T Sport Front Strut Brace

May 28, 2014

Hi.

Am planning to fit a front strut brace to the front of my Tsport hoping for better handling.

Do i have to use a torque wrench ,?

What is the correct torque setting?

Can i just do it with a spanner?

Do you have to replace strut tower bolts if there is very little thread left after strut bracw fitting?

Sorry guys, i am a newbee, trying to make this car handle a bit better.

Thanks for all members

June 3, 2014

Just tried to fit the strut brace,but because of the thickness of it there was not enough thread left in the bolt,

I was wondering if it is possible to replace the big original nuts with ones much shorter ? Can i usr any kind of nuts or i have to buy original ones from toyota

June 4, 2014

Will go and have a look at mine and see if the bolts are different lengths...

June 4, 2014

http://www.toyodiy.com/

Looking at the above parts list the support sub assembly for the front suspension part number changed on 04/2004.....assuming facelift after that and pre-facelift before. Looks like the bolts are an integral part of this unit and not changeable without changing that part. Maybe try and get a second hand set. Am assuming you have the horseshoe shaped bracket for atop both sides of the suspension unit.

Use the above link to have a look at a facelift and pre-facelift model.

It's under powertrain and chassis and then into front spring and suspension.

Hope this helps

June 5, 2014

Thnks for your answer.

What i discovered after trying to fit the trut brace was that the original tower strut top nut is too big so i was left with very little thread , so i tought getting similar size nuts but smaller will free more thread.

I do not know if i can use ordinary nuts instead of original toyota ones?

Any ideas about tower strut top nuts torque spec?

June 5, 2014

Looking at the online parts catalogue it does look like the bolts are an integral part of the sub assembly unit and would suspect it does not separate to allow you to fit different bolts.