Which one of you guys was it that did the trunk struts and got rid of the torsion bar's? Anyone have a link to the original thread??? It was pretty recent.

 

think it was Steve who did the mod.

 

Yup that was me. Don't have a link though. Anything I can help you with? Post or PM me ad I'll respond after school.

Man the lack of search function on this forum aint cool.

 

what size struts did you use? what brand? and what style...what kind of ends did you have? thanks! i tried to ask this in the last thread but no luck

 

that reminds me, the torsion bars are coming off today too

 

Well not "struts" gas shocks I think is what they were called. Go to your local decent auto parts store. Each one will prob have different brand names, but the ones I used were "Strong Arm" model number 4449. If I remember right, they were about 17,18, or 19 inches.

Main thing is to make sure the size is about right (if it's a little off, that would just affect where you mount them a lil) and that the ends are flat plain ends...not some of the shocks that have round or funkily mounted ends. BOUT SIDES should have a "normal" flat mounting hold that makes it easy to get it in there tight with nuts and bolts. Below is the best pic I have of the strut casing and the flat ends before mounting...




And of course the mounting




Major thing I learned that you should not have to learn for yourself....If you choose to attach the gas shocks with the torsion bars still on, the force of the combination of the two will likely leave your trunk not able to shut flush. This worried me for a few days and caused me to run back and try new sizes over and over again. Turns out, when I cut off the torsion bars, so much of the pressure was gone that it then shut flush. I'd open your trunk all the way, measure the approxomite area of shock that you'll need when fully open using the approxomate areas I mounted, get a shock of that size amking sure ends are flat, mount em, then cut off the torsion bars and you're golden. Took me days before, I could prolly do it in an hour now that I've done it.

Good luck!

 

getting rid of torsion bars for a bigger speaker box...BRILLIANT! hehe, them bad boys are coming out tomorrow when i construct my new box

 

Or for an Infinate Baffled rear deck

 

i could see how torsion bars would be a problem for you

 

Btw, what are those subs mounted to?

 

Could you have mounted the shocks higher up if the length was the same on the rear deck side? If not how about if the strut was shorter?

 

Here's you're original thread

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=424338

 

FOrgot to ask what did you use to cut the torsion bars?

 

light saber...the blue one not the green one.

 

Subs are mounted to two 3/4" pieces of Marine Grade Plywood (Birch or many treated plywoods would do here over MDF. MDF is heavier, more likely to show the effects of moisture, and would flex more. Thes two pieces of wood together don't move/flex at all w/ subs going full tilt. It's actually such an easy install acutally. You don't need the straight cuts/table saw that you would need to build your own box. Waaay easier than building a box! The piece of wood you don't see was cut to sink up into the opening. Then of course the whole thing was bolted up to the different layers of the rear deck. Bolts countersunk of course. As yuo can see, there's a lil car modification necessary (cutting off the bars/sealing trunk from cabin) but the pople that avoid IB cause they think it's difficult...well I disagree. Just a lil work.

And I do think I could have mounted them further up if I had used shorter shocks.

The day I took off the torsion bars, I didn't have access to my buddy who has a compressor with the metal cut off wheel. That would git er done in minutes. So instead I used my angle grinder. took a few extra minutes, but not much. I need air!

 

Alright, cool thanks for all the info.

 

Glad someone finally posted some pics on how to do this!

 

I think there is a much easier way to do it on a 4th gen though. I'll post pics when I finish it.