ok i just got my strut bar off ebay .. but the thing wont fit .. ive tried every combination of how to line up the holes but it just wont fit which leads me to believe they probably sent me the wrong strut bar for the wrong generation or something retarded .. anyways if any one has pictures of under their hood with this exact bar it would be most helpful

http://search.ebay.com/rx7-strut_W0Q...sortpropertyZ3

 

Have you tried jacking the car up so the load is off the wheels?

 

should i jack up the whole front?

 

Yep, jack up the front of the car so that there is no load on the front wheels. See if you can get it installed that way.

 

k .. trying that .. but the prob is i cant even get one side to fit onto the studs .. like the holes for the bar doesnt even match up with the studs

 

Is that what you have above (note: that's not my car)?

 

I guess that's why they sell it so cheap, either that or maybe they just gave you the wrong one

 

yes .. hmm ive tried putting it in that exact way .. it doesnt fit .. if i were to put it in that direction .. the part where the bar meets black handles would cause the bar to point in an awkward angle .. i guess only way i can explain it is .. the part where the green arrow is pointing to .. if i were to line up the holes into the same configuration .. the bar would be pointing at the angle of the blue arrow

 

Without seeing a picture of your car and the strut bar, it's hard to help but you might have:

a. the wrong bar
b. frame damage to the car

If you can borrow a camera, it would help.

 

did you try to loosen the bolt under each green arrow in the above picture?

 

hmmm .. im gonna go grab a digital camera somehow .. itll take some time but ill post a picture of it asap

 

Good deal, shoot me a PM if you have problems getting the picture posted and need it hosted.

 

 

 

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well the pics are up .. this will either confirm im not paranoid or that im retarded and dont know how to line up the bolts with the circles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yup that's the wrong bar, it looks like it would almost work, if you unscrewed the ends and flipped them around (L & R) but that would put the bar over the intake and that won't work.. Sorry man !

 

Send it back, or drill new holes. I would send it back.