Strut Tower Brace

**satheian** · 12-29-2009 10:31 PM

All of us in America do.
It's you silly Cananadans that like your front end all sloppy. :shrug:

**preston_nfs** · 03-13-2010 10:44 AM

Just watched your Diode Dynamics HID 6000k Conversion video snoopy and noticed you don't have the Strut Tower Brace on anymore, how come?

**snoopy0812** · 03-13-2010 11:24 AM

It was off at the body shop with my engine hat getting paint matched Mirabeau.

**preston_nfs** · 03-13-2010 11:28 AM

Hot damn, thats sexy! How much did it cost if you don't mine me asking?

**snoopy0812** · 03-13-2010 12:43 PM

100$ from my local guy. Not too horrible imo.

**john_688** · 04-01-2010 07:18 PM

Snoopy0812

I pickrd up mine at the dealer today. Plan to install tomorrow.
How much lb/ft did you torque the bolts to ?

Thanks

**snoopy0812** · 04-01-2010 07:56 PM

tighten to about 15lb/ft to start, they don't need much on the brace itself, however, when you install the brackets to the strut tower, they get tightened to 37-42 lb/ft, thats OEM tightening spec.
When you put the brackets on though, try and make sure your car is level and not jacked up in any way, it should have full pressure on the struts. Thats to prevent them from sliding out of alignment.

@ Preston,

I actually just got the bill and it turned out to be 70$ to paint both the engine hat and the brace.

**john_688** · 04-01-2010 08:09 PM

[QUOTE=snoopy0812;18747]tighten to about 15lb/ft to start, they don't need much on the brace itself, however, when you install the brackets to the strut tower, they get tightened to 37-42 lb/ft, thats OEM tightening spec.
When you put the brackets on though, try and make sure your car is level and not jacked up in any way, it should have full pressure on the struts. Thats to prevent them from sliding out of alignment.

Thanks for your quick reply .

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