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Steeda Jacking Rails.....Won't Mount
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Same with me. Never been an issue.
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I installed mine and it was pretty easy with just the front up on my race ramps. Would be easier with car in the air though. I used a razor blade knife to cut off the seam sealer as I wanted the rails to mount flush with the car body. But like others have said I don't think it would affect anything if you left it on. I did run into a slight problem with the forward mount hole on the passenger side. It didn't line up enough to get the bolt started. Even with the other 3 bolts loosely mounted it wouldn't start. I had to remove the rail and enlarge the hole slightly with a burr to get the clearance I needed. Not a big deal and an easy fix. I like them
Ohhhh one more interesting think I noticed. When removing the existing bolts I used a torque wrench so I could get a feel to what torque to use when replacing them. Well they were only installed at 25-30lb. A bit on the light side if you ask me. I reinstalled them to 40lb and wouldn't recommend any more...felt like they were getting tight at that number.
Ohhhh one more interesting think I noticed. When removing the existing bolts I used a torque wrench so I could get a feel to what torque to use when replacing them. Well they were only installed at 25-30lb. A bit on the light side if you ask me. I reinstalled them to 40lb and wouldn't recommend any more...felt like they were getting tight at that number.
jbailer
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First I looked at this thread. When I saw the title I was shocked. Mine is a 15 so I had no sealer and no issues. It was such an easy quick install, I never even thought about it again. I didn't spend more than 15 minutes total and didn't jack up the car.
valentinoamoro
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Thanks, appreciate the torque specs. I have a lift rental to do wheel and retoque suspension. Do you recommend doing this on a lift that uses the pinch welds or one that uses the tires/wheels for support?
Assuming one that uses the pinch welds might not make it easy to access the bolts?
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Can't really do this on a 4 point pinch weld lift. Drive on or jack the car up and put it on strategically-placed jack stands (which is how I did mine).
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SteedaTech is right a drive on lift would be ideal. Not having one of those then race ramps would be good but once on the ramps I think it would be easier to do if you jacked up the back of the car and found a place to put the jack-stands so they are out of your way. By the way I just used mine to switch the tires from side to side and would have liked the boxed section to be a bit longer in the back. Could have boxed and cut holes for bolts in the top and a slightly larger hole in the bottom to allow a socket access. It was nice to be able to jack the car from the middle of the side.
valentinoamoro
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Thanks. [MENTION=25806]SteedaTech[/MENTION], I installed on a drive on lift yesterday. Was easy, but I missed the supplied mounting bolts until it was already on. Any issue with re-using the factory bolts?
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Reusing the factory bolts is fine ... we actually see a lot of customer reusing them.
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TJ
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Did Steeda come out with lower profile jacking rails a while back? I have the original rails that I bought when they were first released. I'm wondering if I should upgrade to the lower profile rails when I put BMR SP080 springs on.
Yes, around July of last year, we came out with the revised, even more low profile jacking rail.
They offer an additional 1/2" of ground clearance and are 15% lighter than our current version! We are so confident with these units, they will replace our existing kits completely.
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TJ
They offer an additional 1/2" of ground clearance and are 15% lighter than our current version! We are so confident with these units, they will replace our existing kits completely.
Best Regards,
TJ
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you can. i did.
