sounded like a good idea.Everything was going smoothly, I didn't lose much blood yanking off the old struts, and setting up the SS's went smoothly. Then I started tightening everything down, and the the rearward strut mount bolt starts spinning while threaded on about halfway, for each coilover... then the outer ones were not threading-in very easily. I made sure I did not cross thread them, so I decided to check out the rear bolts.
Both looked the same; the first 5mm or so of the threads are stripped, then I checked out the 2 outer ones and the same thing (the 2 inner were from RacingLine's stb, which were fine). Looks like this happened at the factory since they thread in nicely on the old mount, but not so much on the new mounts with virgin threads. (now that I think about it, the nuts on the new mounts are likely mucked up a little bit
)Anyways, just a heads up for those DIYers who are wanting/needing new strut mounts: if you can, try to see if your bolts are stripped, or just order new bolts along with the mounts to minimize any headaches and down time.
