While cruising the boards, I've noticed that a lot of people, including myself, are planning to jump on the Cattman $110 shipped deal. However, there have been a lot of posts regarding installation. Stuff like "After I jack the car up, where do I need to put the jack stands?" or "Can I just back the car up on ramps?" and "Do I need to take the tires off?" Personally, I would prefer to back the car up on ramps, but I don't know if this will work for the install. I know these questions may sound dumb to the expert DIY'ers on the board, but remember you were a rookie once too.

Will someone who is good at giving directions to beginners please post a "Cattman RSB Install for Dummies" write-up. I think this would be very helpful and could later be added to the stickies. I know there are RSB write-ups out there, but they are either not specifically geared toward the Cattman RSB or they are too difficult to understand for the beginning DIY'er.

Remember for many of us this will our first major install, so be gentle.

Thanks.

 

Not specifically Cattman, but I like this write-up...

 

The instructions that come with the Cattman/Progress RSB are decent, but use it in addition to this write-up and you should be good:

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....&highlight=rsb

I would recommend that you remove the rear wheels after jacking up the car as it would make installation a lot easier.

 

I was in the same situation with the Cattman RSB. I installed it a couple of weeks ago by myself. I did use ramps though, but I agree with Kenny that using jackstands and taking off the tires will save you a ton of time.

The installation is pretty straightforward, but unlike olincoles' great write up I had to do some tweaking. For instance I removed the ABS lins brackets completely as the directions stated and zip tied them to the emergency brake cable. I also had to get longer bolts to replace the bolts on the e-brake bracket. It just wouldn't go back on with the saddle mounts in the way.

Good luck, you'll figure it out.

 

I just received mine today. I'll be installing mine probably this weekend. I'll print the write-up and keep them handy while installing it. Thanks for posting and link to the write-up.


~limsandy

 

Yeah I also recieved my RSB friday along with my FSTB and AGX/PROGESS combo although my front struts they sent me were the wrong ones (arrghh) they weren't modified. I'll be installing everything once it gets warmer outside.

 

I just ordered my RSB yesterday. $110 shipped is an awesome deal...lets just hope its an awesome product.