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Author Topic: Alutec Rear Strut Tower Brace Install  (Read 345 times)
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« on: January 22, 2012, 06:38:46 AM »

Install is pretty straight forward but there are some tips that should be discussed and showed.
First start buy removing the two forward trunk and bottom carpet pieces. Now remove the gas filler shield, my looks black because it was sprayed with undercoating:

With the gas filler shield removed you can gain access to the two strut nuts. Do not remove the center spring nut:


Disconnect the driver side bracket off the Alutec tower brace. Place the nuts in the bottom of the tower brace brackets and carefully place them over the strut studs and tighten them down to spec.Now to start the modifications needed. To clear the tower brace, the lip of the bracket were the filler neck enters the gas tank needs to be trimmed. Here is what it looks like:


Connect the tower brace bar and tighten it all up. Now it is time to trim the filler neck shield or you may run without it

The carpet doesn't need to be trimmed to reinstall but you can if you like. Enjoy the new stiffness.  thumup
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