fitting greddy rear strut brace ep82

[dantheman]

how have you chaps fitted one to an ep82, as theres only 2 holes, and theres 4 studs on the car, 2 of which arent getting used.. i can cut them off easily enough however the 2 studs i need to bolt the strut brace to are a centre metre deeper than the other 2.. (the 2 that i will cut off are raised up, so the strut is ganna bottom out on the raised sections..)

(those of you who have fitted one will know what i mean)

ta

 

[AzE_B]

angle grinder and cut away

 

[dantheman]

cut away what?

fishy managed to do it on his but his studs look longer on his suspension than what mine are

 

[cole]

what a shite design

youd think theyd make them so there just bolt on

 

[dac69er]

my cusco brace has the holes 4 for the 4 studs. earlier Gts (like mine) only have the 2 studs for the struts anyway.

 

[weakboy2]

swap the ends around

 

[dantheman]

try'd that, the 2 studs are a different distance apart than the ones holding the shock to the chassis.

some fabrication is in order me thinks.. lol

 

[AzE_B]

get some pic up of your problem

 

[_GAZ_EP85_]

so you can build engine's but cant work out to get that to fit's:haha::haha:
grinder mate and hammer

 

[abbott]

do you wana borrow my glass's dan

 

[dantheman]

so you can build engine's but cant work out to get that to fit's:haha::haha:
grinder mate and hammer

:haha: thats your solution to everything g i wont be butchering it, i know how to fit it but just wanna see what other peeps have done, just seems abit silly it dont fit? i will fabricate some new strut brace mounts no prob.

 

[_GAZ_EP85_]

LOL, hope you dont weld it up after seeing the bird shit u left on that exhaust u sold to james

but to fit that u will need to get rid of them to raise bit on the turret

 

[dantheman]

that was welding with hardly any gas dumbo :haha:

 

[_GAZ_EP85_]

dont get lemon dan it dont suit ya lol

so you going to have 2 parts of it

 

[GTnomez]

my rear strut brace has four holes on it but it only catches two bolts as the other two bolts are slightly lower

 

[jonny-boi32]

bumping an old thread up, ive just bought one of these, although the strut top is uneven so it sits flat with the lower strut bolts, the the one above needed spacers. but is it better to cut the unused bolts off or drill holes in the strut mounts?? would the other 2 bolts not help with the supporting of the rear??

 

[jonny-boi32]

Bumping this up to get an answer!

 

[c3dpo]

my cusco brace has the holes 4 for the 4 studs. earlier Gts (like mine) only have the 2 studs for the struts anyway.

snap but one sheared, i have such bad luck got new mount though

 

[NORTHERNEP82]

X2

mine is like that too (1990) and it fits perfect