SUBFRAME Brace: Installing
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-- Install the subframe brace -1-.
-- Install the bolts -2- hand-tight only.
-- Tighten the bolt -3- to the tightening specification only.
-- Lower the vehicle onto its wheels.
NOTE:
Tighten the bolts on the subframe brace only when the vehicle is resting on its wheels.
-- Tighten the bolts -2- to the tightening specification and with an additional turn.
-- Tighten the bolt -3- with an additional turn.
-- Install the right and left underbody panels. Refer to UNDERBODY PANELS OVERVIEW .