Any have the Hotchkis Front Strut Brace installed?

[Sleepless]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

Reading through amazon reviews I found one claiming this bar induced a lot of body roll and understeer. A front strut bar should decrease both roll and understeer while not increasing oversteer though, so I'm confused.

Anyone here notice worse body roll and understeer?

I think there is confusion between "sway bar" and "strut brace/bar"...

[DandoX]

Originally Posted by MeehowsBRZ

You can try wrapping the ac line in mesh and zip tying it. (I got that from reading the Grimmspeed strut bar installation thread)


Also, I'm surprised this one is so cheap. It looks real good.

I'm looking at buying this hotchkis strut and I want to protect that AC line from rubbing, do you or anyone else know where to buy some sort of mesh or hose protector to keep that AC line from any rubbing damage?

sorry about replying on such an old thread but I finally can afford the strut and I've been wondering how to protect that AC line and what to use.

[new2subaru]

Originally Posted by DandoX

I'm looking at buying this hotchkis strut and I want to protect that AC line from rubbing, do you or anyone else know where to buy some sort of mesh or hose protector to keep that AC line from any rubbing damage?

sorry about replying on such an old thread but I finally can afford the strut and I've been wondering how to protect that AC line and what to use.

Search for loom

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/wire-loom

[Brink]

Does the Hotchkis bar come with torque specs for everything, or where can I find that? Also for the install is it ok if the car is on a slight slope front to back? My driveway should be level left/right, but slopes down slightly towards the street. Otherwise I guess I could just do the install in the parking lot at work, easy enough to bring the needed tools along.

[DandoX]

Originally Posted by Brink

Does the Hotchkis bar come with torque specs for everything, or where can I find that? Also for the install is it ok if the car is on a slight slope front to back? My driveway should be level left/right, but slopes down slightly towards the street. Otherwise I guess I could just do the install in the parking lot at work, easy enough to bring the needed tools along.

Yeah it comes with some info about the torques although I just roughly hand tightened to around the same tightness the bolts where before I took them off. I did mine on a driveway with the front facing up slightly and it was fine, I did have to kind of force one part on a little which scratched up one of the bolts some. I would recommend doing it on a flat surface or drive onto a small ramp or piece of wood under one wheel so it fits on really nicely.

Also mine came with a plastic cut tube and zip ties to protect the AC line from rubbing against the strut bar.

[HSUBLU]

I love the build quality on the one I got. Just finished installing it, and the tolerances are a bit tight. One of the diagonal arms didn’t settle on the exposed bolt near the firewall correctly. A very light tap with a mallet settles it and I was able to easily get the nuts all back on. The instructions say 12 ftlbs for everything but the strut bolt, which should be at 17.

Like with DandoX, mine came with a length of clear plastic tubing that’s cut along one length that you can open up and wrap around the portion of AC tuning that contacts the bar. Zip ties included to secure the clear tube on the AC tube.

[SuperTom]

This is a longshot but if anyone has the Hotchkis Strut bar for sale ill buy. Tried posting in the WTB section. These are discontinued so hard to find. I prefer this over the AEM this is significantly lighter

[cmiovino]

Originally Posted by SuperTom

This is a longshot but if anyone has the Hotchkis Strut bar for sale ill buy. Tried posting in the WTB section. These are discontinued so hard to find. I prefer this over the AEM this is significantly lighter

This place lists them "In Stock":
https://86speed.com/20445-hotchkis-s...lx-zZyUJlpIYra

Whatever main company owns all these smaller websites that have the exact same format.

[SuperTom]

Originally Posted by cmiovino

This place lists them "In Stock":
https://86speed.com/20445-hotchkis-s...lx-zZyUJlpIYra

Whatever main company owns all these smaller websites that have the exact same format.

When you click buy it says sorry not available tried all the umbrella sites similiar to 86speed. They dont update site. Tried 2 smaller sites that showed as well no luck. Also reached out to hotchkis to see if they held a few back, they basically told me keep trying around