GT Spec Suspension Bracing

yeah, I saw that the first ones were cut, what I don't get is if it's corregated inside, & it's cut & welded, how could the center ribs be welded too? I might be able to cut & weld 2 of these togeather? Is it a hollow tube?

might need another one of those rear bars there z1 guys:rofl:
 
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let me know if another bar is still available, the longer curved one... if I can get another I might be able to make it work...
 
if it didn't work, you can certainly return the items for a refund. We're not here to sell you something you can't use.
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thats good customer service. :top:











lighten up bud. BTW Sorry about posting on your for sale link.

have a :beerglass: or :smokin::burnout: on me:laugh:
 
turbocad6 said:
yeah, I saw that the first ones were cut, what I don't get is if it's corregated inside, & it's cut & welded, how could the center ribs be welded too? I might be able to cut & weld 2 of these togeather? Is it a hollow tube?

might need another one of those rear bars there z1 guys:rofl:
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It would be nice if Doc or Psiclne still have a big enough piece of bar leftover for you to use.
 
John, the bars are mostly hollow but have inner rows for reinforcement. TS measured, cut and welded back together. The welds are top quality.

I gave all the left over to Will and I think he gave what he had left over to Bert. John I do have a new front GTspec brace that I was going to try and install on the FX but it didn't work out. It is the same size as the rear, so if you want this bar to cut and modify it with the other bar to fit your FX we can work something out.
 
are they cut through the inner rows? I have a real good welder but I can't see any way to reattach the inner ribs though before welding.. are they just left cut internally?

I wouldn't want to extend it into a U, I'm more thinking of getting another same bar, flipping it upside down & doing an over & under type setup... the final bar will be more of an S than a U, honestly this wasn't in my thoughts as I looked at the fit here while under the fx so I would have to look at it again & see if what I have in mind can work... guess I figured it's be easier to modify the exhaust for most...

might be easier to just bend up a chromolly bar & make my own was the overall thought I had as I was under there with this in my hands, but I'll look at it again with thoughts of 2 bars chopped & modded, that really may be the easiest thing overall...
 
are they cut through the inner rows? I have a real good welder but I can't see any way to reattach the inner ribs though before welding.. are they just left cut internally?
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You just have to cut straight thru. No way of reattaching the inner rows. As long as the weld is done properly I don't see a problem with it. Good luck John, whichever way you decide to go.
 
Dr.2K said:
You just have to cut straight thru. No way of reattaching the inner rows. As long as the weld is done properly I don't see a problem with it. Good luck John, whichever way you decide to go.
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it would be logical to think that the bar would be less rigid if only the outside was welded together. maybe you can inject some jb weld in there or something.
 
themerchant said:
it would be logical to think that the bar would be less rigid if only the outside was welded together. maybe you can inject some jb weld in there or something.
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Well it has stood up pretty well up to this point. The welding job TS did was a very thick top quality weld nothing like you see at your local shops. Now I could see this as a problem if some unknown shop did this work with less then quality welding, but if the welding is good then there should be no problem. The more important problem for turbo would be the final shape the bar after being modded in such a way to perhaps decrease structural integrity. Like turbo said a "U" shape would not be the most ideal shape for a brace bar such as this.
 
Your right about good welds. I think I read somewhere that the Gspec braces have the pieces inside for EXTRA rigidity. Your bar looks great and the welds are Nismo-esque (just made my own word lol) quality.

can't wait to see turbocad to do some surgery on those bars :nurse:
 
Wow!

I struggled a bit to install this thing. It's sort of hard when you don't jack up the car.

I had a really hard time taking off one of the bolt without a torque wrench. In fact, I took off all the bolts using a torque wrench.

I also had a heck of a time installing this without lifting the car up.... I finally gave up and lifted the car up with flat tire jacks.

My question is: How tight do i have to tighten this thing? Do we have any torque specs on how tight i have to tighten the bolts? I would hate for the bolts to come out and last time one of the suspension bolts came off on my acura, my wife almost died.

Anyhow, I would appreciate your feedback on how tight I have to torgue the nut to.
Since I have to use a torque wrench to get the bolts off in the first place, I just have a feeling I have to torque it back on.

Thanks in advance

I'm not going to drive my car until I get a comfortable answer :cool:
 
yeah, general rule of thumb, if it was super tight coming off, it should be super tight going back on..., if you had to really torque it off then really torque it back on..
 
This is not rocket science. Just tighten her up as far as you can tighten it. You should have did this on a lift to start with.
 
Never said it was difficult as a rocket science. I remember reading a thread somewhere that torque wrench wasn't required. So I decided to give it a go

I worked with limited tools and i don't have a lift available. I did what I can for now and looks like I should check torque specs based on the info Rookie provided.
 
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