Hey guys, I'm in the middle of adding lowering springs and spacers and I cant seem to find the torque specs for the lower strut bolt. If anybody could help me out it would be great. Thanks.

 

The V6S manual says 175 Nm for the bottom bolt of the front shock. I don't expect it'd differ for AWD but the shocks themselves are different so perhaps the mount is too.

The rear shows 133 Nm for the bottom bolt.

 

Thanks Lizzardo, I am going to tighten to that spec and have my alignment guy double check for me.

 

That seems like a high torque, but that's what the service manual I downloaded calls for. If it's a 12mm bolt that's a more reasonable number than if it's a 10mm bolt.

I downloaded the manual from a link I found here, so it's probably worth your while to search for it. I think it was from OzXFR, and I don't think it has anything about AWD.

 

I have never undone or tightened those bolts myself as I had a suspension shop fit my VAP springs but I did look at them before I decided not to have a go myself and from memory they are bigger than 12 mm (and def bigger than 10 mm), my guess is 14 mm maybe even 16 mm.

 

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DC

 

That upper diagram is definitely AWD where mine was not. That shows an initial torque and a final torque to stretch. I'm assuming that means 60Nm and then 90 degrees. The RWD repair manual is definitely different for the front than this. The rear is the same as what I have.

 

Yes...Correct. Per the OP signature, has a 2016 R, so would be AWD.

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