kapdori

I need help. I bought trd stb from lexus parts and it won't fit. My car is 03 gs430 and I bought from lexus-parts on one of their ebay listings. Brand new, and it says that it should fit 430's with engine cover off but problem is on the strut bolts not the top. I took the cover off and tried to fit the holes and its just won't fit. Looks like the holes are not matched correctly. Any info would help.
thanks
stephen

NT2SHBBY

i have the TRD STB with same problem


the thing is this-in order to make it fit the car, you must jack up the whole front end-lay the bar on top, lower the car a bit, the STB should drop down onto the strut mounts-tap it with a rubber hammer and then raise it up, tap it more

keep goin up and down with the jack until it's fully seated down, and then replace strut nuts


btw, the TRD STB doesn't fit the 430 tho

DaveGS4

iTrader: (2)

I believe it DOES fit on a GS430 just fine, it just doesn't clear the factory plastic engine cover.

Edit - yep, here's a member who cut their engine cover where it hit to get it on.


Installing sometimes depends on the angle / weight distribution of the car. Some have had to jack up one side a bit to get it to go on.

Jacking car up
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...light=jack+stb
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...light=jack+stb
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...light=jack+stb

GS430
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...threadid=29339
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...cut+engine+stb
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...hreadid=38494&

kapdori

Thank you.
Well, I guess I have to jack it up to get it going.

engin_ear

iTrader: (1)

I filed mine (with a round rat-tail file) just a little bit around a few of the holes to get it on, wasn't a big deal. Once I filed, I put a bit of rust protectant on the edges that were filed. Cant see any of it anyway cause it's under the nuts.
When you first look at the fitting of the bar, it seems like it is way off and the only thing you can do is cause the strut towers to move by jacking up the car, but I found that just a little bit of filing, say 1/16" to 1/8" on a few of the holes in strategic places allows me to install and remove the bar with no problems. Now this may or may not work for your situation. I didn't like the option of not being able to get the bar, and thus the engine cover, off if I got stuck on the highway and needed access to the engine.

rominl

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yeah jacking up the car shoudl be what you need to do

PHML

iTrader: (33)

This pic brings tears to my eyes. I would have taken the entire cover off....instead of cutting it.

Neo

iTrader: (3)

OTOH, I actually think this looks nice. It is a good compromise between cover on vs no bar.

RMMGS4

iTrader: (5)

You could also attach the back half and just have the cut out in the center for the STB.

Not sure how it will look, but you can always just remove it.