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Originally Posted by 5150unltd
Big fucking problems! Installed GrimmSpeed front strut bar this morning exactly following the directions and using a torque wrench set to 12ft lbs to tighten to factory spec i drive it all day and its fine... took it for a couple hard runs down some back roads and head home for the night.. pulling onto main road I hear a rattling noise and get home and pop my hood and find the strut bar is very loose at 1st touch pull out my phone and this is what I find! All the bolts snapped! What the fuck! Either terrible design or 12 ft lbs is to much torque
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What kind of torque wrench were you using? Most 3/8" and 1/2" drive torque wrenches aren't really that accurate at something as low as 12ft-lbs. I just hand tightened mine to snug and that's generally about all you need with something like this.
The bolts were obviously way overtorqued and stretched.
I might have to do the polish treatment on mine as well, that looks good.