BRZ/FR-S Hood Struts - Any Interest? - Page 53 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

lbroskee · 02-02-2013, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by sierra

Is everyone taking off the original strut support?

imma leave mine for a bit jus in case. then off it comes

Brimford · 02-02-2013, 02:17 AM

Were you guys closed today? I tried to call a few times to place my order and left a message

CircuitJerk · 02-02-2013, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Brimford

Were you guys closed today? I tried to call a few times to place my order and left a message

Think I saw a post on their FB page that they were having issues with a mail server. I wouldn't doubt their use phone use ramped up as a result.

chanomatik · 02-02-2013, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by sierra

Is everyone taking off the original strut support?

As soon as I had both dampers installed, I detached that fiend and THREW IT ON THE GRROOOOOUUUNNNNND. Literally.

Also, because weight-savings.

lbroskee · 02-02-2013, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by chanomatik

As soon as I had both dampers installed, I detached that fiend and THREW IT ON THE GRROOOOOUUUNNNNND. Literally.

Also, because weight-savings.

And because racecar

sierra · 02-02-2013, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by chanomatik

As soon as I had both dampers installed, I detached that fiend and THREW IT ON THE GRROOOOOUUUNNNNND. Literally.

Also, because weight-savings.

Makes sense. We can't use it with the gas struts so best to tuck it away, just in case.

GrimmSpeed · 02-02-2013, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Brimford

Were you guys closed today? I tried to call a few times to place my order and left a message

Nope, we were open, but as was mentioned, our email server was down so both lines were ringing off the hook all day. Sorry we missed you! Everything should be back to normal on Monday, so if you don't get a reply to your message, give us a call and Matt or Mike will get you all taken care of!

Matt
Engineering

Jacob G. · 02-02-2013, 10:28 AM

Went to check the mail this morning before the mail person arrived for the day and what did I find? My grimmspeed hood struts! Wow was that fast shipping! Thanks a lot guys I'm going to hopefully install these today

lbroskee · 02-02-2013, 01:10 PM

love em! and makes open/close of the hood a 2 finger operation

GrimmSpeed · 02-02-2013, 03:33 PM

Looks great! Glad you like them!

lbroskee · 02-02-2013, 03:35 PM

i do have 1 question tho.... i received 4 bolts. only 2 of them seem to b used (per your guide). are the other 2 just extra?

chanomatik · 02-02-2013, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by lbroskee

i do have 1 question tho.... i received 4 bolts. only 2 of them seem to b used (per your guide). are the other 2 just extra?

You should've used all four size 13 bolts for the top of the dampers that attach to the hood. The bottom ones are what the bracket slide into (that's two), then the top ones you place after the brackets are slid in (the other two). The only ones reused are the size 10 bolts on the bottom that attach to the chassis.

lbroskee · 02-02-2013, 03:41 PM

o oops, i thought u just slide into the 10 mm bolts then retighten (fits fine and tight anyways)

Foobar · 02-02-2013, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by lbroskee

o oops, i thought u just slide into the 10 mm bolts then retighten (fits fine and tight anyways)

That won't be a good fit since it'll be at an angle due to the top part resting against the top bolts. I can't imagine that would last for too long after vibration. Get that fixed asap.

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