MCarsFan
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This thing is probably by far the best car mod I have ever done with respect to cost/benefit. I cannot tell you how much I am pleased as the tramlining has considerably been reduced if not disappeared as well as the front of the car feeling much more planted. This is not the placebo effect as I drove the car over 150 miles today in various roads and I knew how the car felt in those roads under similar conditions and the difference is substantial.
Regarding the install, I had the metal pieces there which prevented the washer from going in. The video says to use a file, but I used a large flat head screw driver to bend those pieces and once they were fully bent, they just fell off. After that inserting the washer was easy, although it took some effort to fully line it up and fully press it in.
I did use an extra washer with the nut (and a washer with the bolt). Torquing to 60 ft/lb isnt easy if you dont have an helper, and it feels like it is a lot but it's not. Just make sure to use a quality torque wrench not one of those cheap ones which sell for $30 that click as they have no accuracy in the low torque figures and work better around 90-100 (not I am not saying all click torque wrenches are bad, just the ones that sell for $30).
I did the entire install in 20 minutes including getting the car on the lift.
Regarding the install, I had the metal pieces there which prevented the washer from going in. The video says to use a file, but I used a large flat head screw driver to bend those pieces and once they were fully bent, they just fell off. After that inserting the washer was easy, although it took some effort to fully line it up and fully press it in.
I did use an extra washer with the nut (and a washer with the bolt). Torquing to 60 ft/lb isnt easy if you dont have an helper, and it feels like it is a lot but it's not. Just make sure to use a quality torque wrench not one of those cheap ones which sell for $30 that click as they have no accuracy in the low torque figures and work better around 90-100 (not I am not saying all click torque wrenches are bad, just the ones that sell for $30).
I did the entire install in 20 minutes including getting the car on the lift.
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