Ordered my rsb. What else do I need?

by **akora12** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:35 pm

^^^I found that out the hard way. A little liquid wrench can save you some $.

by **Midias** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:01 am

Here is old vs new thicker is advance auto

by **TMMK Toy** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:16 pm

Thanks Midas. That looks a lot more beefy than stock.

by **Midias** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:39 pm

just remember

Yea I actually bought better links from advance auto parts they use a 18mm hex nut behind them to tighten and loosen. It has to be a thin 18mm so I got a cheapie and ground it thinner. Also I am glad I was able to fix that plate instead of buying a new one

by **TMMK Toy** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:28 pm

So grind the 18mm nut? Or maybe just get one from the dealer? And what plate did you end up fixing? I did read your post, just was hard to make sense without pics I suppose. :sigh:

by **Midias** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:41 pm

TMMK Toy wrote:So grind the 18mm nut? Or maybe just get one from the dealer? And what plate did you end up fixing? I did read your post, just was hard to make sense without pics I suppose. :sigh:

NO grind the WRENCH so it can fit between the link and the bar

I fixed the mounting plate for the bushing. same as this guy

kwyse wrote:Ha, welcome to NY! I had all those same problems. I snapped one of the bolts that holds the bushings on on both sides so I needed to buy two new plates that the bushing retainers screw into. That was around $30 a piece. Plus when I put my struts in, I needed four new stabilizer pins because they were all rusted out and all got stripped. Those stabilizer pins have to be the worst designed parts on the car because mine are already rusting again after like three months of summer!

Look at the end links more carefully the advance does not use a hex key it uses an 18mm nut to hold things in place

Ordered my rsb. What else do I need?

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