't make it. Put the wrench on and slowly at first then harder and finally it poped like the rest so I thought. Nope it stripped it instead. Great so I couldn't get the 4th one off. Wonderful. That's the first problem. My other problem is I grabbed the two ends. Test fitted them on the left side. Both worked just fine. Test fitted them on the right side, hmm neither one fit. They were both to narrow? Now I know there is a left and right side once these ends are installed on the bar, but it shouldn't matter when off. Either way doesn't look to good for me.

 

I stripped one before too. The thing you gotta do to attach is it is to lift up the rear (not needed but is recommended), and then attach the 2 ends to the bar and then install it.

 

Was on jackstands.

 

I really don't want to have to modify the ends. Maybe I can try and put a clamp on the two studs to squeeze them together. I only need roughly 1/16". I guess I better go to the hardware store tomarrow also and grab a handful of these nuts just in case.

 

Anyone had any fitment problems with the SKUNK2 rear bar. I don't get it?

 

the ends fit like ***.
you have to **** with em a bit.....

 

Ahh Jamie, I was waiting for you to chime in. So what do you think just clamp the studs together or try and drill out the holes a bit or what?

 

are you trying to put it on with the bar assembled ?

I took it apart and that made it much easier , put the ends on loose then bolt the bar in and tighten everything down

once you do that it will fit fine , when I went to put mine on I didnt think it was the right bar.

fit like total ****.

 

No. I havent' even taken the bar out of the plastic yet. All I did was try and test fit the ends just for the hell of it.

 

the ends fits like ****.
it will go , just have to work em on the first time.

 

cool...well i'm off to get this thing to work. hopefully everything goes smoothly.

 

I never liked the idea that the 'neutral' position of the Skunk 2 bar was jacked up in the air with the suspension dangling. That means when the car is just sitting there, the strut tower bar is under compression. Lifted is neutral, squatted is super compression.

I like the bar being 'neutral' when the car is not in motion. Then when lifted, the bar goes into tension, and then when the car is squatted the bar is compression. My spoon rear upper is like this.

I put the Skunk bar on a friends car, and had to lift the car to put it on. That's why I chose Spoon.

 

you have to have the car in the air to put a tower bar on?? wtf

 

I've had mine off and on with the car lifted and not lifted.

makes no difference IMHO.

 

Some things really do amaze me...completely dumbfounded.