Help!! Problem installing Comptech Titanium Strut Bar
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Help!! Problem installing Comptech Titanium Strut Bar
I did a search and didn't find anyone with similar experiences, so I am praying for help from you guys.
I tried to install the Comtpech Titanium Strut Bar this weekend. Except when I got the stock bar off and tried to put the new one on, it wouldn't fit. No matter how much I twisted it, how much I jiggled it, how much I pushed on it, or how hard I hit it with a hammer it wouldn't go on. The closest I could get it was where one side was barely bolted on, and the other side was about 1/4" too long.
The bolts just wouldn't line up with the holes. It looked like the bar would fit if it were all the way on, but since the bolts are angled inwards, it seems impossible to get it over the top of the bolts.
So is there something I'm doing wrong? Is there a trick to this? Should I pay a professional to install it (I really don't want to do this)? Or is there something wrong with my car?
Thanks!
I tried to install the Comtpech Titanium Strut Bar this weekend. Except when I got the stock bar off and tried to put the new one on, it wouldn't fit. No matter how much I twisted it, how much I jiggled it, how much I pushed on it, or how hard I hit it with a hammer it wouldn't go on. The closest I could get it was where one side was barely bolted on, and the other side was about 1/4" too long.
The bolts just wouldn't line up with the holes. It looked like the bar would fit if it were all the way on, but since the bolts are angled inwards, it seems impossible to get it over the top of the bolts.
So is there something I'm doing wrong? Is there a trick to this? Should I pay a professional to install it (I really don't want to do this)? Or is there something wrong with my car?
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by kensukikatayo
Maybe it's an issue with the bar itself? Contact Comptech.
Are you the first owner? Has the car been any major accidents?
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Every top strut bar does that. You really have to push or hit it in with a rubber mallet. When I installed my bar, my friend took a 36" rubber mallet to the top and it popped right in. Just like you, it was off by 1/4"
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My C-Tech strut bar went on without any hassles - wondering if the shock tower distances on your ride are within spec. Other than that, perhaps the bar is off spec.
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I hope you guys are kidding when you say to hit it with a hammer. is NOT the answer. Jack the car up and take the tension off the strut towers and the strut bar will fit perfect. If your strut bar went on perfectly with all the load on the strut towers and suspension how would it really do its job? It needs to fit in their stiffly to do its job properly so jack up the car until the wheels are off the ground and it will fit.
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Originally Posted by Excelerate
I hope you guys are kidding when you say to hit it with a hammer. is NOT the answer. Jack the car up and take the tension off the strut towers and the strut bar will fit perfect. If your strut bar went on perfectly with all the load on the strut towers and suspension how would it really do its job? It needs to fit in their stiffly to do its job properly so jack up the car until the wheels are off the ground and it will fit.
That's how I did it with my Accord.
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I jacked up the car until the wheels were off the ground.... no dice. There was no change in how much it was off.
It might help if I had a second person or a rubber mallet. and I bought it on the black market (juniorbean), not straight from comptech.
It might help if I had a second person or a rubber mallet. and I bought it on the black market (juniorbean), not straight from comptech.
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I now drive an accord....
Originally Posted by fuzzy02CLS
Jack up only 1 side. The neuspeed bar sometimes needs this done to get it to bolt up.
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Originally Posted by spdy0001
when I installed my Neuspeed bar, I had to jack up one side. Then I stuck the bar on one side then moved to the other side and had to pull down with all my weight/strength to get it over the bolts
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I now drive an accord....
Originally Posted by ccannizz11
But the bar is too long, not too short. IOW, the bolts are off to the inside of the holes.
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Maybe it's an issue with the bar itself? Contact Comptech.
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