UAS Rear strut brace install help

Hi guys, I've purchased the UAS rear strut brace from the group buy a while ago and trying to install it now, but the bolts on the car seem to have a shorter distance for the holes on the strut. Should I just redrill the strut to make the strut fit or is the another way to install it?

 

do u have email rob? i dont know how to upload photos

 

if you are talking about holes dont line up in millimetres ...jack the car up from the diff and towers will seperate enough for the strut bar to fit.

thats how my powertrix one went in.

 

So jack the car from one side with the nuts out?

 

from the centre diff!
and a little at a time so the shock bolts dont fall through
yes with nuts off

 

thanks Black beast and everybody for the quick reply, i'll try it now.

 

ive always done mine. with the car sitting on the ground. no jacking at all. works a treat your just making the job more difficult

 

She`ll be right. Just needs a little persuasion.

 

you dont actually jack the car off the ground ..just taking the weight off the springs..

 

Update on this? Im pretty curious now...

MoulaZX

 

thats funny mine fit ok, front one wasn't so good though

 

I'll post some pics up later this afternoon when I come back from work, but as BLACK BEAST & Magic Mike was saying centre diff, jack it up little at a time till they align into the holes of the struts. And the rear struts fit beautifully, front strut wasn't so bad, perfect fit but had to disconnect the fuel filter hoses to get around the front brace.

 

Shock bolts falling through . I just changed my dampers and springs and I had the car fully jacked off the ground. To get the bolt threads to drop through I had to stand on the brake hub and push down really hard. Is there something wrong with my car?

 

Nope, that's pretty normal.

 

For both of my cars, i didnt have to jack the car at all for the rear strut brace to go on.

 

your chassis must still be straight then lol

 

Heres some pics.





I only jacked it up by a centimetre then everything was blessed, phew... lucky i didnt redrill the brace.



Now the only thing left is to figure out how I'm gonna trim my interior so I can put my interior back on.



Front brace was easier than the rear.

Thanks again for the quick reply guys.