Friday, April 30, 2010

A Spec Rear Strut Bar Installation Guide for FIT GD

Installation Procedure:
- Open trunk hatch, and pull off cover for the strut tower bolts.
- Remove the 14mm OEM nuts (requires 14mm end wrench and 5mm Allen key)
- Once removed, thread on provided nut (16mm).
- Tighten down bolt to 20lbs with 16mm End-wretch.
- Add the bracket to both sides as shown.
- Bolt it down with the OEM Honda bolt, with a thin deep socket 14mm. (Also 20lbs)
- After you are done bolting down both sides, you will add the bar onto the bracket.
- Line the bar up center to the bracket.
- Then insert the strut bar Allen bolt (8mm) through the bracket/bar and thread on nut (15mm). Tighten them to 20lbs (crush bracket to bar).
- Then tighten the bar bolt (16mm) to lock the bar in place
- Go back and tighten all bolts to 20lbs.
- You are finished!
- Take for a test drive. If there is any noise coming from the installation, go back and retighten the bolts to appropriate specs.

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