Suspension cabrio cross brace on pre 2004
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cabrio cross brace on pre 2004
has anyone sucessfully installed the cabrio cross braces on a pre 2004 r53 by drilling the necessary holes since they were not previously there? and if so, could you give me a small write up on what you did? thanks!
If you use the google site search, you should find a few...
There is one very long thread with lots of pics...some using bolts, some using jumbo rivet style thinggys. My take...check for the threded holes...some cars much earlier...by about a year have them...if you have them, simple mod....if not, skip it.
There is one very long thread with lots of pics...some using bolts, some using jumbo rivet style thinggys. My take...check for the threded holes...some cars much earlier...by about a year have them...if you have them, simple mod....if not, skip it.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...on-cabrio.html
the big one....should still have a few pics...
the big one....should still have a few pics...
i just came across this thread recently and unless something drastic has changed this was always a two beer job at most. I did this when the first cabs came out more or less to prove to some of the " experts " on here that a non cab owner could obtain them easily. The rumor was that if you didn't have a proper vin number blah blah blah you couldn't get them . Well as we all know this was bs.
My install process went as follows:
Open beer .
Jack up left side of car .
Remove wheel
remove wheel liner
position brace
drill holes where necessary
find some bolts laying around that are about the proper size and just long enough, add locktight and tighten.
Replace fender liner
replace wheel
open second beer
repeat as above on right side
go for a drive
've put over 65,00 miles on the car since then with no issues.
Randy
m7 tuning
My install process went as follows:
Open beer .
Jack up left side of car .
Remove wheel
remove wheel liner
position brace
drill holes where necessary
find some bolts laying around that are about the proper size and just long enough, add locktight and tighten.
Replace fender liner
replace wheel
open second beer
repeat as above on right side
go for a drive
've put over 65,00 miles on the car since then with no issues.
Randy
m7 tuning
My car is a 10/03 and they were hiding under some little black plugs.
Same here, with my 11/03 build.
But as M7 said, for HIM it was an easy install...
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thanks for the info man. much appreciated. i went ahead and ordered them. my car 100% does not have the existing holes, but im 100% sure it wont be more than a slow days work of pulling back the fender liner to drill and secure the braces with my own hardware if necessary. ordered from waylen at wmw. great guy.
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