Cusco Power Brace on RA?
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Joined: May 2011
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From: Cynthiana, KY
Well I am about to take the plunge and give this a shot. Bout to complete the transaction now. I'll let you all know if it works or not as soon as I get it and have a chance to install it.
EDIT::
Here is the pic of it. Bought from member KarmaSRT
Plus it's already red so that'll match my theme! :P
EDIT::
Here is the pic of it. Bought from member KarmaSRT
Plus it's already red so that'll match my theme! :P
Last edited by bakuro117; Apr 2, 2013 at 01:08 PM.
Nice job man , hopefully it fits and these become popular for the ralliart guys 
Also it fits a 3.5" intercooler ,that's some good news for the turbo guys wanting an upgraded intercooler without sacrificing safety.
Also it fits a 3.5" intercooler ,that's some good news for the turbo guys wanting an upgraded intercooler without sacrificing safety.
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Joined: May 2011
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From: Cynthiana, KY
Well the package is waiting on me at home. Im gunna run home after work and rip my front bumper off. It'll probably be dark by the time I get that done but I'll be a few steps ahead when i go to start tomorrow morning.
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Joined: May 2011
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From: Cynthiana, KY
Alright... Good News and Bad news...
Good, is that the bolts and such all line up perfectly and it would look awesome to have installed.
Bad, Im going to use my original picture as reference:
The black bar behind and above the crash bar, the one that the bumper bolts to behind the grill. The one a lot of turbo guys in the pictures and like Crans used to mount their intercooler is in the way of the brace. The upper horizontal bar is suppose to go there... It looks like it could be cut back to allow the brace to fit or just cut off in between the holes the bumper mounts to and all would be fine.
Im just not sure which to do now... Ive done spent $210 on this brace and i'd like to get it installed. So if you were me would you cut a chunk out of the middle of the bar or would you try to only cut out as much space as the brace would need? I thought about just taking the whole bar out too, but Im pretty sure that is a structural part of our front bumper... IDK thoughts anyone?
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Also the bolts above the shiny head light bolts, the ones the brace is suppose to mount to up top anyone know what those are connected to? I tried to loosen them to take them out but they were just spinning in place like there are no threads in that metal for them to connect with... It was getting dark or I would have tried to get a better look at the back side of them. I was hoping someone here just knew, and could tell me how to pull them out in the morning.
Good, is that the bolts and such all line up perfectly and it would look awesome to have installed.
Bad, Im going to use my original picture as reference:
The black bar behind and above the crash bar, the one that the bumper bolts to behind the grill. The one a lot of turbo guys in the pictures and like Crans used to mount their intercooler is in the way of the brace. The upper horizontal bar is suppose to go there... It looks like it could be cut back to allow the brace to fit or just cut off in between the holes the bumper mounts to and all would be fine.
Im just not sure which to do now... Ive done spent $210 on this brace and i'd like to get it installed. So if you were me would you cut a chunk out of the middle of the bar or would you try to only cut out as much space as the brace would need? I thought about just taking the whole bar out too, but Im pretty sure that is a structural part of our front bumper... IDK thoughts anyone?
EDIT::
Also the bolts above the shiny head light bolts, the ones the brace is suppose to mount to up top anyone know what those are connected to? I tried to loosen them to take them out but they were just spinning in place like there are no threads in that metal for them to connect with... It was getting dark or I would have tried to get a better look at the back side of them. I was hoping someone here just knew, and could tell me how to pull them out in the morning.
Last edited by bakuro117; Apr 5, 2013 at 10:21 PM.
