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100_Percent_Juice
2007-03-10, 11:45 PM
Very easy install, 30min tops. Well worth the money. The steering has been improved significantly over stock. There is almost zero play when turning from side to side*

*I will have to get use to there being no slack in the steering*
sperry
2007-03-11, 12:33 PM
If you thought the install was "very easy", you didn't follow the directions. It's only easy if you don't install one of the busings with the slot up instead of towards the front of the car.
cody
2007-03-11, 04:17 PM
It's easy once you figure out how to do it. Grab the passenger side of the rack and wiggle it fwd and bkwd while you snake the driver side bushing in. The passenger side bushing was cake.

I used the blue ones though.
100_Percent_Juice
2007-03-11, 05:44 PM
i just loaded it up with the grease pack and that thing wrapped around there like a snap-it bracelet.
Dean
2007-03-12, 12:55 AM
i just loaded it up with the grease pack and that thing wrapped around there like a snap-it bracelet.I don't believe that should be a greased bushing. The square one should take a minimum of 30 minutes of cursing and prying and scraped knuckles even if you have done one before.
tysonK
2007-03-12, 07:25 AM
Something seems wrong here.
100_Percent_Juice
2007-03-12, 08:27 AM
The pair of bushings came with a pack of grease. All the people who did the install on nasioc said to grease it up really well. With the help of a screwdriver it slid all the way around in no time at all.
I love how it feels and there is no noise or anything like that which must mean that its done correctly.
sperry
2007-03-12, 10:32 AM
The pair of bushings came with a pack of grease. All the people who did the install on nasioc said to grease it up really well. With the help of a screwdriver it slid all the way around in no time at all.
I love how it feels and there is no noise or anything like that which must mean that its done correctly.
No, you're right. It's supposed to be greased all to hell. That's usually what makes it so hard to install... greasy poly + greasy hands does not make for easy installation. Maybe that's because I won't use a screwdriver or pliers or anything to get it in out of fear of tearing the polyurethane.
100_Percent_Juice
2007-03-12, 01:58 PM
scott you cant let fear control your life.
sperry
2007-03-12, 02:11 PM
scott you cant let fear control your life.
Dude, I've used a lug nut and stud hammered into a brake caliper bracket to hold my brakes on for Time Trials... it's not the fear of the part failing that I have a problem with, it's the fear that if I bork it up, I have to do the job a second time. I'm lazy. :P