Halon
06-15-2010, 09:21 PM
Just a little Install "how-to":
Here's a crappy picture of it when I received it in the mail.
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/513/P5290409.JPG
I decided that I wanted to give it a coat of something just to protect the metal against the elements. I grabbed some spare rattle can primer and black spray paint from my cabinet and gave it a quick couple coats of paint. Nothing professional here as it's underneath the car and fairly unseen anyway. So spray paint it was!
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/513/P6170410.JPG
She's now ready to go on!
The install is pretty simple and straight forward, but I took some pics of the install anyway.
There are 3 beams that have to come off. First remove the 2 front to back ones. You'll need a 17mm and a 14mm wrench for the bolts:
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170414.JPG
Next you want to support the engine somehow so that it doesn't drop when you remove the 3rd beam which is attached to the front motor mount. Here's my professional grade motor holder upper :) :
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170415.JPG
Next, remove the 2 17mm bolts that hold that crossmember to the chassis. Keep in mind when you do this, the motor may drop slightly, which is why we put some sort of support under it in the step above:
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170420.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170419.JPG
Next you will remove the 14mm nut & bolt from the front motor mount:
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170416.JPG
You've now removed the 3 stock beams. Here you can see, out with the old (on the right) and in with the (new on the left)!!! :) Should save a little bit of weight!
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170421.JPG
Install of the new beam is pretty much the opposite as the removal of that last crossmember you just took off. I simply held it up, used a mallet to knock the new solid front motor mount up into the bracket, and then stick the bolt through the front motor mount just to hold the new crossmember in place:
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170422.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170425.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170426.JPG
Next, install the two 17mm nuts on the ends. Then install the nut on the front motor mount bolt and tighten everything up, torqued to spec (with an impact gun if you're like me :) )
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170429.JPG
And you're done. Here's some pics of the clearance I have under there now. Downpipe is nowhere near the crossmember, and everything is just much more open now, which should make working on things a whole lot easier. Pretty much exactly what I was hoping for.
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170439.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170433.JPG
(pay no attention to the O2 sensor, I run constant open loop and it's just plugging the hole)
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170440.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170429.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170437.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170432.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170435.JPG
Here's a crappy picture of it when I received it in the mail.
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/513/P5290409.JPG
I decided that I wanted to give it a coat of something just to protect the metal against the elements. I grabbed some spare rattle can primer and black spray paint from my cabinet and gave it a quick couple coats of paint. Nothing professional here as it's underneath the car and fairly unseen anyway. So spray paint it was!
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/513/P6170410.JPG
She's now ready to go on!
The install is pretty simple and straight forward, but I took some pics of the install anyway.
There are 3 beams that have to come off. First remove the 2 front to back ones. You'll need a 17mm and a 14mm wrench for the bolts:
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170414.JPG
Next you want to support the engine somehow so that it doesn't drop when you remove the 3rd beam which is attached to the front motor mount. Here's my professional grade motor holder upper :) :
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170415.JPG
Next, remove the 2 17mm bolts that hold that crossmember to the chassis. Keep in mind when you do this, the motor may drop slightly, which is why we put some sort of support under it in the step above:
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170420.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170419.JPG
Next you will remove the 14mm nut & bolt from the front motor mount:
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170416.JPG
You've now removed the 3 stock beams. Here you can see, out with the old (on the right) and in with the (new on the left)!!! :) Should save a little bit of weight!
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170421.JPG
Install of the new beam is pretty much the opposite as the removal of that last crossmember you just took off. I simply held it up, used a mallet to knock the new solid front motor mount up into the bracket, and then stick the bolt through the front motor mount just to hold the new crossmember in place:
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170422.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170425.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170426.JPG
Next, install the two 17mm nuts on the ends. Then install the nut on the front motor mount bolt and tighten everything up, torqued to spec (with an impact gun if you're like me :) )
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170429.JPG
And you're done. Here's some pics of the clearance I have under there now. Downpipe is nowhere near the crossmember, and everything is just much more open now, which should make working on things a whole lot easier. Pretty much exactly what I was hoping for.
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170439.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170433.JPG
(pay no attention to the O2 sensor, I run constant open loop and it's just plugging the hole)
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170440.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170429.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170437.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170432.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/513/medium/P6170435.JPG