take a skinny flat head and hit the bolt with a hammer to help pry it a little bit then just got at it with the bolt with the hammer. i heated mine up with a blow torch then just hit it a bunch of times.
its the bolt that holds the strut bar right? not the bolt on top of the strut hat like wat david broke right?

and david u stripped both bolts on the struts? that sucks hopefully u didnt break the driver side thats the most expensive strut the passenger is cheap pretty sure its like a 70-100 difference

 

Hahaaahahaahaha definitely worth the drive

 

I don't think it got stripped I heard a loud snap. But it was the drivers side. I thought I would try and see if I could get it loose cause the passenger side kept rotating on me

 

well the passenger one is screwed then, that one is cheap so ur good. call the person who installed the springs b4 and tell him the prob and u want him to cover it

 

No I had the passenger strut out and the spring compressed but couldn't remove the bolt cause the whole mount rotated when I tried to remove it.

The drivers side was still attached to the car so I tried to see how hard it would be to loosen it but it snapped.

Yes I know I fail

 

buy my rk sport hood damn it

 

u gotta hold the strut hat with ur hands while some1 loosens it or hold it urself and use power tools. wat my friend did and it worked fine

 

I had a 2' long breaker bar it wasn't gonna budge that's why the bolt broke

damn I just checked it'll be $150 for the driver side and $70 for the passenger side

 

i should hopefully be installing my springs tomorrow maybe the meth kit as well, and the rotors

 

Well mine just needs a new strut bolt to hold the strut bar.... Can u help me if I come to the shop?

 

hah...lets just say i was still not quite sober the next morning...lol

 

lmfa, QFT
HAHA, nice. sounds like you know how to party!

 

yup i told u lol, doesnt ur dad work at the dealership cant he get u a deal on install or go to rissa's person who did it for 50bucks

 

rissas guy works with me now at my shop haha
i believe his name is steve

 

then david stop being a little **** and go to overboosters bf

 

She didn't get her springs installed by Steve

and I gotta wait for the new struts to get here

 

yes the strut spins when you try to lossen that bolt... stick the mounting plate in a vice and go at the bolt w/ an impact.

 

when my friend did it, he just used an impact and held it with his hands didnt need that much force

 

well one of mine was on there like a **** and it took me about an hour to get it off... they arent all the same and it is much better advice than tellin him to hit it with a hammer.

now that i think of it, we hit the nut with a torch for a second and then it came off with the impact

 

i wasnt telling david to hit it with a hammer lol that was eric with getting one of his strut hat bolts out.

 

actually if you loosen the top strut nut before you jack up the car,
that nut will come off much easier !
No need to hold anything from turning.

Just a thought, and it does work nice.

 

ya if u want the easy way out lol.
david listen to him^ lol

 

../'pnkm,.

 

I tried that that's why it snapped. lol

 

SO....I HAVE A NEW CAR!
2004 GTO LS1 6speed manual 67,000 miles (kinda high), but for $10,500!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...59.l1259#v4-16 my new baby
gotta have it shipped out here for another grand though.