Update. I Started taking the FX apart at about 12:30pm Saturday.
Got the Rear cross brace installed with no problems under an hour with a normal jack and a stand. Got the lower rear brace installed but the washer turned. so I had to put it back in position and make sure it was in the right place. at about 2pm I was ready for the fronts, and that's when things started going south.
I start the with the Rivets and had to try to figure out the install based on the Diagram only, since the instructions is in Japanese. For the life of me I could not find the Youtube video, nor JC's thread. All I remembered was a comment by Turbocad6.
But it was not hard to figure out once I looked at the installed pics. The first rivet when in nice and tight. the second did not stay in all the way and although it's tight, it's slightly uneven. the third and fourth went in with some maneuvering since there was not a lot of room to hoist my tools to stop the middle spacer to keep from spinning.
It took a lot of tries but I finally got them to stop turning when I unscrewed the nut. the two Lower nuts underneath would not budge so I had to use some WD-40 to get them loose. It still took a lot of elbow-grease to get it open and I did snap my tool doing it. When I installed the right side, the Screw went in with an angle so the thread on one of the rivets is destroyed. I have to Drill it out and put in a new one.
Next I tried to installed the 4-point brace (now 2am after dinner and a movie). The nuts would not come off using regular tools and there was no room for me to try to use heavier ratchets. So I gave up on the 4-point brace for now and have decided to take it somewhere and have it done.
I Started on the Fog Mod at about 3am and was done with it at 7am. Wife found me on in the garage Passed Out at 8:30 and by 10am the car was back together and out of the garage. I have resorted to taking my coffee intravenously.
Got the Rear cross brace installed with no problems under an hour with a normal jack and a stand. Got the lower rear brace installed but the washer turned. so I had to put it back in position and make sure it was in the right place. at about 2pm I was ready for the fronts, and that's when things started going south.
I start the with the Rivets and had to try to figure out the install based on the Diagram only, since the instructions is in Japanese. For the life of me I could not find the Youtube video, nor JC's thread. All I remembered was a comment by Turbocad6.
But it was not hard to figure out once I looked at the installed pics. The first rivet when in nice and tight. the second did not stay in all the way and although it's tight, it's slightly uneven. the third and fourth went in with some maneuvering since there was not a lot of room to hoist my tools to stop the middle spacer to keep from spinning.
It took a lot of tries but I finally got them to stop turning when I unscrewed the nut. the two Lower nuts underneath would not budge so I had to use some WD-40 to get them loose. It still took a lot of elbow-grease to get it open and I did snap my tool doing it. When I installed the right side, the Screw went in with an angle so the thread on one of the rivets is destroyed. I have to Drill it out and put in a new one.
Next I tried to installed the 4-point brace (now 2am after dinner and a movie). The nuts would not come off using regular tools and there was no room for me to try to use heavier ratchets. So I gave up on the 4-point brace for now and have decided to take it somewhere and have it done.
I Started on the Fog Mod at about 3am and was done with it at 7am. Wife found me on in the garage Passed Out at 8:30 and by 10am the car was back together and out of the garage. I have resorted to taking my coffee intravenously.
