jimlatro Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 A heads up for everyone when you install the Cusco Front Strut bar on the 2005 Legacy GT Wagon. First, separate the silver bar from the blue mounting plates. Then after removing your top nuts from each strut tower, position the blue plate over the exposed bolts. The one on the passenger side is easy to line up. Now snug up the top nuts on the passenger side When you find that you can not get the blue plate over the bolts on the driver's side, stop cursing; do not pick up a sledge hammer or crow bar. Believe me I found it maddeningly frustrating when it would not drop over the bolts and into place. Go and get your trusty hydraulic floor jack and slowly lift the front of the car and wheels off the ground; this will permit the strut to drop down. Now with the exposed bolts lower in the frame, you can very easily position the blue plate over the 3 slightly lowered mounting bolts. Lower the car to the ground. Now snug up the top nuts on the drivers side. Attach the silver bar to the blue mounting plates (you will need a metric Allen Key) Caution: do not lift the car so high that your hood/bonnet hits the ceiling, also do not lift the car so high that you drop the strut out of the tower and position. Use a torque wrench to tighten the top nuts on each side and you are finished. I also applied loctite to the threads on the bolts before torquing the nuts down. The instructions are in Japanese which I can read, and this method is not discussed even in the Japanese directions. Damn it! Thanks for the info I had no problems installing my cusco bar by following your instructions especially since I lowered my GT (swift springs) It would have been impossible to install without raising car off the ground Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPLegacyGT Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Subscribed. Now if someone can only do a write up for the rear cusco bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstechie Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Subscribed. Now if someone can only do a write up for the rear cusco bar? I just installed a rear strut bar this afternoon - took about 20 minutes. Pull floor cover from trunk. Undo screws/bolt from side carpeting and remove/pull back from each side covering bolts. Remove the 2 strut nuts from each side. Position strut bar on the bolts and tighten. I wanted the carpet to sit flush, so I cut 2 slits in the carpet for each strut mount. (possibly different for diff brands) Reassemble and all should be well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPLegacyGT Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Is it possible that you take pics showing what you did for your carpet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstechie Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Is it possible that you take pics showing what you did for your carpet? Yep, maybe sometime after this rain stops, I'll snap a few pics for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPLegacyGT Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoobie Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I just installed a rear sway this afternoon - took about 20 minutes. Pull floor cover from trunk. Undo screws/bolt from side carpeting and remove/pull back from each side covering bolts. Remove the 2 strut nuts from each side. Position strut bar on the bolts and tighten. I wanted the carpet to sit flush, so I cut 2 slits in the carpet for each strut mount. (possibly different for diff brands) Reassemble and all should be well. Not a rear sway.. rear strut tower bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstechie Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Not a rear sway.. rear strut tower bar. Sorry about that.... although I did put in a rear sway as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstechie Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Sorry for late post - took these last night when putting on my coilovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPLegacyGT Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Nice clean job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boymk123 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 can someone in MA help me on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimlatro Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Sorry for late post - took these last night when putting on my coilovers. Hello Have you noticed a difference in handling with the addition of the rear strut bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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