a little help with rmm install please. lol

[Bob-o]

Originally Posted by SmoothVanilla thanks for that pic of the car fucking floating lol. THAT didnt make you nervous the first time you ever did it?

It's on 2x4's cause its too low to get a jack under. As long as you don't do anything crazy, you'll be fine.

[SmoothVanilla]

did the install tonight. seemed to go on without any problems. The car feels better now, more like it should have from factory. Thanks for all the help and input

[JustanotherMS3]

@SmoothVanilla and @Bob-o are you guys winter driving your MS3's ?

[SmoothVanilla]

I am.

[Bob-o]

You bet!

[JustanotherMS3]

Originally Posted by SmoothVanilla I am.

how's that going for ya? what tire/rim combo are you running?

[Bob-o]

Struts = blown lol

[SmoothVanilla]

car is great for me. I have nokyian winter tires on my factory snowflakes off my mazda 3. I got them on kijiji for cheap but they seem like an awesome tire. I havnt had a single problem

[JustanotherMS3]

Originally Posted by SmoothVanilla car is great for me. I have nokyian winter tires on my factory snowflakes off my mazda 3. I got them on kijiji for cheap but they seem like an awesome tire. I havnt had a single problem

ahhhh right on, probably gonna pull my MS3 out of the garage and winter drive it aswell, my gf bought an mazda 3 as well and she has the 16's with all seasons, just going to run thoes.


@Bob-o lol for blown struts, for the better part of 4 months ive been looking for coilovers and was preparing to buy them in FEB, but the roads here are just terrible, soooo, stock suspension it is haha

[Bob-o]

Well im on eibach pro kits. I have some bilsteins, i just need to find time to install em

[JmkC]

who has a black genpu i saw yesterday?

[SmoothVanilla]

ummmm. me maybe lol

[SmoothVanilla]

I wanted to add something. My stock bolts came off fairly easily, Just used a breaker bar but they ddnt put up much of a fight. When I put them back in I put a bit more muscle into it then I had to do to get them off. I am not the hulk or anything lol, Just wondering if It is possible to over tighten the bolts to the point of damaging anything? thanks

[bigriver]

Originally Posted by SmoothVanilla I wanted to add something. My stock bolts came off fairly easily, Just used a breaker bar but they ddnt put up much of a fight. When I put them back in I put a bit more muscle into it then I had to do to get them off. I am not the hulk or anything lol, Just wondering if It is possible to over tighten the bolts to the point of damaging anything? thanks

Use a torque wrench. Be careful when reinstalling the bolts because they are easy to cross thread when the brackets are not lined up perfectly. Especially on the tranny.

[Nliiitend1]

I've done it before with a torque wrench, and without a torque wrench. I think the recommended torque is somewhere around 70-80 ft-lb...

As long as you get it reasonably tight with a santandard-sized 1/2" ratcheting wrench, you'll be fine...and of course, start the bolts by turning them counter-clockwise until they "click" and seat into the thread before turning clockwise to prevent cross-threading.

[SmoothVanilla]

ya thanks guys. the rmm is installed already. The bolts went in fine and I was careful when threading them. I don't have a tq wrench I ddnt want to buy one so I just used my 1/2 breaker bar and put some stink on it when tightening them down. I was more worried about over cranking them lol. I will pbbly jack up the car after a week and make sure they are still snug. thanks again for all the input

[bigriver]

If it gets loose, use some loctite. It got a little loose on mine so thats what i did.

[Nliiitend1]

Originally Posted by SmoothVanilla ya thanks guys. the rmm is installed already. The bolts went in fine and I was careful when threading them. I don't have a tq wrench I ddnt want to buy one so I just used my 1/2 breaker bar and put some stink on it when tightening them down. I was more worried about over cranking them lol. I will pbbly jack up the car after a week and make sure they are still snug. thanks again for all the input

"Putting some stink on" with a 1/2" breaker bar might actually be overkill. You should be able to get them more than tight enough with a regular ratcheting wrench...

[SmoothVanilla]

lol I did use blue loctite when I did the install. Should I be worried about potentially OVER tightening the bolts then? Cld any harm come from me making them as tight as I possibly did? thanks

[Nliiitend1]

You're probably fine, but remember that you're threading into aluminum with the bolts on the forward bracket, so it's good to use a little caution. Aside from making it hard to get them back off, you probably haven't done anything negative.

[PureDrive]

A torque wrench should be something that everyone working on their own vehicle purchases first before spending money on mods.

And use a little Blue loctite when working on bolts that see vibration and such. Make sure you don't use Red unless you are pretty sure that you will not be taking things off again in the future. I ran out of blue while doing my first RMM, so I used just a little red, and the bolts/threads did not enjoy the process of pulling things off again.

Hopefully, UPS will be delivering my Stage 2 CP-E RMM today so I can install it tonight. The old Corksport inserts on the car now are just not for me. Anyone interested in the inserts, I would highly recommend you just save up and get a full RMM replacement. The inserts feel better than stock for like a day and then you are right back to a stock feeling experience and are out some $$$.

[SmoothVanilla]

ok thanks guys. I just worry like a bitch sometimes lol. I contemplated buying a tq wrench I really did. but I really wasnt sure how much room I had under the car and they all looked a tad too long to be used under there.

[JmkC]

thats because you are a bitch

[snOhio]

wtf do you mean too long? you get the bolt semi-tight with a regular wrench and then use the torque wrench to get to the exact torque spec. only need a couple degrees to be able to do it.

stop being a fucking pussy before you break your car.

[bigriver]

Or raise the car a few inches higher.

[SmoothVanilla]

shut up Yason. lol. snOhio your such a bad ass.The internet is serious shit.....
Thanks again to everyone with REAL help.

[Dash08]

Originally Posted by Nliiitend1 "Putting some stink on" with a 1/2" breaker bar might actually be overkill. You should be able to get them more than tight enough with a regular ratcheting wrench...

This.

You didn't need to herk it. Especially if you used loc-tite. 70 ft-lbs doesn't require much effort.

[topset]

Originally Posted by SmoothVanilla I contemplated buying a tq wrench I really did.

$9.99 torque wrench from harbor freight when they have the coupon out.

[SmoothVanilla]

Ya I think its fair to say the bolts will be good and snug then lol. ^^^ thats cheap lol