# Top plate stud on coilovers **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [July 5, 2006, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-plate-stud-on-coilovers/97653 "2006-07-05T09:28:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![logik23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/logik23/32/5548_2.png) [@logik23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/logik23)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-plate-stud-on-coilovers/97653/1 "2006-07-05T09:28:50Z")
I broke mine when installing my coilovers, there’s still a tiny bit left so I could screw the nut on half a turn, but if I ever get a tower brace it won’t be enough so I wanna change it, but I don’t know where to get a stud like that? Would a stud from a stock top plate work? They are Kei Office coilovers. Thx. ---
**Author:** ![Mista\_Sparkoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Mista\_Sparkoh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mista_Sparkoh)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-plate-stud-on-coilovers/97653/2 "2006-07-05T19:35:37Z")
see if you can weld a new stud on. Honestly though, front strut bars don’t really do much in terms of improving suspension performance but if you were to get one, there’s a variety of them that bolts up to all 3 studs, so 1 broken stud won’t really affect it ---
**Author:** ![Theo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Theo23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Theo23)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-plate-stud-on-coilovers/97653/3 "2006-07-05T20:12:09Z")
> [@Mista\_Sparkoh](#): > > see if you can weld a new stud on. Honestly though, front strut bars don’t really do much in terms of improving suspension performance but if you were to get one, there’s a variety of them that bolts up to all 3 studs, so 1 broken stud won’t really affect it Are you joking? 1. top plates are usually aluminum, so there will be no welding of a steel stud going on there. 2. A strut bar will make a difference if you set it up properly. 3. if there are 3 studs bolting the shock to your car, you need to use all 3… using only 2 would not be very smart… may not be the worst thing in the world, but I would never do it. If you don’t have a full nut of thread contact, it is not going to be safe, strut bar or not. Remove the broken stud, take it to a nut and bolt shop, or someone who carries that stuff (UAP etc) and can identify it, and pick up a new one. You might aswell get a couple just incase you break another one… ---
**Author:** ![logik23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/logik23/32/5548_2.png) [@logik23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/logik23)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-plate-stud-on-coilovers/97653/4 "2006-07-05T22:52:26Z")
Alright, cool, getting a strut bar isn’t anywhere in my near future, but in case I get one and for general looks and safety, I wanna replace the stud, I’ll go to UAP or something along those lines and find one, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![alesserfate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@alesserfate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/alesserfate)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-plate-stud-on-coilovers/97653/5 "2006-07-10T19:20:25Z")
go and get it fixed now, dont leave things half ass, theyr brand new coil overs to you, twist that stud out and go to a metal supplier and order one ---
**Author:** ![Hurricane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hurricane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hurricane)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-plate-stud-on-coilovers/97653/6 "2006-07-11T05:21:23Z")
I don’t know what coils you are running (You didn’t say or I can’t read) but all the ones that I have seen are pressed in. So just hammer the old one out with a punch or just a hammer depending how much if left of it. Then hammer a new one in from your OLD top mounts on the OE suspension. It should be the same bolt. ---
**Author:** ![logik23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/logik23/32/5548_2.png) [@logik23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/logik23)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-plate-stud-on-coilovers/97653/7 "2006-07-11T13:40:22Z")
I have Kei Office coils, sorry, I should of said that, and I can use the bearing press we have at work, would the stock stud fit?