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EK Hatch rear strut bar Install...need some tips!

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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 09:32 PM
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Default EK Hatch rear strut bar Install...need some tips!

I already searched...found 1 template, it was kinda confusing, and in Japanese. Does anyone have some good pics of their EK rear strut bar? I need to see where you made the cuts, and what you used to cut it with. Should I use a dremel(what tip for it?) or maybe and x-acto knife? Thanks in advance guys!
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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 10:00 PM
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One of my friends used an exacto knife and did half-circle cuts in his trunk carpet to install his rear strut bar. Looked really clean. I don't have any pics, but if you looked at his trunk from the top, it would look like this )==== (. Hope that kind of makes sense. Most people do "x" cuts so it looks like this x====x, but that looks kind of messy to me.
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 06:53 PM
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Cool, thanks for the info. Anyone else have any ideas?
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 07:00 PM
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me and my friend just partially took off the panel just to get an idea of where to cut. we just started off with one small hole and went bigger from there. after you cut the hole u can pretty much see the shock tower through the hole. just cut it bigger to your liking. we used a drill, but a dremel would probably be the best tool to use.
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 11:09 PM
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Cool..I'll post pics and try to make a good how-to on it.
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Old Mar 7, 2004 | 01:36 AM
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A hole saw would work good.
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Old Mar 7, 2004 | 09:31 PM
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Hmm....I think I'm going to use and Xacto knife.
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