strut braces and bolts?

delirium330 · 05-04-2019, 05:37 PM

Can someone confirm that these are upside down? If so and I turn them the other way, are those studs that I just re-use or are they one time use bolts? And do the nuts have specific torque specs?

Also looks like there are two hex bolts used at the strut connectors on the other end of the strut brace... one time use only?

happydude · 05-04-2019, 05:51 PM

Yes those are upside down. They are not one time use. They are steel and you can reuse.

SAMM3Y · 05-04-2019, 07:59 PM

32nm is the torque spec I believe .. if you can see a drainage hole on the hollow bar they are upside down but tbh I don't think it matters

delirium330 · 05-04-2019, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by SAMM3Y

32nm is the torque spec I believe .. if you can see a drainage hole on the hollow bar they are upside down but tbh I don't think it matters

Yeah just the OCD in me...

shimmy23 · 05-05-2019, 12:26 AM

Definitely upside down

gfisher99 · 05-06-2019, 08:03 AM

Same person that worked on yours must have worked on mine. I posted a few weeks ago about this very same thing - mine are upside down as well. I keep forgetting to flip them over.

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happydude Second Lieutenant 137 Rep 234 Posts Drives: E92 M3 / F15 X5 35d Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: TX iTrader: (0)	Yes those are upside down. They are not one time use. They are steel and you can reuse.
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SAMM3Y Colonel 3085 Rep 2,747 Posts Drives: 2008 m3 Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: NorCal iTrader: (2)	32nm is the torque spec I believe .. if you can see a drainage hole on the hollow bar they are upside down but tbh I don't think it matters __________________ 9ers
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shimmy23 F15 daddymobile 2350 Rep 3,510 Posts Drives: GS X5 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: WA iTrader: (3)	Definitely upside down __________________ -brandon F15 Glacier Silver journal
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gfisher99 Lieutenant 287 Rep 562 Posts Drives: '11 E92 M3, '18 M2, '22 X3M Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0)	Same person that worked on yours must have worked on mine. I posted a few weeks ago about this very same thing - mine are upside down as well. I keep forgetting to flip them over.
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