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 Strut Bar Fitting Guide (currently 544 views) |
| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 8:23:53pm
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| Strut bar fitting guide. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 8:25:54pm
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| Remove plugs from bracket. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 8:31:46pm
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| Remove nuts and wire bracket and drop on strut bar bracket. Note the brackets are handed and the offset brings the bar forward over the front of the throttle body. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 8:38:17pm
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| Plastic clip needs transferring from old bracket to new bracket. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 8:44:27pm
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| Drop new wire bracket on and small angle bracket that holds the main harness and put nuts on only finger tight at this stage. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 8:48:58pm
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| Same on passenger side. Finger tight nuts and don't plug the wires on at this stage. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 8:53:52pm
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Mount over bar with nuts to the back. It looks better that way  |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 8:57:31pm
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| This is where the clearance is small. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:00:02pm
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| Another shot to show how close it is. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:02:59pm
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| Tighten nuts on strut tops |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:06:43pm
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| Place something under the bar to hold it high as it will go. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:13:55pm
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| Tighten end bolts. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:16:02pm
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| Clip all the wires back in place. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:18:16pm
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| Check clearance. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:19:38pm
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| Job done. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:22:53pm
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| Another. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:29:26pm
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| rear brace fitting guide. Remove carpet and jack. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:33:21pm
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| Remove filler pipe cover. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:37:03pm
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| The back bar can be mounted with the end brackets in place but the bolts that hold the end brackets should be left slack at this stage. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:41:46pm
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| Remove the back two nuts from the struts on each side drop the strut bar on and replace the nuts and tighten them down. Finally tighten the end bar bolts. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:46:22pm
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| The pipe cover needs to be cut to allow the strut bar to pass through. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:52:03pm
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| 40mm top to bottom and 65mm from the centre of the boot floor mounting hole to the start of the cut out. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:53:38pm
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| Bolt cover back in place. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:56:48pm
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| I put a peace of edging i had kicking about but its not that important as its under the carpet. |
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| steve |
Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 10:00:27pm
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| Replace carpet and jack. Job done. |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 10:03:21pm |
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Great guides and pics. They look the dog's danglies them 
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Quoted from steve, posted Friday, June 29th, 2012, 9:56:48pm at here |
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I put a peace of edging i had kicking about but its not that important as its under the carpet.
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But it does stop you slicing your fingers open on the cover or it potentially scratching the rear bar  |
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| steve |
| Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 10:35:58pm |
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It took longer to do this write up than it did to put them on  . It saves me doing fitting instructions for them though  ... |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 10:42:49pm |
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| Blinging hell. Im out for a meal and I've refreshed this watching it constantly. Looking really good ste and great pictures! |
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| steve |
| Posted on: Friday, June 29th, 2012, 11:07:22pm |
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| Thanks. Its a bit bling but its my colour scheme. |
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| mattjohns |
| Posted on: Saturday, June 30th, 2012, 1:14:37am |
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Remove filler pipe cover.
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Then apply iodine and band-aids |
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| steve |
Posted on: Saturday, June 30th, 2012, 3:05:38am
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