#43089 - 02/28/04 05:39 PM
Strut tower brace, better sway bars?
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Hey everyone. I'm slightly interested in decreasing body roll on my GT. Since I like the look and fit of OE, I was wondering if there's any other W body GM vehicles that use a front strut tower brace that would slip right into the GP. If not, who makes a good priced quality brace, and possibly front or rear sway bars? I don't want to alter the vehicle too much, or mess up its ride, but just touch up the handling a little. Thanks in advance.
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#43090 - 02/28/04 07:37 PM
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go here you can buy the parts individually as well http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/results.cfm?singlepart=1&partnumber=pk12456148 A STB on the front is pretty useless on our cars becuase the strut towers are attached to the firewall and require four holes to be drilled in the top of the strut tower. The rear end you can bolt the STB right onto the strut bolts no drillin req. Your best bet is to replace the rear sway bar and trailing arms. good luck
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#43091 - 02/28/04 09:54 PM
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Traded in. 2003 GTP. Every option but HUD. New Mods: Wizaired CAI, SLP Headers, Cat, U-bend and Downpipe, 3.2 Modular Pulley, Phase 3 rollers w/OR Pushrods, Larger Belt Tensioner Pulley, Gatorback, AL103's, 180 Degree Stat, DHP
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#43092 - 02/28/04 10:33 PM
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Thanks guys! I'll be making a purchase hopefully soon, thanks to your input.
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#43093 - 02/29/04 05:19 AM
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Don't Buicks use a front stb?
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#43094 - 02/29/04 11:31 AM
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Adam, You can buy a buick strut bar and get adaptor plates to bolt it to the strut towers on the front from ZZP. Bar is about $8 and the plates are $35 I think.
What would be better for you is GMPP makes a handling upgrade kit GM PART # pk12456148 GM LIST: $201.89 GMPARTSDIRECT.COM PRICE: $119.80 + shipping
it consists of: P/N 12498642 Heavy Duty Rear Sway Bar, P/N 12498643 Heavy Duty Front Sway Bar, P/N 12498649 Rear Tubular Trailing Arm Kit which contains two trailing arms P/N 10409660(ARMS NOT PICTURED), and P/N 12456148 Strut Tower Brace.
The kit also has the hight durometer end links and bushings for the sway bars.
For the rear, you Can you another buick bar with the holes drilled out but I think Id go with a STB rear bar or something that bolts to more than one tower bolt.
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#43095 - 02/29/04 02:59 PM
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Thanks again for the info...I'll let you all know what I end up doing.
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#43096 - 03/02/04 01:46 PM
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That is good info, thanks guys because I need to do some suspension mods this year too.
Man!! The BMR kit from 3800Performance is $919 compared to $119 for the GMPartsDirect one.
Is there such a huge quality difference?
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#43097 - 03/02/04 02:32 PM
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Dude, that's the whole kit. It's not just the STB. The kit has everything you could ever want. I am very happy with just the BMR STB and rear sway bar. It's a different car than it was before the swap. The ride is pretty much the same but in the corners you will notice a big improvement. Everything I got goes right in.
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#43099 - 03/02/04 05:28 PM
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Are the front Buick strut tower brace adapters available from GM? I got the bar and the other stuff today, but it looks like the Buick strut tower must be different from the Pontiac's.
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#43100 - 03/02/04 05:50 PM
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For the last post by me, if someone could provide a part number for these adapters, I'd appreciate it. I can't seem to find them on GM Parts Direct, and the dealer can't really look them up, since the bar is technically not for a pontiac. Thanks!!!
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#43101 - 03/02/04 06:36 PM
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The only strut tower brace from GM is for the buick. The adaptors are not from GM, they are from ZZPerformance here is the link http://www.zzperformance.com/zzp/products/prod_strut_tower.htm Jeff
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#43102 - 03/02/04 10:00 PM
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I bought the strut tower braces from gmpartsdirect and am brave enough to drill into my car to install the front one, the rear one was pretty easy. I don't see the big deal with drilling into your car for the front one, but I can see how you might not want to do that.
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#43103 - 03/02/04 11:45 PM
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Yes, upon looking at it today, I figured that was the only way, was to drill. I guess I really don't have a problem doing that, it's just that I'd rather buy some kind of pre-made bolt on bracket instead, if they are available, which from what I'm hearing, they are. We'll see...
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