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Strut Tower Brace Install
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 5:57 am
by tcam
I just recently bought a vibrant strut tower brace and I was surprised that it came without any instructions. I assume that I just remove the stock brackets and then screw in the new ones. And if this is right, then do I need a torque wrench or can I just do it by hand?
Re: Strut Tower Brace Install (tcam)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 6:10 am
by Mrizzle05
thats all i did.I have a megan racing one... i just left the black brackets on. didnt do any harm.preference i guess.
Re: Strut Tower Brace Install (Mrizzle05)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 6:11 am
by tcam
Alright thanks. And did you use a torque wrench?
Re: Strut Tower Brace Install (tcam)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 6:29 am
by Mrizzle05
nope didnt have one... and im not a buff guy so as much as i could tighten i did. made sure it was snugg but not ast tight as possible
Re: Strut Tower Brace Install (Mrizzle05)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 6:30 am
by tcam
Cool. I'm going to go try to install it now. thanks for your help
Re: Strut Tower Brace Install (tcam)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 6:38 am
by Mrizzle05
no prob. thats wat were all here for.welcome to the site. and enjoy.
Re: Strut Tower Brace Install (tcam)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 7:20 am
by DavidPIL
Hiya tcam,I also got the Vibrant Strut Brace. Thought it to be a slightly better consruction than the Megan one. No instructions here either though I did remove the metal brackets that are on the towers. The design of the Vibrant brace actually fits well without those.As for the torque wrench. I would suggest borrowing one just to make sure you don't over tighten (strip) or undertighten. If I remember correctly, the 3 nuts only need to be tighted to 14 ft-lbf.Dave
Re: Strut Tower Brace Install (DavidPIL)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 7:44 am
by Mrizzle05
you have a pic of them... i wanna see what they look like.how much are they? maybe ill look into one
Re: Strut Tower Brace Install (Mrizzle05)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:23 am
by Petrucci914
I thought it was 29 or 39 ft-lb. Do another search for this install. It's on one of them.
Re: Strut Tower Brace Install
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 11:35 am
by DavidPIL
Yeah, it's 29 ft-lbf. Yikes, now I need to check mine!When I did the install, I checked out the repair manual at
http://www.trixology.org/Repair/ so I had to of torqued it to 29. Sorry for the miss-info. I must have been thinking the Spark Plugs, which I changed the day I rechecked the strut brace torque.Dave
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 2:17 pm
by northvibe
i have a vibrant stb too, i took off the old black C things and just have the STB on. i torq'd it hand tight....
Re: (northvibe)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 2:59 pm
by Petrucci914
Hand tight?!?!
Re: Strut Tower Brace Install (13Vibe03)
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 4:35 am
by DavidPIL
hi 13Vibe03NGK's site states 12mm thread to 10.4-14.5 lb-ft . The repair manual states 13 ft-lbf.Links to this info...
http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/t...ry=US& ... pai....pdf DaveP.S. Sorry for taking this off-topic for a moment.
Re: Strut Tower Brace Install (DavidPIL)
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 5:04 am
by Mavrik
I have the TRD one and I just hand tightened mine as tight as possible. No instructions either on the install but its pretty simple. I didn't leave the black rings there however. I took those off.
Re: (Petrucci914)
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 5:23 am
by northvibe
Quote, originally posted by Petrucci914 »Hand tight?!?!yea hand tight like mavrik did, as tight as i could with out breaking something
Re: (northvibe)
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 3:16 pm
by tcam
Does this mean that you also have to torque the the brace to the brackets at 29lbs? Or is that just for mounting the brackets onto the car itself?
Re: (tcam)
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 3:17 pm
by tcam
This is with the brace hand tightened as of now.
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