Help! Front Lower control arm rear bolts

[Quiny]

It says in the manual to use the stock hardware to mount the front lower control arms and I thought I saved everything but now I am at a loss. The rear mount (the one I have seen mounted every which way, and still am unsure of the correct orientation) used to be mounted with 2- M14 bolts that threaded into the frame (I think). I do not remember any nuts unless I missed them. The manual shows what looks like new hardware but it doesn't mention any. Am I supposed to use new hardware? if so what?

I did just get my kit way ahead of schedule and I haven't been able to spend any time on it. I will update my build thread this weekend.

[michael everson]

On my frame, the top one is on the bottom and the bottom one is one the top. They will pretty much only fit one way and be flat with the mounting surface. I have brand new hardware here if you need it.
Mike

[Xusia]

You should have the nuts from the donor, but if not, FFR does supply some. Check your hardware pack.

[RM1SepEx]

check my build thread for rear LCA install orientation info. They still haven't fixed the manual. You may need to buy 14 mm nuts, the other front LCA bolts are from the donor...

[Goldwing]

I was just reading this today. How I read it was the rear mount uses supplied bolts (still not sure of bracket orientation, lol) and the forward mount uses the donor bolt of 12mm with a 14mm shoulder. I lost one of those. :(

[Quiny]

I was just reading this today. How I read it was the rear mount uses supplied bolts (still not sure of bracket orientation, lol) and the forward mount uses the donor bolt of 12mm with a 14mm shoulder. I lost one of those. :(

I wonder what supplied bolt it uses? there doesn't seem to be a good match. I think I will just get some M14x1.5 flange nuts. I needed a couple anyway for the big long rear lateral control arm bolts. I'm sure Fastenal or McMaster will have them.

[Quiny]

On my frame, the top one is on the bottom and the bottom one is one the top. They will pretty much only fit one way and be flat with the mounting surface. I have brand new hardware here if you need it.
Mike

Thanks Mike, Will you be around this weekend?

[longislandwrx]

Even Ace has graded m14 flange nuts, if you need them right away.

[michael everson]

Yes. I should be around
Mike

[Goldwing]

Well, looking more closely, I don't find any good matches either, tackled the left yesterday. Maybe I'm being overly cautious, but I wanted at least one side of the rear bracket to be pretty snug. I used a graded 5/8" bolt (m16 is very close too, but very slightly larger) on the upper bracket, then because the holes didn't line up well, used a strut bolt on the other, lower side. Regarding which way to orient the LCA bracket, the pics seemed to point to the flat side being up, but I had to torque the arm a bit to get it to line up. When I flipped it (bulge sude up), the holes lined right up. Thought the holes were symmetrical, guess not. I'll see if the right LCA matches that approach, but I have to drill the shock bracket holes before I'm ready.

[RM1SepEx]

It says in the manual to use the stock hardware to mount the front lower control arms and I thought I saved everything but now I am at a loss. The rear mount (the one I have seen mounted every which way, and still am unsure of the correct orientation) used to be mounted with 2- M14 bolts that threaded into the frame (I think). I do not remember any nuts unless I missed them. The manual shows what looks like new hardware but it doesn't mention any. Am I supposed to use new hardware? if so what?

I did just get my kit way ahead of schedule and I haven't been able to spend any time on it. I will update my build thread this weekend.

Just got all their updates yesterday... you need rev 1D, correct orientation shown on page 3, ignore the incorrect mounting on page 6 of the same rev

[dougkirkbride]

Just got Rev 1H ....wow there has been lots of confusion with these. this rev is pretty straight forward. it states the front of the LCA is installed re-using the oem hardware. the rear mount uses the factory mount oem bolts with 2 of the strut bolt locknuts. i assume they are referring to the rear strut mount hardware as one of the bolts is robbed for to replace the cam bolt in the front spindle.