GT Spec Front Strut Bar (3point) - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Jade 86 · 08-09-2012, 01:57 PM

GT Spec will be releasing this soon..

can't wait to get mine..

deucethemoose · 08-09-2012, 02:10 PM

Arnie_1 · 08-09-2012, 02:25 PM

I guess you'll have to disconnect this hose to install the GT Spec kit?

RRnold · 08-09-2012, 02:28 PM

That's nice!!!!

Jade 86 · 08-09-2012, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arnie_1

I guess you'll have to disconnect this hose to install the GT Spec kit?

just asked them they said they will be test fitting monday and see what need to be change.

camelflage · 08-09-2012, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arnie_1

I guess you'll have to disconnect this hose to install the GT Spec kit?

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JadeBRZ · 08-09-2012, 02:37 PM

or you could just put it over top of the a/c line

Arnie_1 · 08-09-2012, 02:39 PM

Perhaps. Would depend on how much it would compress, bend or pinch the hose/line.

JadeBRZ · 08-09-2012, 02:42 PM

it won't, i just went down and pushed on that line. there is plenty of slack in there. Or you could undo the bracket (for the a/c line) from the firewall and make something to mount it lower so it doesnt stick up so high.

Arnie_1 · 08-09-2012, 03:27 PM

Ah, super cool. Thanks for checking JadeBRZ! That hose did look like it had a lot of wriggle room.

White64Goat · 08-09-2012, 09:43 PM

But then how much does that hose rub on the underside of the brace?? And in more than one place? Looks like a nice piece, but you'd have to recharge the A/C after installing it, it would appear, if you want the hose to go over it.....

Actually it appears that the drivers side that goes out to the strut tower is not welded and you may be able to insert the hose between the bars and the bar has a tab that bolts through the bracket and the strut bolt. Clever if that's how it is done.

Ranatsu · 08-10-2012, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JadeBRZ

it won't, i just went down and pushed on that line. there is plenty of slack in there. Or you could undo the bracket (for the a/c line) from the firewall and make something to mount it lower so it doesnt stick up so high.

When you pressed on the line, did you do it while the A/C was on?

If that is the high pressure hose, it will probably rupture if something is rubbing against it all the time. I had a high pressure line break on my STi when the line was resting on top of the FMIC piping.

Maybe it won't happen, but I think it probably would eventually.

Draco-REX · 08-10-2012, 06:19 PM

If you're worried about that, just wrap a piece of coolant hose or a large piece of convoluted tubing around the AC line.

dunphyjp · 08-11-2012, 01:19 AM

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Arnie_1 Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: Peugeot 106 XSi Location: Germany Posts: 25 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Perhaps. Would depend on how much it would compress, bend or pinch the hose/line.

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Arnie_1 Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: Peugeot 106 XSi Location: Germany Posts: 25 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Ah, super cool. Thanks for checking JadeBRZ! That hose did look like it had a lot of wriggle room.

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