GTSPEC Bars fit on Sedan
Originally Posted by bert039
Hey leave the man alone, if he wants to sell them then let him sell them 
Boris, you did the right thing. Rob at ZCG told me that they installed the bar in the front only on one G, and it made no difference. i guess these things work in pairs only.
Originally Posted by cato
I was just informed by Ken at GTSPEC that the 4 point chassis brace arrived today and it would be shipped out to me today! Woo Hoo! I'm gonna get stiff!
Cato, did you get stiff? Any update on the 4-point brace? Thanks.
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From: Sugar Land,Texas
Originally Posted by amg35
Cato, did you get stiff? Any update on the 4-point brace? Thanks.
Any suggestions?
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Ken at GTSPEC contacted me last Monday and said he was shipping the 4 point brace. I have yet to see it arrive. Today I changed my oil in the garage. I decided to check out my underbody and and compare it to the 350Z in the install pics. I do in fact believe the G35 sedan has a configuration very similar to the 350Z. It appears that the rear of the brace is atttached at a point behind the two easily seen holes in the frame. Those two holes are present on my sedan as are the three close to the Y-pipe. There must be another hole on the 350Z that doesn't appear on the photo. Anyway, I'm pretty encouraged. I might just need two holes drilled.
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Has anyone put on the front tie bar themselves? How hard is it? I looked at it and it seems you ahve to pull the whole bolt out of the lower front arm. It mounts on the bolt side instead of the nut side. Is the bolt hard to remove or put back in?
Originally Posted by badtz
Has anyone put on the front tie bar themselves? How hard is it? I looked at it and it seems you have to pull the whole bolt out of the lower front arm. It mounts on the bolt side instead of the nut side. Is the bolt hard to remove or put back in?
You'll need at least a 1/2 breaker bar to loosen the nut (3/4" is better) and their isn't much room to get a socket on the nut, as the steering components are in the way.
Once it's loose and you've supported the transverse link arm, so it doesn't move, the bolt slides in and out easily. You'll have to use a locktite material on the end of the nut when you put it back( manual doesn't show it but there was a coating of something on the threads) and torque it to 89-103 ft-lbs. The secret to a easy install is to have enough the car jacked up enough to have clearance for the wrenches and support the arm so it doesn't move. Other than that ..... it was easy
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End of this story is that the 4-point chassis brace DOES NOT fit the sedan, but DOES fit the coupe and 350Z. I thought I would sticky this thread as it is pretty informative.
Originally Posted by cato
End of this story is that the 4-point chassis brace DOES NOT fit the sedan, but DOES fit the coupe and 350Z. I thought I would sticky this thread as it is pretty informative.