^makes sense to me. Try a a wrench instead of the screw driver and you get more torque with less effort.....unless of course your screw driver is more like a pry bar...lol

 

^lol..yeah..I used a pretty big screw driver

 

You guys shouldn't have to be modifying these things. The manufacturer should be made aware that they have a QC problem with the bars. If no one tells them, they won't fix the problem. The thing I'd be really worried about is that someone who's not really mechanically inclined would install an ill-fitting bar and then close the hood like normal and put a nice crease to in the hood. The manufacturer would blame the installer even though they would be partly to blame.

 

^true enough and I'm only commenting on the coupe. Not sure if there are fitment differences on the sedan.

 

Mine fits fine.

 

thanks a lot everyone for all the info a lot of help imma try some things and ill let u guys know what happens and i dont see any marks or anything on my hood liner but when the hook grabs for the hood its fine its just that last push that is a little harder

 

and i was thinkin about makin the mounting holes a little ovel so that it would spread the mounting a little back and that would lower it a little cuz it was also a little hard to put on i had to get a big azz wrench to push the bar so i can get the screw in its place if that makes any sence

 

Imagine you do that to a CF hood... crack!

 

Manufacturer have been notified in the past about the fitment...that's why the holes were elongated in v2. I have also compared the bends/lengths of bars and they were all the same.

In the case of the accident G I came across, the distance between strut tower was different than the typical G...forgot how many cm differences there was.

 

i have a 07 coupe, and i also had to take off the hood liner, the hood will close fine, when i push down on the hood you can hear the tap of the space between the strut bar and the hood but at one point there is no tap. and its just rock solid as if its touching with no gap clearance, is this ok?