i need some help. for some reason the strut bar installation was a disaster. everything went well until the installation of the actual bar. it almost seemed to tough to position the bar to line up the holes. i had to use a wrench to lever the bar into place.

after tightening the allen wrench bolts, everything looked good and i was pondering over the amount of space between the plenum (without cover. i also have a 5/16 md spacer), which seemed to be a lot. so i attempt to slowly lower the hood and it looked good until trying to lock the hood down, it appeared tough to do, there ended up being a bulge on each side of the hood. so i was like damn... the bolts weren't all the way down.

so i tried to unloosen the bolts and reposition the bar, which i couldn't get down anymore. i next wanted to remove the bar entirely, leave the brackets and think about elongating the mounting holes later. i got one nut off of the driver's side bolt then i tried to get the passenger's side loose. no luck.

there was so much tension/compression on the mounting points from the bar that the passenger side bolt bound and as of right now i cannot remove the nut from the bolt. it's definitely threaded beyond belief. i used an 8 inch long wrench and a pretty long allen wrench and it wouldn't budge. i basically now need to cut the bolt with a hand saw but that'll be tough also because there is hardly any room with the washer and lock washer. the bar is just sitting in my engine compartment loose.

richie, i need to get a couple of new bolt/washer/lock washer/nut combos. basically two more. the driver side bolt also got a little threaded while backing the nut out. also any advise to this problem? i followed the instructions exactly.

what should have taken no more than half an hour ended up being 2 hours and still no completion. anyone else had this much trouble with the installation? i'm in need of some advise. i was soooo excited to install this tonight and take a test drive.

so sad...

 

dont give up man things happen all the time.

 

Kaloman,

Check your PM. Sorry for all the trouble but we'll get you all setup and running shortly.

Remember there are always little bugs/fixes when it comes to modding.

- Richie

 

the strut bar should be in the lowest position. i had to pry the bar into the bracket with a wrench but that was it. good luck.

 

Don't worry bro, Richie will take care of you.

 

yup, Richie pm'd me right away. i'm very satisfied with shipping and customer service. i'm also very excited that many have been extremely satisfied with this product! i can't wait to jump on the bandwagon!