Ekona Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Anyone here ever fitted it before? I've got the complete set and tried fitting it at the weekend minus any instructions. The kit looks like this: I've got the small brace that fits between the two front lower control arms on, and I've worked out where the other two long bits go as well. The trouble I'm having is with the big X-brace, as I know where it's supposed to go but there's no bolts or even nuts to bolt to! The actual location is as this: As per the picture, the bottom two bolts (exhaust end) are fine, but where the top two go (gearbox end) there's no bolt or nut or thread there on my car, so just how do you fit it? If needs be I can always drop a rivnut in the hole that's there, but there must be a different way of doing it as the rest of the kit just bolts up exactly where you'd expect it to, and it seems a bit weird that they want you to bolt to a place that has no existing bolt there... Anyone got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilli Red Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I think 3fiddyz will be able to help you here if no one else can, drop him a pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FIDDYZ Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Hi Dan, Unfortunatly I havnt got a clue on this one... Yet to fit mine! But guess this is a heads up. I think Alex has these (well the GTSpec ones) on his roadster.... As does Kev (Envy) but I think both posted "elsewhere" I think there was fitment issues on the UK car and this could have been it.... Have PM'd you back BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Hi Dan, Unfortunatly I havnt got a clue on this one... Yet to fit mine! But guess this is a heads up. I think Alex has these (well the GTSpec ones) on his roadster.... As does Kev (Envy) but I think both posted "elsewhere" I think there was fitment issues on the UK car and this could have been it.... Have PM'd you back BTW if you have the kit waiting to fit, does it by any chance have any extra fittings with it, as when i was helping Ekona the only things we found with it were 2 washers for spacing one of the braces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FIDDYZ Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I havnt got the ladder brace, and not sure I would as its only really needed for high HP cars... Sorry I cant be more help Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 This is how mines fit. Alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 That's exactly where mine should go, but I've got no thread to wind a bolt into at the two fixings on the gearbox end. There's three holes in the chassis there, but none are threaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunset350z Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Hi, when i bought the braces off ESR, i was assured that all fixing points were a simple matter of undoing the existing bolts in the relevant positions and rebolting with the braces in place. I didn't get any instructions with it, and don't know if they actually do instructions for them. I was talking to a trader at Japfest last year who supplied ESR with all the summit stuff, can't remember the name but will do a search for them and downloadable instructions in the meantime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FIDDYZ Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Hi, when i bought the braces off ESR, i was assured that all fixing points were a simple matter of undoing the existing bolts in the relevant positions and rebolting with the braces in place. I didn't get any instructions with it, and don't know if they actually do instructions for them. I was talking to a trader at Japfest last year who supplied ESR with all the summit stuff, can't remember the name but will do a search for them and downloadable instructions in the meantime. Funny enough the clue is in the pic!!! Invoauto!! And nope, no instructions on their site! Found this on the GTspec website... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 Hi, when i bought the braces off ESR, i was assured that all fixing points were a simple matter of undoing the existing bolts in the relevant positions and rebolting with the braces in place. I didn't get any instructions with it, and don't know if they actually do instructions for them. I was talking to a trader at Japfest last year who supplied ESR with all the summit stuff, can't remember the name but will do a search for them and downloadable instructions in the meantime. Sorry Steve, I didn't mean for my post to sound like a dig at you at all. I wasn't surprised to get no instructions with the braces as that's pretty much how I'd assumed you'd have got them from ESR anyway, hence why I didn't contact you first at all as I know if you'd had them then you'd have sent them. I apologise if my post came across as a dig at all, certainly wasn't meant that way. I'll e-mail Invoauto I think and see what they say about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunset350z Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 You are probably right Mark i can't find any instructions yet, maybe a search on my350z will turn up someone who has done a 'how to'. Alex, did you have any issues bolting up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 There should specific bolts with a leg welded on to them which you feed through one of the other holes. The leg acts as a finger piece to allow you to feed the bolt into place and then it acts as a lock to stop the bolt turning inside the chassis leg when you tighten up the nut. Alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 That was pretty much our thinking on Sunday, that there had to be a specific fixing or something for the brace. Now all I need to do is to get hold of one...! Thanks for your help chaps, I'll try and source the bits I need. Alex, if I don't succeed any reason why a rivnut wouldn't work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam@Z1auto.com Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Alex is spot on let us know if you need the hardware, I may have it also make sure your car has the rear bolt holes predrilled...some cars don't (tends to be early 03's and some 04's but better to know in advance) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 Adam if you do have the bits laying around that would be great, happier to buy from someone who knows exactly what I need regardless of distance. I do already have the bolts in place through the rear holes, that was the only way we knew we had the brace in the right place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.