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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 10:16 AM
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ultra racing fender brace install

i started this last week and have not finished it. i took better pics and will touch up on the parts that i kinda skipped. ive been really busy with work but the car sits with no fenders and bumper on it.

starting to remove the fog lights
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took off the bumper so i could remove the headlights
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removed the headlights (after this start removing the fender lining.)
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the hardest part of removing the fender is the bolt that sits under the plastic at the bottom of the windshield. ( ray told me about that one)
you have to tug on the plastic a little to pop off the clips that are holding it on
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after you remove that bolt there is one underneath the sidskirt, headlight and a few in the engine bay
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when i took off the fender there was this black box thing(have no clue what its for) it was getting in the way of where the fender brace mounts so i had to take it off.( also note the plastic cover that is sitting on the front of the door needs to come off too)
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and these are the fender braces waiting to be put on
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 11:19 AM
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fantastic

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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 11:33 AM
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so is it doable?
 
Old Apr 13, 2009 | 12:12 PM
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so is it doable?
of course it is

only problem i ran into was how to mount the front piece cause you cant get behind the frame to put in the nut. i will figure something out.
 

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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 01:00 PM
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hey, while your fender is off the car, could you sell me your passenger side please?
 
Old Apr 13, 2009 | 01:22 PM
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pass side fender? no way haha what would i use
 
Old Apr 13, 2009 | 04:40 PM
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that front strut tower bar looks good. better than a lot i have seen so far
 
Old Apr 13, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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that front strut tower bar looks good. better than a lot i have seen so far
thanks. easy install too
 
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 11:35 AM
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good DIY.but serious those fender bars are not that useful for FIT.

Good coilover setup, rear sway bar will be enough.
 
Old May 4, 2009 | 06:25 AM
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did you ever get the fender brace in?
 
Old May 4, 2009 | 09:51 AM
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good DIY.but serious those fender bars are not that useful for FIT.

Good coilover setup, rear sway bar will be enough.
good coilvers, rsb will not be enough i can promise you that.
 
Old May 4, 2009 | 09:57 AM
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did you ever get the fender brace in?

started on it again yesterday. should be in by the end of this week
 
Old Feb 2, 2010 | 12:42 AM
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redrumm, did you manage to finish the installation? cos i'm thinking about getting the UR fender braces too - thanks!
 
Old Feb 2, 2010 | 12:45 AM
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lol did you ever finish?
 
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 04:16 PM
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yeah lol i just never updated
 
Old Apr 10, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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have you see an improvement?
 
Old Apr 11, 2010 | 07:57 AM
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yeah any improvement?
 
Old Apr 25, 2010 | 07:08 PM
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I've installed them too...it made a big difference on the handling...
here is my DIY
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/album.php?albumid=310
 
Old Apr 25, 2010 | 07:18 PM
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Where can I buy these? I wanna get a set on friday.
 
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redrumm sells them...
 



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