Rear Strut Brace Help.

[john_mchutchison]

Got ma xmas prezzie early and looking for advise on fitting reat strut brace, got front one done no probs but any advise on rear would be much appreciated. cant find anything on forums about fiting them. cheers guys.

[fai17]

start by opening the back doors

[fai17]

then climb into the back seat and call a good friend to come round and help you fit the rear brace

[john_mchutchison]

back door, back seat? what are those? lol.

but i cant see the top of the struts, do i have to remove a cover or something?

[scouk]

I'll admit It's a bit of a pain really..

Secure car (Very important!! Don't want it rollign around when loosening the dampers!)

Back seats oot!

Unsecure the searbelt reels.

If strut brace is 3 sections, remove end parts and secure to top of struts (ontop of caps)

Then climb into the boot and attach the center strut brace bar between the two ends which should pop out into the boot area. (This was a pain to do for me)

Secure seatbelt reels again.

Then put the seats back.

Voila.. Easy! (I'd give up an hour or 2 .. only takes 30-40 mins but I'd leave the extra time for swearing as you'll think it wont fit! Grrr!

(edited post as I had an unnecessary step in there)

Edited December 19, 2007 by ScoUK

[john_mchutchison]

sounds like a pain in the a***. erm, any volunteers to help?

[fai17]

  hutch1973 said:

sounds like a pain in the a***. erm, any volunteers to help?

Bring it round to my hoose and i'll fit it for you.

[thefastone]

Nah, it really is a piece of pi*s to fit... it looks bad, but nah, doing it is ok...

When the brace fits that is...

[scouk]

Yeah it's really not too bad..

I think there's 5 or 6 bolts holding the seats in.. Then they just unhook and lift out easily..

Once the seats are out and you can see what your doing it all makes sense.

The only problem I had was trying to get the actual bar to fit between the two end sections in the boot. Only reason it was a pain was because of the awkward location and it was a tight fit.. But then if it wasn't tight it woulnd't be doing it's job.. Persistence pays off with that.

Then simply a case of putting it all back together..

Also don't worry about playing with the seatbelts reels, they are only held in with a single bolt and a lug. You could get away with not removing them but I did so I got better access to the top of the struts..

P.s. Is it just me or has the humour tone on this forum gone down the toilet recently! Must be all that frosty weather...

[Alan-G]

Get in touch wi 'Gus the Bus' He's the man !

[st3ph3n]

It's a pain, but worth it.

I'd like to add the following step in:

When attaching the middle section in boot attempt to hillariously trap friend who is helping out in the boot. Bang him on head with boot instead - laugh at him whilst he's actually in pain.

Result!

[thefastone]

[gus the bus]

  hutch1973 said:

sounds like a pain in the a***. erm, any volunteers to help?

Bring it round Hutch! I'll fit it for you. Done LOADS of them b4.

Gus

[scouk]

  st3ph3n said:

When attaching the middle section in boot attempt to hillariously trap friend who is helping out in the boot. Bang him on head with boot instead - laugh at him whilst he's actually in pain.

Good Advice!!

[buffalo]

its a canter fitted mine the other day when i was up rating the fuel pump. little fidgetty didnt think it was gona fit at first but, it really is simple

[thefastone]

Yep, if you have the offer from Gus take it if you can, he knows what he's doing with these!!!

and He's only been beaten once!!! (something to do with a **** car? )

[gus the bus]

  thefastone said:

and He's only been beaten once!!! (something to do with a **** car? )

not quite correct it was a "F***** S**** car!"

Edited December 21, 2007 by Gus the Bus

[thefastone]

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