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3 Point Strut Bar dont line up......

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3 Point Strut Bar dont line up......

Post by Kap'nZ4 » Fri Aug 04, 2017 1:01 am

After I found the left side strut brace snapped on the tower, which really turned out to be the mounting on the tower itself, I figured I would by pass and go straight to the 3 point strut bar.

Of course there are a hand full ranging from $600 to $80. Some hinged and a couple not. Hinged wont realy do anything any way so nixed those.

I selected the Ultra Racing one after reading much on line and it is supposed to bolt right on minus the bonnet alarm switch.

Well that don't seem to be so. Either the geometry on the bar is off or my towers are incorrect some how. :x I see no mushrooming of the towers like I have seen in pictures around the net.

I have also had the top strut mounts replaced and a 4 wheel alignment done since I had also bought new rims and tires.
Pics below, and ideas on how I can get the left side any closer to fitting? I did jack the car on the left side to see if it would get me any closer and that was a no go. :headbang:


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3 Point Strut Bar dont line up......

Post by Nash3vans » Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:29 am

Hello, try it on a friends zed to see if it fits their car. If it does fit, then you have chassis problems I reckon. If it doesnt, send it back !
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3 Point Strut Bar dont line up......

Post by bobo075 » Wed Aug 09, 2017 5:14 pm

Did you try to lift your car on both side ?

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3 Point Strut Bar dont line up......

Post by hopz121 » Wed Aug 09, 2017 5:18 pm

Nash3vans wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:29 am Hello, try it on a friends zed to see if it fits their car. If it does fit, then you have chassis problems I reckon. If it doesnt, send it back !
This, does seem well out of line though so hopefully its a manufacturing issue!

Let us know how it goes :)
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3 Point Strut Bar dont line up......

Post by Ewazix » Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:48 pm

Just a note, whilst appreciating you are trying to line things up, if you jack the car without the strut in place you are definitely deforming the monocoque chassis. If you jack under the sill points even more so and that location unlikely to realign the towers if they were out, lifting under a suspension arm MIGHT lift the tower around but it's pot-luck. TIS is clear that jacking without a strut is a no-no.

I reckon some careful triangulated measuring of the towers and front end will help to understand if it's the car that's out, or likewise trace the brace & holes on to a flat sheet and again check some triangulated measurements.
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