Hi I bought a used front upper strut bar, it is an ASM 4 point bar that ties into the lower subframe at the eps bolts. I didn't get any instructions with it, but I was wondering if you do the final tightening torque with the front wheels lifted off the ground, or with the front wheels on the ground ?. Or maybe it doesn't matter ?.

Thanks for any replies.

 

I couldn't wait around for a reply so I ended up installing it with the wheels off the ground, it seemed to slide on easier that way, not sure if it makes much of a difference either way.

 

It won't make a difference for a strut bar. For anything that'll actually get preloaded like a sway bar or something with bushings you'd want to do it on the ground, but for a strut bar either way is fine.

 

Thanks for confirming that, makes me feel better knowing it is all the same. I thought the bar fit onto the towers better when the front end was lifted, it was a really tight fit prior to that for some reason.

 

Usually if its a one piece bar it fits going on the strut tower points easier lifted because the chassis snags on both sides, even if it snags just a FEW centimeters it helps alot with one one piece bars. I've noticed that with every car I've owned that I had a 1 piece bar fitted, I'd have to jack it so there was no load on the strut tower points. Guessing even if its been a couple of years, those strut bars were tested and fitted on a pretty new car that was un-moddified car.

 

Usually if its a one piece bar it fits going on the strut tower points easier lifted because the chassis snags on both sides, even if it snags just a FEW centimeters it helps alot with one one piece bars. I've noticed that with every car I've owned that I had a 1 piece bar fitted, I'd have to jack it so there was no load on the strut tower points. Guessing even if its been a couple of years, those strut bars were tested and fitted on a pretty new car that was un-moddified car.
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yeah that is what I found too, it is a one-piece bar and it fit easier with the front end lifted.