Broken strut tower bolt, best way to repair?

[uwg55]

Hi everyone,

I bought a strut bar from 27won and unfortunately during the install, I snapped a strut tower bolt. I was wondering what do you guys think would be the best way to proceed with the repair? I have not taken anything apart yet.

Fun story: A month ago I snapped two studs on the turbo / downpipe connection I'm sick of snapping stuff

Edit: I followed the manual for the install, it said to torque these to 53-55 lb-ft. The bolt snapped way below that torque, I think it would've broken on its own.

Thanks and have a good day!

 

[Chilly613]

You’ll need to replace the entire top hat mount. So you'll need to take out the whole strut assembly to replace it.

 

[HKSpeed]

If that happened to me, I would replace the strut mount assembly. I never seen that stud sold separately.

How the stud looks from underneath

I had a PRL and DC Sports bars. I didn't like how the nuts didn't thread all the way. Below is a photo of the PRL bar on my car. Now I don't have any front strut bar. FL5s have longer studs, so this not an issue.

The DC Sports bar came with new nuts and sat flush. Interestingly, the DC Sports strut bar instructions states 32 lb ft.

 

[TW00Si]

I torque them to 46ft lb.

 

[pinhead66]

I had a sirimoto and a 27won strut bar and always torqued down the nuts to 55 ft/lbs no problem. Since you have to replace the strut mount I have a pair of new Whiteline offset strut mounts in the classifieds if you’re interested.

 

[uwg55]

If that happened to me, I would replace the strut mount assembly. I never seen that stud sold separately.

How the stud looks from underneath

I had a PRL and DC Sports bars. I didn't like how the nuts didn't thread all the way. Below is a photo of the PRL bar on my car. Now I don't have any front strut bar. FL5s have longer studs, so this not an issue.

The DC Sports bar came with new nuts and sat flush. Interestingly, the DC Sports strut bar instructions states 32 lb ft.

Thanks for the link and I don't like that the nuts don't thread all the way either I should've looked at that before buying it

 

[uwg55]

I had a sirimoto and a 27won strut bar and always torqued down the nuts to 55 ft/lbs no problem. Since you have to replace the strut mount I have a pair of new Whiteline offset strut mounts in the classifieds if you’re interested.

Definitely a case of might as well lol. I'm in Canada, with the exchange rate, shipping & fees it'll probably be more expensive than to just buy it from unity but thanks for the offer!

 

[Cueyo]

I see two torque values on this thread, but I remember when I installed the 27juan strut bar, it said 45lb/ft on their install app.

Time to go strut spring launchin

 

[pinhead66]

For the 10th gens I believe its 55 for sedans and coupes and 46 for hatches. Should be the same for 11th.

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