Hawki1cr
Senior Member
Well I started the 5100/mevotech install today. 5 hours in and I'm only half way done. Gonna tackle the passenger side tomorrow.
I spent two hours just trying to get the damn upper strut nut off the driver side. It was so badly rusted that it just fell apart. Thank god for the impact gun. Even with that, it took forever. Aside from that, no issues thus far.
Anyone have tips for how to tighten the upper strut nut on the Bilsteins? The nut sits below the rubber strut mount and requires the use of an Allen wrench as a counter for the nut. So I couldn't use a socket. I had to use vise grips and an Allen wrench. It seemed tight but I couldn't really torque on it.
I spent two hours just trying to get the damn upper strut nut off the driver side. It was so badly rusted that it just fell apart. Thank god for the impact gun. Even with that, it took forever. Aside from that, no issues thus far.
Anyone have tips for how to tighten the upper strut nut on the Bilsteins? The nut sits below the rubber strut mount and requires the use of an Allen wrench as a counter for the nut. So I couldn't use a socket. I had to use vise grips and an Allen wrench. It seemed tight but I couldn't really torque on it.
