Strut Tower Brace Install - WRX

[SJLGG]

too much talk about nuts

[excessbass]

Does it hit the plastic from the underside of the hood scoop?

[KRONVIKTSR20]

Wow ur supposed to lift the car first lame ass

[TheVertro]

Ok, time to get hated on. I installed a megan racing top strut on my 05 wrx, I didnt torque anything down to anything specific. Did I mess up? And on the bar I did the same thing. Just bolted it all up. Am I skipping any sets

[pussytastegood1]

Blue brace looks stupid on the red car

[bjorn48]

@pussytastegood1 The blue was just a protective film. He peels it off at 1:45.

[Reel785]

thats a cute little toy car

[xFF4lifex]

put a new intake on that... please...

[multihow2sucks]

what does a strut bar do?

[McDeeViouz]

@multihow2sucks ....Makes the car fly like chitty chitty bang bang.

[italianbro225]

Comsat67 is totally right!

[RalliTEK2008]

24ft lb it the torque spec listed from Subaru on the strut top bolts. (this is not a critical measurement. Just tighten them without breaking them)

The larger bolts in the brace itself can be tightened to 40ft lbs. (again just tighten them there is not need to measure. Tight is good enough. This is not a critical measurement.)

[therawofrain]

sorry confused :P how tight are the strut tower bolts ? and than do you tighten the adjustable tightening bolts on the actual brace its self to 24lb ft ?

[Comsat67]

That IS a cute little TMIC!!

[BLACKPOWER707]

hand tight is how tight u can get it with your hands not with a wrench

[RalliTEK2008]

@BLACKPOWER707 LOL... 24lb ft ont the trut bolts.

[RalliTEK2008]

@BLACKPOWER707 LOL... 24lb ft ont the strut bolts.

[xkjnboix]

shouldnt the front wheels be off the ground b4 you remove the tower bolts -_-;;;

[RalliTEK2008]

No. If the wheels were off the ground the strut would drop into the fender well when the bolts are removed.

When installing a strut tower brace it is best to leave the vehicle on the ground.

[olverafam]

@xkjnboix you are a dumbass

[Jaystring09]

COOOOOSSSZZZSSS_KO??

maybe

CUSSSS-KO

[lavid2006]

thats a cute little intercooler : )

[mrwilliwizard]

strut bars are not that necessary

[sarcophegus]

pardon my ingorance, but what do those strut tower braces do the car's stability exactly?

[banstaman]

It makes the suspension layout more rigid. when you turn, the strut towers that you can see in the bay, actually flex, and move, that indicates the lack of torsional rigidity. When you put the bar, it links the two, to make them move together, or not move at all, which means your steering efforts go to the road, not to your car leaning in a turn.

[HerbsMcgee420]

Every new vehicle should come with a strut tower brace. I don't see why they don't.

Or at least make it a factory option.

It DRASTICALLY increased stability in my 1997 Maxima when cornering or using on and off ramps around the city.

[explosivejesussauce]

without a rear sway bar, it'll just increase the understeer, but i agree with you

[bdub232]

That car comes with a rear swaybar??!!

[TouchMyWeenis]

All cars come with a rear swaybar.

[bdub232]

Yeah I have a 2009 Impreza 2.5i- so explosivejesussauce's comment doesn't make any sense.

[explosivejesussauce]

@TouchMyWeenis Nope, the 2.5i doesn't come with a rear sway bar. I was referring to that in my previous comment a few months ago

[explosivejesussauce]

@TouchMyWeenis Nope, the 2.5i doesn't come with a rear sway bar. I was referring to that in my previous comment a few months ago

[Zickcermacity]

If you lift or otherwise remove the car from a perfectly level(in the planes of X,Y, and Z) surface, you shift the entire front suspension, however slightly. Everything bends.

Strut tower brace installs are best done on the ground, within 2 degrees perfectly flat in every direction.

[SiteCop]

Hi, just wondering. Wouldnt it make sense if you lift the car, so the bar fits natrually. Thus a proper fit? Tiny adjustments do count!

[2h7yrpp4]

coozco

[bretdee]

no.

[axxo702]

Did you have to lift the car off the ground?

[Zeppelinkix66]

no. that would be bad