Got the front and rear strut bars in the mail yesterday.
Went right to it, and got 'em put on.
Front:
The towers:
Then the rear!
The ends, which come through holes I cut in the trim:
And the view from the interior:
So, the write up. These were purchased on Ebay. Total was about $47 and some change. The quality, well you get what you pay for. They are very light. Not exactly what I was expecting as far as material, but aluminum none the less. The installation was simple enough. The ends come off of the bar, so just remove the strut nuts and slide on the tower ends. Place the nuts back on and tighten them down. For me, it took removing a couple of the plugs from their hangers. A few will go back into place, but the orange one above the reservoir on the passenger side, ended up being left under the bar. Also, there is a little bracket that simply holds a tube of wires in one place, on the drivers side, that has to be removed or flipped upside down, which I am gonna do tomorrow. Other than that, the front was just that simple. Once the tower ends are bolted down, adjust the bar to lines up to the bolting holes just right, and bolt it on.
Now the rear. I managed to simply pull the plastic pieces on either side of the hole behind the seats, right off by hand. Once those are off, pull the trunk carpet up onto the back seat, and fold the carpeted sides towards the center until they stick in place, out of the way. Now, I discovered after I was done, that you can remove the little metal strips the block your view of the strut towers by removing four simple bolts. I did it without. Remove the 14mm nuts from the top, there being two, and do the same thing as the front. Slide in the tower ends, and bolt them in. Line the side trim back up, cut out the square shaped, as I did, holes and place the sides back into place. I put all the plastic and carpet back in place at this point. Once all that was done, I adjusted the bar and bolted it in place. Ta da!
I am getting the lower rear strut bar in the mail, hopefully tomorrow! Let you know how that goes.
Went right to it, and got 'em put on.
Front:
The towers:
Then the rear!
The ends, which come through holes I cut in the trim:
And the view from the interior:
So, the write up. These were purchased on Ebay. Total was about $47 and some change. The quality, well you get what you pay for. They are very light. Not exactly what I was expecting as far as material, but aluminum none the less. The installation was simple enough. The ends come off of the bar, so just remove the strut nuts and slide on the tower ends. Place the nuts back on and tighten them down. For me, it took removing a couple of the plugs from their hangers. A few will go back into place, but the orange one above the reservoir on the passenger side, ended up being left under the bar. Also, there is a little bracket that simply holds a tube of wires in one place, on the drivers side, that has to be removed or flipped upside down, which I am gonna do tomorrow. Other than that, the front was just that simple. Once the tower ends are bolted down, adjust the bar to lines up to the bolting holes just right, and bolt it on.
Now the rear. I managed to simply pull the plastic pieces on either side of the hole behind the seats, right off by hand. Once those are off, pull the trunk carpet up onto the back seat, and fold the carpeted sides towards the center until they stick in place, out of the way. Now, I discovered after I was done, that you can remove the little metal strips the block your view of the strut towers by removing four simple bolts. I did it without. Remove the 14mm nuts from the top, there being two, and do the same thing as the front. Slide in the tower ends, and bolt them in. Line the side trim back up, cut out the square shaped, as I did, holes and place the sides back into place. I put all the plastic and carpet back in place at this point. Once all that was done, I adjusted the bar and bolted it in place. Ta da!
I am getting the lower rear strut bar in the mail, hopefully tomorrow! Let you know how that goes.
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