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Snap off the rear shock access cover. | |
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Lift off the rubber cap. The cap reduces shock and road noise that can be heard inside the car. | |
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Remove the rear most 14mm head nut. Be careful
to NOT drop the nut down inside the plastic trim panels.
Loosen only the front nut. Do not remove or do anything with the center shock nut. |
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There is a bit of free play in the hole where the stud sticks up through the body of the car. This allows up to 1/8" of total movement of the stud. It may make the stud too close to the center lip as shown in the pic here. Or is may make the bar seem too short or too long. | |
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With the rear nut off and the front nut loosened, you can slide the upper strut mount around a bit to make it line up better. A big screw driver should do it. If you have trouble moving it, you can always jack the car up some to take some pressure off the mount. | |
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With the strut tower bar installed down over the stud, drop the nut down into the cup. Use a 14mm deep socket and start the nut by hand and then tighten the nut. Dont forget to tighten the front nut you loosened too. Tighten with just a fair amount of pressure with one hand. If you use a torque wrench, torque it to 32 foot pounds. | |
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Trim a corner off the rubber cap so that you can reinstall the cap. It just needs a little clearance to fit up next to the STB. | |
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The bar shown installed. THe rear cargo cover is still fully functional. It will just rest against the bar. You will not notice it with the rear hatch closed. | |
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The shock access cover can be reinstalled. It will sit up high a bit. | |
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If you trim the outboard plastic clip off the cover will sit down a little more. |  |
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The cover will sit down a little better. | |
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For a better fit of the cover, trim out a little notch to clear the bar. | |
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Now the cover will sit nearly flush. | |
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