So I went to put my Eibach's on my '08 G35S yesterday. I will start by saying I am not a novice when it comes to car installs. I have done everything from motor installs to complete race suspension set ups.

I went to take off the front strut yesterday and I could not get the main bolt that holds the bottom of the strut and the front sway to budge at all. I used a 2.5ft breaker bar and a 1/2 inch air gun at 150psi and the thing would not move. I got so frustrated that I put the car back together and went inside and had multiple beers.

Has anyone else had this issue when they went to lower there car? What did you do to finally get the bolt off? Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks

 

spray some WD40 on it

 

yup ran into the same problem taking out my oem struts to put in my coils...

i got so frustrated that i just hammered it out and stripped it so i went out and got a new bolt from infiniti lol

 

I just did my Eibachs on Saturday, and was surprised at how all 4 of my "main" bolts (all 4 corners) came out. I've done a few Subarus before this, and I've had a helluva time with breaker bars, etc... So I can so no issues with the removal of these bolts. Try so liquid wrench, spray it on a few hours prior, and then get to work. Maybe a higher psi on the impact wrench?
That being said, I did have trouble compressing the Eibachs to fit on the front struts. I ended up having to take them to a shop to use their compressor. the problem being the coils are wound so tight up top that I couldn't make the loaner compressors fit. I also wish there was a bit more of a drop in the front. Realistically, will the car lower any more over the following weeks? The rear is great, but the front could use another 1/2" or so.

 

Also, I jsut reused the stock dust boot, as the bumpstops are integrated into them, and I wasn't about to ride around with no bumpstops. Can anyone chime in on this?

 

Take a torch to the nut.

Yeah, I reused the dust boot/bumpstop.

 

So the torch worked?

Is there some sort of Lock-tite on this bolt from factory?

 

No No No No.....

I had the same issue, all you need is your whatever wrench you're using and stick a long metal pole (longer than the one you're using) which is hollow from the middle, big enough so you can slip your wrench handle into. Basically just make a HUGE breaker bar.

I used a metal bar I had for weights, similar to something like this:

http://www.hollinbrow.co.uk/hollinbrow/images/tube1.jpg

any metal bar will do really, just make sure its strong so it doesn't bend. Honestly it's a piece of cake once you put a longer handle on.

 

lol i have one of those home made ones too

 

My homemade breaker bar is the removable handle off a jack.

 

Thats what i usually use

 

I've had mine on for two weeks now and the front dropped slightly from day 1 but would still like 1/4".... oh well.

One side came off no problem but the other took several attempts and I got it off with just a breaker bar and a jack poll over that. Just make sure to use a six sided socket as multiple people on MyG37 stripped this nut/bolt using a 12 sided socket. I too had trouble with the front spring/struts so just took them to the Nissan dealer and the swapped them out for $27. Good Luck

 

I drenched all the bolts with PB Blaster a week, several days, a few hours and a few minutes before doing the install then used an impact on both ends (air on one, cordless on the other).

Although i think the air would've done it just fine at that point, i tried removing these bolts a few months before and it just would not budge. I did replace the hose with a larger diameter and ran my small compressor at full-tilt (125psi) the second time around -- i think that's what did it coupled with PB.

 

Mine were too tight for my impact as well... the driver's side in particular was difficult. I just soaked them overnight with WD40 and then used a 3' pipe on the end of my 24" breaker bar and jumped on the end of it until it broke loose. The whole tool "assembly" flexed so badly that I thought I was gonne twist my 1/2" extension in two. LOL

I made sure to use anti-seize when I reassembled and have not had a problem removing them since... have had the suspension on and off the car at least 10 times in the past year.

 

Glad to hear its not just me. I think im goping to get some PB Blaster and soak those bad boys on friday night and saturday morning wake up and try this again.