I'm about to go out and put my car on stands, but before I do I have a quick question - when I unbolt the rack, I don't need to support anything with the jack, right?

For those who've done it - what's the best way of lifting the rack to get the spacers in?

 

nope, and if you cant get enough space try unbolting the outer tie rod to steering knuckle

 

lift it up, lol its way easier than your thinking

a word of advice, get your car aligned or it wont turn for ****.

it super simple. un-screw 2 bolts lift up rack slide in spacers tighten bolts... done... go to alignment shop

 

Yea, you were right Hungry it's not nearly as heavy as I was expecting, hahaha.

The worst part by far was trying to get the damn driver's side bolt out, but then I yanked the passenger side one all the way out and the rack moved much more (I guess that one was hanging in its hole). Just buttoning it up now and then a trip to Firestone.

Thanks for the info folks!

 

tell that to my cobalt

 

i dont understand the cut out in the spacer its not like the rack lays all the way in the spacer, and i got ttr spacers and i had to redrill the holes because they were too small

 

hmmm, i never even got it out, just lifted the bolt up enough for the spacer to slide in. glad it went smooth

 

Not sure how it is on the Cobalt but with the Redline the driver's side rack bolt can't come out all the way unless the rack is shifted forward - it was hitting the firewall. :-/

But yea, once I took the passenger bolt out and yanked the whole thing forward the bolt came out with little fuss and I got the spacer in. All in all about 2 hours, but would have been 1:30 had I yanked the passenger side bolt sooner.