StarDestroyer172g
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Question for anyone that has done the Eibach front strut install or had a professional install done. Did you reuse the stock lower mounting bolts/nuts? Were you able to install them back in the factory orientation with the bolt pressed through the strut crossbar from the top and the nut on bottom? Did you end up buying new mounting bolts or installing them another way (bolt on bottom)?
From my first install attempt it seemed putting the bolts in from the top would be almost impossible since the shoulder of the bolt is quite a bit larger than the hole in the shock. The bolt does fit if I put it in from the bottom of the control arm with the nut on top but I figured there must be a reason it was designed to go the other way and ended up reinstalling the stock struts for now. Stage3 didn't have any advice for me other than to contact Eibach but I figured I'd go ahead and ask here first.
From my first install attempt it seemed putting the bolts in from the top would be almost impossible since the shoulder of the bolt is quite a bit larger than the hole in the shock. The bolt does fit if I put it in from the bottom of the control arm with the nut on top but I figured there must be a reason it was designed to go the other way and ended up reinstalling the stock struts for now. Stage3 didn't have any advice for me other than to contact Eibach but I figured I'd go ahead and ask here first.
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