And there it is! pictures of the clunk problem. Now I will check them and see if the mount needs to be shaved.

 

I just ordered mine.

Seth

 

Well, I really want to get in on this one but I've got a couple concerns. For anyone that has one, or anyone that might know - how does this affect warranty issues if you bring your car in for service? I'm kinda worried about what Infiniti will do..

Second, I don't have near the right kind of tools to do this myself, so what do labor costs usually run to install this thing? And where should I go to have it done (who's qualified to do it)?

Thanks,

John

 

Wondering that myself...

 

just to fore warn you guys, i first ordered my addco rsb (but it didnt fit & waited too long & couldnt return it)-- basically the brackets wouldnt got around the side bar to tighten everything up...so once u get it try & install it right away (p.s.-- i didnt order from cattman so maybe he sends out the right ones???)

p.s.-- i wound up selling that addco rsb & got the stillen rsb, yes stillen is expensive but got it for a good price & it was alot easier to install then the addco-- also easily adjustable too

 

I just spoke to a nice lady named Lori and she'll be shipping mine out hopefully today so I receive it and install it in time for the weekend so I can test it all weekend long!

Neal728, if you can handle the installs on both the FSTB and Berk Intake, you can surely do the Addco RSB (as long as you have a jack, a couple stands, and the right tools)...the only difference is that its under the car instead of in the engine bay.

 

I received the wrong brackets for the trailer arms as well. I just called Addco and they sent the right ones (5th Gen brackets) overnight.

For those who are concerned about doing this themselves, don't be. This was my first mod and I was fine. If you dont have the right tools, buy them. A rachet set and jack stands doesn't cost that much and at least you have them for future mods.

 

BTW...I didn't order mine from Cattman. It was through a group deal in Nov 2000.

 

Should not affect your warranty at all. It is bolt on, doesnt replace anything original, etc.

You have to look at this as an opportunity. Someone had quoted like $68 to get it installed in a previous post.
For $68, You can get you a nice pair of jackstands a good Husky (home depot) ratchet set... all you need (plus about 30 or 40 minutes time... less time than it will take to drive somewhere and sit while they do it and drive back). Installing it saves you time, money, and leaves you with a brandy-new set of tools. Just do it! Buy a case or two of beer and have a Maxima mini-meet at your house and get your buds to help.

 

Whoever is the first person to get theirs and install it, post and tell us if it went in smoothly. If there's no problems, then I'll order one because I absolutely hate having to send things back that don't fit or are missing pieces!

 

Call me crazy but i think there are at least a couple hundred people here on the .Org who have already installed their RSB's.

During the last group deal alone there were in excess of 70 people who bought the bar.

 

I know, why would anyone ask that !

 

Alright.

 

Got mine mid-week and installed it last night, all by myself. Ended up taking me a little over two hours. It took that long due to: 1) working in a one-car garage complete with all sorts of junk that had to be moved out of the way; 2) Didn't use a car jack (until I really needed it); 3) Killed a lot of mosquitos.

My observations; Instructions found here on the forum far exceed what comes with the bar, you'll need a 14mm deep socket to tighten the bolts, and I did find that I needed to jack up the car and remove the rear wheels (as suggested elsewhere in the forum) in order to work on the bushings that attach to the trailer arms (I did this one wheel at a time). The square bolts that go around the trailer arms are a very tight fit; so with the wheels off it was easy to adjust the bolt/bushing assemblies. I used a hammer to tap them around until I had them 1" from the end of the bar.

After driving it, the differences were obvious - even driving in a straight line the rear of the car was more rigid. It didn't "float" at all. I took a few bumps and had no problems with the brackets scraping; but I can see how it could happen. The right bushing bracket on the axle can come into contact with the cross member brace (?) that's attached to the axle. But, until that happens, I'm not moving those axle bushings.

Now, I'm thinking where I can go to straighten out a few hundred curves...

Buzz

 

I received mine on Friday. They said this thing won't rust right? Well, mine came to me with some streaks of rust on it. Weird, well anyway, I painted it Rustoleum Sunrise Red, to match my calipers. I going to attempt to install it tomorrow. Hope it goes okay. So, 1" from the end of the axle is good enough? What kind of grease should I used in the bushings? The same stuff I use to lube the suspension?

What is the link for a 5th gen install?

Thanks

 

Man i hope it doesn't end before i can get my money together...

 

I got my bar friday. I've istalled it initially with brackets about 1" from the bends and it seemed fine yeterday but today I took my folks out to lunch and with people in the back right bracket was scraping(more like banging) on the big bumps. So i've moved them inward to about 4.5 inches from the bend - see if it helps.

Bar took about 30 minutes to install. I've jacked up both sides of the car and PUT IT ON JACKSTANDS. I used two 1ft sections of 3/4 inch copper pipe to bend the ] brackets to fit over the beam - they are pretty bendable with this much leverage. Using two pipes was way easier than trying to hammer it into shape.

 

could you feel a difference in the rear suspension right away?

 

Yes, It's not as drastic as people will make you beleive but its definately shows itself in the twisties.

 

Please tell me the deal's still on...is it?

 

Ive had absoloutely no problems with it.

 

Eh ? Neither have I (except the bracket positioning but I pretty much knew that this was going to happen).

I was just pointing out that from reading these threads you get high expectations but in the end - yeah it handles better, but Miata it is not.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by 00MaxSE
[B]I received mine on Friday. They said this thing won't rust right? Well, mine came to me with some streaks of rust on it. Weird, well anyway, I painted it Rustoleum Sunrise Red, to match my calipers. I going to attempt to install it tomorrow. Hope it goes okay. So, 1" from the end of the axle is good enough? What kind of grease should I used in the bushings? The same stuff I use to lube the suspension?

What is the link for a 5th gen install?

Thanks

What is the grease for

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by JJL
[B]Link: http://www.win.net/audtatious/audio/tech/addcorsb.html

Grease didn't have to use any grease or hammer for that matter

 

same here thanks

 

You should grease the bushings so they do not squeak and allow free movement. I think a silicon/graphite mix is best.

 

I just finished installing it an hour ago at my buddy's house. I painted my bar Rustoleum Sunrise Red a couple days before. (same paint I used for my calipers, it's great!) I used some grease that he had in the garage, for the bushings. It was lithium grease or something like that. My bushings are about 1" from the bend in the bar like they say to do in the instructions. On my trailing arms, the bushings are about 1" from the end of the bar. I didn't want to make the nuts too tight there because of the line (for the ABS?) running through the top on the side of the trailing arm. I didn't want to mess that up. Did anyone actually torque the nuts down to the 25 ft-lbs that they specified? There's not much room for a torque wrench in there. Also, what is all this scraping that people are having problems with? Is it only when you have people sitting in the back seat? Somebody else mentioned speed bumps. Somebody please clear this up. Do we have to move the bushings in more than 1"?

Thanks guys.

 

Put mine in Friday night and road tested it only about 20 minutes. The next day I took some RR tracks (that were uneven relative to the road grade) around 40 mph and got the right bracket on the axle to "do the bit." Bent it up slightly and looks as if it will have to come in towards the center about 2" to keep it from happening again. Looks like it's brushing up against the cross-member bar (I think that's what it's called, or a stabilizer bar of some sort, but if not please somebody correct me) where it mounts to the body. Is this bar on all Max's or just the SE's as part of the "sport-tuned" suspension package.

Buzz

 

Can someone take a picture and point out where it supposedly scrapes? And also the correct spacing for everything to prevent scraping?

J.

 

Well, we had a mini-Maxima meet in the parking lot next to my apartments. I installed it with the help of a couple of .org members. Here are my thoughts: why the hell do the side brackets not fit. Doesn't anyone have quality control anymore? So, Matthew and I had to hammer the right side bracket out to fit around the control arm. We FINALLY got it to fit after we took off my wheels. Believe me, take them off. We put Matthews on today and it took us no time at all(about 1 hr total). We both put the U brackets about 4 inches from the curve of the bar and tightened all of the bolts down to the 28lb specification with a torque wrench. Guys, use a torque wrench as it makes an enormous difference and may prevent the "knocking" sound others have heard. The handling is much better, but not something I would say is as dramatic as other posts I have read on the .org. I have a slight clicking sound that I have to figure out coming from the right rear side...almost like baseball cards in the spokes kind of sound. Nothing major, but a concern. Oh, and another thing, I attempted to jack the car in the rear under the center of the axle - DON'T do this. Use the reinforced supports on the frame of the car. That's it...if you have any questions, I can answer the them now. Thanks to everyone who showed up Saturday night at The Phoenix and thanks to the .org member how posted the "How To's". Addco's instructions sucked

 

Audtatious instructions (posted earlier in this thread) had a photo of where the bar will hit and thus cause the banging sound under heavy load.

As far as the side brackets/bolts go, you should have gotten a separate bubble-wrapped bag with the correct bolts for the 5th gen Maxima. I found this out the hard way when i installed the bar the other day. As i had no other tools to modify the provided bolts i just took it all off and will contact Addco directly to get the proper bolts.

 

Follow the link that the soundmike gave earlier. It has both pictures and solution. I think generally agreed spacing is 4 -5 inches from the bends on the beam part and about 3/4 inch on the trailing arms part for neutral handling

 

I didn't get any special parts wiht my bar... just had to spread the "[ " and "]" bracket a bit with two pieces of pipe... bolt is pretty soft...

 

yep. that's a good solution, i was trying to do that but poor li'l me have no tools available to do so.

i was also under constant watch from the apartment manager (it's against the rules to work on any vehicle while parked in the complex)

 

That sucks... I usually went to some random office park (like doctor's office) with bunch of small companies... nobody there after like 7. But now I got driveway and garage

 

Yeah, when I put mine on Saturday we had a few visits from the local police. They demanded me to stop working on my car and move it out of the parking lot...I guess he didn't see the car sitting on thejack stands and wheels removed - IDIOT!! Also, unfortunately, a few guys there got tickets for having open beers and a couple guys had to bolt due to warrants...geez, what a fun meet!

 

Some people just have no respect for us enthusiasts

Hmm.. that would be a nice opportunity to build a public "Shack" where anyone could just drive up and do with their cars as they wish.

 

Texasguy called it, use the torque wrench. We installed mine with the axle brackets 4" in from the bends and the trailing arm brackets just a tad over 1" in from the ends of the bar, with 28 ft./lbs. torque all around. It is as silent as anything for me, no scrapes, bangs, bumps, etc. The popos were a pain but they did actually let us finish working. I have been very pleased with the RSB and how it complements my H&R's for a very solid controlled feel and great flat cornering. I think it is definitely worth the $115 I spent, and even the day out in the Texas heat to install it. Peace...

Now I just need the FSTB and some KYB's when they come out next year (if I can wait that long) and I will be handling maxed-out!

---The mod bug is biting me again!

 

Remember that big damn screw in my right rear tire. Well, I must have JUST picked it up as I drove into the lot cause that was what was making the clicking noise as I drove. I went to NTB this morning had it pulled and plugged and rotated my tires.

Good as new....now for those bastards that egged my car last night in the parking garage....

 

Dude, are you serious? Somebody egged your car last night? How freakin' juvenile is that??? Well, I am glad you got that screw plugged up and fixed, but that sux about the eggs. Is it going to do permanent damage to your paint? Or were you able to clean it in time?