as above the intercooler seems to sit bout an inch lower than bottom cross member and the 2 bars that came with will sit at an awful angle is this right? anyone?? any experience i have seen threads bout fitting but nothing covers any of my questions?

 

Any pics?

 

im gonna take pictures in morning and post them see what you think ok

 

Sounds like the IC is sat too low mate. You haven't got the L shaped brackets at the top of the IC upside down have you?

My mate has just fitted a Hybrid, and his bars at the bottom were horizontal, and not on an angle at all.

 

i fitted my hybrid terribly! cut the crossmember out as it seemed impossible to fit, then tryed using the 2 bars and attatching them to the car- it sat at a right funny angle. i hacked and hammered my car and basically now its that tight, its only supported by one bar, and the other one is bent on the garage floor lol!

 

You do need to cut the large box sectional cross member for the Hybrids. Thats what it's suppose to sit, otherwise it will be too far forward

 

well its bolted to the bumper support bar? so cant really go up or down can it it just sits where it is?

 

It could if you've got the L brackets upside down. It would sit too low.

 

See on the left and right hand side of the IC, towards the top, there are two L brackets. If these are upside down, the IC would sit lower....

 

i dont have any l brackets? its fitted to a 2001 classic with 2 bolt holes on top of intercooler and 2 on bottom for the 2 bars? so i bolted it straight on to support bar?

 

Oh right, sorry mate. I'm out of ideas then!

 

lol thanks anyway maybe someone with classic will know??

 

how do i stick pic up of it on my pc i just took to let you all see? its asking for a rul thought i could just upload?

 

you need to join Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket

Upload them to there, then you can link it on here.

 

Hey there mate, I have a hybrid on my classic

Not sure if you are s'posed to do this but I used my bench vice and a rubber mallet to put 2 bends in the bottom bars to create a sort of flat z shape

If that does not make sense then I will take some pics when I get home after work

 

right see if this works then

 

na that no work lol
intercooler low picture by wrxfifer - Photobucket

 

i give up im no good at this lol

 

There seems to be something up with photobucket just now, none of my hosted pics are showing anywhere, guess they are doing maintenance or something

 

Hey mate
Just remembered about this thread, did you get it sorted?

This is what I did to my bottom support bars (gonna replace the bolts after seeing this LOL)

 

na there not on yet dave gonna try and get the bent in a vice or something intercooler hangs down an inch past the secure bar of car?? nightmare

 

Darren is fitting these all the time so he will know both the problem and solution.
It sounds very much like a fitting issue but if you give him a ring on Tuesday morning I am sure he will talk through the problem with you and point a way to the solution.
While I have come across some people with problems getting the GDB pipework high enough this has never been an issue I can remember on the Classic installations. 01325 480678 after 9am by which time the morning rush should be under control.

 

I needed to bend my lower brackets too. Hybrid GT spec kit, V5 classic.

 

yeah shouldint be a problem just gonna get them bent a bit to compensate when i get a min lol or find somebody to bend them lol

 

hi mate i fit a lot of hybrid fmic .does the rest of the pipe work go where it should go if so you just need slight bends in the brackets .it doesnt look paticulary low

 

the pipe wroks not a great fit but its all tight and seems to be working ok its just the bars as above ill get them bent