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anyone has vibrant strut bars on a 97 2.2 ?
Monday, March 03, 2008 8:20 PM
i order mines and notice the front one hits the intake plenum by a hair lol . i haven't installed the rear one yet i been too busy detailing cars. i read on here that the rear one is too short or you have to add washers or something lie that. all advice would be appreciated.





thank you guys

manny

Re: anyone has vibrant strut bars on a 97 2.2 ?
Monday, March 03, 2008 10:10 PM
Twist it up like the pic shown below




2009 Ford Mustang V6
Re: anyone has vibrant strut bars on a 97 2.2 ?
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:03 AM
the rear one u will prolly need to add 2-3 washers to each side...


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Re: anyone has vibrant strut bars on a 97 2.2 ?
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:24 AM
thats what i was thinking if i could do lol . i haven't gotten a chance to fully tighten the front bar and i could feel a good difference on turns. thanks for info guys.
Re: anyone has vibrant strut bars on a 97 2.2 ?
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:27 AM
ohh and the washers are a 10mm right ?
Re: anyone has vibrant strut bars on a 97 2.2 ?
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:35 AM
I messed with mine for a bit, but couldn't keep it from catching on those two bolts. Made a horrible noise when it happened, which was whenever the engine was torqued at all. It didn't help that I had the stock engine mounts at the time, which meant the engine rocked back and forth about an inch and a half. I retired the Vibrant bar before I broke something. Better to get a GM bar that runs around to the firewall.



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Re: anyone has vibrant strut bars on a 97 2.2 ?
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:39 AM
^^ for an idea of how bad it was, here is a video I dug of my how much engine movement I had. I can see you already have a couple of gouges in the bar -- simply adding washers may not eliminate clearance issues if yours is anywhere near the same.

Linky to video (avi)




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Re: anyone has vibrant strut bars on a 97 2.2 ?
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 2:06 PM
Hey.....did i say you could use my picture????


lol.....i kid i kid.

yea i had to tilt it back a lil and add a couple washers to get it off the intake. works great now.
Re: anyone has vibrant strut bars on a 97 2.2 ?
Friday, March 07, 2008 5:27 AM
the back are a pain to install i guess i have to get washers and nuts , theres nothing back there but long screws lol.
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