mazdaistheshit

has anyone had any problems installing the obx bar i know biknman has one anybody else i just want a simple bolt on no going to the store to make it fit or no surprises when im about to install it let me know.

biknman

If you have a 1.6L like me you'll have to figure out how to get the strut bar up high enough do it doesn’t hit the throttle body assembly. The nuts that bolt down the strut bar end brackets will hit a little lip on the strut bar bracket, so I had to cut the lip off so that the bolts would go on. I tried raising the bracket up with a combination of washers but you only have so much room on the bolts then you can't get the enough of the threads on the bolts to tighten them down. I got some thinner SS nuts form Ace Hardware that worked. I have Ground Control Camber/Caster plates(replaces the factory strut tops) now so I can use any length bolt needed to bolt down the strut bar brace. NOTE: where the strut bar hits the throttle body is vacuum line and the bar would rub a small hole in the vacuum line causing a small vacuum leak enough of a leak though that I had crappie idle.