So, time for the full CSB on my rear strut brace.

Arrived home from work excited that my package should have arrived. Find it stashed in laundry. Much excite.

Straight out to garage get tools start working. Seat out first, bottom part out easy. Seat back out pretty easy. However Amp is mounted to rear of seat. Sub wiring means seat back has to stay in car.

Front nuts on strut tops come out a piece of piss. Rear ones hard to access. Off comes the rear parcel tray which also meant removing the plastic trim from around the side windows.

Nuts now easy to get to. All three come off. Sub, amp and speaker wiring has all been threaded through the hole that the strut bar needs to go through. This had to be disconnected and threaded through a different hole into the boot. Easy but time-consuming, and a PITA as at the moment I'm not even running the sub. Still of two minds as to whether I'll replace it or bin it and tear out the amp and all the wiring.

Tea break. Yum yum fush and chups.

Back into it. Blue strut tops on with a bit of creative manoeuvring. Strut bar adjusted and installed, seats reassembled and voila. Total time two and a bit hours including tea break.

Photos:

Shinny new strut bar:



Blue bits bolted onto strut tops:





All done: