DC Strut Bar Installed
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Another strut bar installed. Took my time and it took me about 20 minutes to put it in.
I went ahead and removed all 3 nuts from the passenger side strut and jacked the car up just so the tire was off the ground so the strut could float a little. Once I got the strut bar roughly in position I used a 3/8" wooden dowel and some light taps with a hammer from the passenger side to bump the strut bar all the way onto the strut studs. I ended up putting about 20 lb-ft of torque to the nuts on reinstall. But I started at 15 lb-ft and worked my way up on each one moving from one to the next between torque increases (kinda like torquing your wheel lugs).
I went ahead and removed all 3 nuts from the passenger side strut and jacked the car up just so the tire was off the ground so the strut could float a little. Once I got the strut bar roughly in position I used a 3/8" wooden dowel and some light taps with a hammer from the passenger side to bump the strut bar all the way onto the strut studs. I ended up putting about 20 lb-ft of torque to the nuts on reinstall. But I started at 15 lb-ft and worked my way up on each one moving from one to the next between torque increases (kinda like torquing your wheel lugs).
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Originally Posted by myoshizawa819
Another strut bar installed. Took my time and it took me about 20 minutes to put it in.
I went ahead and removed all 3 nuts from the passenger side strut and jacked the car up just so the tire was off the ground so the strut could float a little. Once I got the strut bar roughly in position I used a 3/8" wooden dowel and some light taps with a hammer from the passenger side to bump the strut bar all the way onto the strut studs. I ended up putting about 20 lb-ft of torque to the nuts on reinstall. But I started at 15 lb-ft and worked my way up on each one moving from one to the next between torque increases (kinda like torquing your wheel lugs).
I went ahead and removed all 3 nuts from the passenger side strut and jacked the car up just so the tire was off the ground so the strut could float a little. Once I got the strut bar roughly in position I used a 3/8" wooden dowel and some light taps with a hammer from the passenger side to bump the strut bar all the way onto the strut studs. I ended up putting about 20 lb-ft of torque to the nuts on reinstall. But I started at 15 lb-ft and worked my way up on each one moving from one to the next between torque increases (kinda like torquing your wheel lugs).
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Originally Posted by hardtocope
if you have this strut bar installed can you still jack up your fine without damaging anytihng?? wouldn't you bend the the other shock tower if you jacked up the car with this installed???
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Originally Posted by hardtocope
if you have this strut bar installed can you still jack up your fine without damaging anytihng?? wouldn't you bend the the other shock tower if you jacked up the car with this installed???
Any thoughts on this ?
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i just put mine on a few minutes ago.....and unfortunately i broke a bolt like SNEAKY. i wanted to go drive the car to try it out but i am scared about that broken bolt so i will have wait until tomorrow to see what i can do....other than the cheap bolt installation was a breeze...GOOD JOB DC
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i just installed my dc strut on my 2005 cobalt ls copupe and had the same problem the bolt on the passenger side closest to the headlight broke in half the specs on the instructions were incorrect on my model is it or can it be fixed the same as the ss with a simple bolt replacement pls respond
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Originally Posted by eclipse85
i just installed my dc strut on my 2005 cobalt ls copupe and had the same problem the bolt on the passenger side closest to the headlight broke in half the specs on the instructions were incorrect on my model is it or can it be fixed the same as the ss with a simple bolt replacement pls respond
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Heh, I missed the part in the instructions on how much to torque them, I just used a torque wrench to take the first bolt off and it was about 15 lbs. So I just re-torqued them all at 15 lbs. when I put them back on.
Originally Posted by brianfcp
how much that bar cost?
We have one left in stock, 10 more coming later this week.
Use the discount code "DCSCSB1" to get the quoted price above, dont forget to press the recalculate icon.
Thanks
Aaron
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Just installed mine, anyone find much difference. Mines weird fells like the car has a lil bit less roll to it but its weird, thought I was sliding going around a turning circle but i wasnt...weird
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Originally Posted by RedBaseBolt
I just torqued my nuts to as tight as I could get them and haven't had any problems.
Anyways, I torqued mine to 18lbs and didn't have any problems. This bar is probably the cheapest, but best money spent suspension upgrade. Granted, there are many other upgrades available, but never forget the strut bar
