16 Foot Garage Door Strut, Garage Door Strut 16 Foot, Heavy Duty Garage Door Reinforcement Bracket Kit, Garage Door Hurricane Brace Kit

I don’t normally write reviews but I was so impressed with this product that I felt I needed to put one out there. My guess is this strut probably saved me about $600-$1000 in professional repairs. Easy install. Having an extra person to hold the pieces up while you screw them in is helpful. My absolute favorite part about this product in particular is the self-tapping/self-drilling screws. I removed the bottom screws that were on the hinges to put the strut in so I needed to drill pilot holes. After I put the original screws in, I used the self tapping screws with my impact drill and they went right in without pilot holes. I was thoroughly impressed that the screws got through without me drilling pilot holes. The screws that they send with the strut are more than enough so now I have extra of these magical screws. The strut is on nice and tight and my garage no longer sags and looks like it was professionally repaired.

Easy to install and lihht weight. I used these to reinforce my Florida home garage doors and they go on quick. Lots of screws included too.

Easy install, eliminated the sagging/popping issue

My garage door is 18 years and started to bow in the middle due to a loose rail bolt on one side causing the middle of the 16ft garage to bow and crease. I repaired the rail bolt but neglected the early middle bowing causing a glitch and studder when opening and closing on one of the quarter panels when going through the rail bends. Eventually, the quarter panels started to bow in the middle and prevented the door from closing because it would not fold at each bend going through the rail bends. Thus, I ordered 2 of these 16ft braces, screwed them on at the most bowing areas, and it worked flawless. I thought I would need another brace but ended up not needing it because I was able to re-bend the top most original brace. Each brace may contribute about 10lbs, so I did 2 quarter turns on the garage springs to compensate for the extra weight. I could almost get away without turning the springs but I did not want to wear out my garage motor in the long run. Tip: While garage is down, I screwed the middle 2ft bracket with one screw (long screw) to the middle of the garage door vertical brace to allow tilting for proper leveling, then attached the left 4ft piece onto the 2ft brace (short screws, see photo) making sure I slid the 4ft piece to align up and down, side to side, to the left side of the left most vertical brace before screwing the 4ft onto the 2ft brace. Then, I bolted the left bolted brace with 4ft and 2ft piece with one bolt on the far left garage vertical brace, then one bolt on the left middle vertical brace. Then I would do the same for the right side 4ft to 2ft and align the same way as the left side instructions. Then go back and bolt all the other bolts on each vertical brace. All this is easily done by myself as easily as can be, very light duty work. No pre drilling needed. Saved me money and they seemed more heavy duty compared to the original brace.

Arrived in good condition. Product was sturdy and worked as expected. Simple install and would purchase again if needed.

The attaching hardware was missing. Too much trouble to pack back up and return. Even thought the manufacturer states in the item description that if you have a problem to call them, they don'r leave any contact information.

Very sturdy! Time will tell how long it will keep the door intact but surely saved me over $1000. Didn't come with any instructions but I was able to find something similar being installed on YouTube.

My garage door started to sag in the middle causing it to start folding the wrong way when opening and closing, causing pressure and then forcefully folding the correct way. This was happening to two panels, panels two and three (panels one and four already had struts). It was loud and started to develop a crack on the outside of the door. After some research I found that additional support struts would fix this. I couldn't find any locally, so I turned to Amazon and found these struts and ordered two.I received one box damaged and with the bag of hardware missing, but that's not on the seller. The hardware bag from the other strut box had plenty of extra self-tapping screws, so I didn't need to contact the seller for more, plus I removed the top screws from my hinges and reinstalled them to secure the bottom of the struts to the top of the hinges. The struts have a heavy duty feel to them and felt very solid after installation. Installation wasn't too difficult. I'm not a professional installer or anything. I am just an IT guy that is handy. I installed them by myself, but I recommend having someone else there to assist to make the installation easier.A few tips for others:1. Be somewhat mechanically inclined. If not, know some one that is. You'll need to understand where you will need to install the struts for them to be effective and also be handy with tools. The struts come with pre-drilled holes, but you will likely be creating a handful of new ones to accommodate your door.2. Have some decent tools. My cordless impact wrench made it easy to use the self-tapping screws to create new holes in the struts and securely attach them to the door.3. Your door will be a little heavier now. You may need to adjust the opening/closing speeds on your garage door opener for quicker operation.4. I found it easier to install the short reinforcement bracket to the center of the door first and then install each of the 8 ft struts.My door now opens perfectly. I recommend getting these struts. If I run into any issues down the road I will update this review, but I have a feeling that I won't need to.