Strut braces

[stevie-g]

Front lower is a pig. You will need to get it as high as you can and get the biggest breaker bar on the bolts as you can get in. Then lever yourself against something while pushing like mad with your feet..!

Or you could get a mate to put it on a ramp and get it off in seconds...

You don't need to do your tracking again as it is just a case of removing the bolt for the wishbone and putting it back in

cheers dude i never done it before so am new to it lolgoingto get a mate to pop it up on his ramps at work and then am going to air gun the hell out of it lol

 

[Ibiza125]

cheers dude i never done it before so am new to it lolgoingto get a mate to pop it up on his ramps at work and then am going to air gun the hell out of it lol

Air gun is the way to go. But use a big breaker bar to tighten it

 

[stevie-g]

what are the chances of these bolts are breaking??? if they do break i will need to get a new subframe correct?

took it to a garage and the boy said he didnt want to put mega pressure on it in case they broke

any ideas?

 

[Ibiza125]

Highly doubt they will break... They are BIG bolts! They will be very tight so need a fair bit of force to get them out.

Worst case is that they did break and you couldn't get them out. Then perhaps you would need a different subframe, but to be honest I wouldn't think it would happen.

 

[Dan1.6]

if they do break get a set of reverse tappers i think there called so you'll drill a hall smaller and then it the tapper threads in the other way and you can unscrew it that way

 

[bobak]

i heard that if you crash with a strut brae on it bends the chassis much more easily than without. is this true? also is there much benefit. my cupra is totay oem, but wondering how this would help...

 

[Ibiza125]

Helps tighten up the front end alot. Doesn't feel as insensitive.

The plan would be not to crash in the first place! Saying that if you did I couldn't see it making it worse as it adds rigidity to the front end...

 

[stevie-g]

well attempted it the day in work on my break with one of the mechanics and eh ...... bad news lol i think the captive nut has snapped snapped as the bolt loosens but dont come out i get it to go tight again but its f***ed lol

so any ideas folks?

 

[Dan1.6]

tack the captive nut up on the other side and try then

or your gona have to drill it out and re tap it

 

[stevie-g]

you cant get to the captive nut its a sealed unit mate

 

[Dan1.6]

ahh id say depending how far you can get the bolt out chop the head of the bolt off and remove all the wishbone if you can

 

[stevie-g]

will i need a new subframe tho???? as thats where the captive nut is

its a bloody pain as i really need my car lol

 

[Dan1.6]

if you can get the wishbone off i think you should be able to maybe tap the subframe so the bolt will hold in

im sure someone will correct me

but as iv never taken my ibiza apart yet im struggling a little sorry

 

[tyrrell]

i have a rear upper for sale now!!

only bought 2 weeks ago but i now have a full cage so i dont need it any more...
in for sale section 20 pounds + p and p

 

[jamieread]

Finaly got my rear upper today

 

[RichStew]

How do you think The front lower brace would be on a lowered ibiza cupra

Im running a H&R cup kit which is 50mm lower on the front?

Cheers for the help

Rich

 

[Ibiza125]

How do you think The front lower brace would be on a lowered ibiza cupra

Im running a H&R cup kit which is 50mm lower on the front?

Cheers for the help

Rich

They don't sit that low. The front of the bumper is lower. And because they are slightly behind the axle, you won't be clipping anything with it.

 

[jamieread]

Anyone else get a rattle after fitting the rear upper?

 

[Ibiza125]

Anyone else get a rattle after fitting the rear upper?

Yup. I just live with it. Might be able to sort it with plastic washers or something...

 

[kyle'87]

Really Really need to get a set of strut braces, but also need coilies first