mounting my Addco rear bar

[TurboSedan]

qa

[per0781]

superbuick installed one on his regal...im sure he could help u out.

Paul

[TurboSedan]

qa

[SuperBuick]

HEHEHEH you did!!!! I want it back now!!!!!! lololol. Yes you do have to drill your frame like you mentioned, as the u-bolt does go through the frame like you mention. I suggest spacing the mounts away from the frame with washers, because if they are snug up against the frame your bar will squeak and grind against your exhaust. - Tom

[TGPilot]

malibuolds...

Is this bar interchangable with the TGP? What is the diameter of the bar? I need to find something a bit stronger than the piece of tin that is presently the TGP sway-bar... 8)

[per0781]

the diameter of the bar is 7/8", heres the link with the info

http://www.addco.net/products/pontiac.shtml

Paul

[GnatGoSplat]

It should fit a TGP. I have one on my Cutty!
I used the Addco outer clamps and bushings, but used the OEM inner links with 96 Monte Carlo bushings. It fits fine. I wanted to try using 96 Monte Carlo outer bushings with the factory outer clamps since they are higher quality hardware than Addco supplies, but it looked like that would have spaced the sway bar in too far and might touch the rear subframe.

[TurboSedan]

qa

[GnatGoSplat]

You can always buy factory GM links if you don't like drilling. :wink:

[TurboSedan]

aq

[SuperBuick]

It goes parallel with the frame so that it sticks down through it. Then you bolt up the hangar mounts to that U-Bolt. I basically makes it as if you had the bolts sticking out of your frame to mount a swaybar. Dont forget to space out the hangar mounts from the frame with washers though....

[TurboSedan]

qa

[SuperBuick]

COOL!!! I'm glad you'lll finally be able to get it in! Send me some pics or a link so I can check out your progress on the car. - Tom

[okidedrak]

if you still cant make it lemme know and i'll take a pic of my set up
follow superbuick's advice and put lotsa washers..even so sometimes i still hear the swaybar heating the exaust pipe..grrrr

[SuperBuick]

okiderak you have a sweet ass car. gimme more info on it...I'm working on making my Buick like that. If you want pics email me and I will send them to you.

[okidedrak]

you have to ask specifics or else there is too much to be told and i dont have time for that

here are some pics i took earlier
www.renoprestige.com/pics

[SuperBuick]

No Time to talk about your car.......don't sound like a car guy to me!!!! ;)

[TGPilot]

If someone has an installed Addco rear bar and could take a picture of the proper installation, it would be very helpful for me as I am getting ready to buy one for my TGP. I can look and see if things are similar enough to do it... 8)

[okidedrak]

No Time to talk about your car.......don't sound like a car guy to me!!!! ;)
I like doing stuff not talking about it over and over again and i also like people who put their mind to something and actually do it.
So if that makes me less of a car guy it makes u more of it!?

[GnatGoSplat]

No Time to talk about your car.......don't sound like a car guy to me!!!! ;)
I like doing stuff not talking about it over and over again and i also like people who put their mind to something and actually do it.
So if that makes me less of a car guy it makes u more of it!?

Maybe if you wrote down what you talk about, you wouldn't have to talk about it over and over again. :read:

[okidedrak]

always streching my ballz Shawn!! grrrr

well the thing is if you read the msg carefully i say i dont like to talk about ..so if i dont talk i dont have to write either

gotcha!

[okidedrak]

for the guy that asked for sway bar pics

http://www.renoprestige.com/pics/view/rearsway.jpg

[TurboSedan]

qa

[TGPilot]

Thank you... 8)

[SuperBuick]

okiderak wrote:

I like doing stuff not talking about it over and over again and i also like people who put their mind to something and actually do it.
So if that makes me less of a car guy it makes u more of it!?

Whats to say I just sit and talk, or that I don't put my mind to things and do them? All I was saying is that I liked your car, and rather than talking about it or telling me a bit about it, you tell me you don't have time to do so. If that's the case, then I don't care to know. You sound like the kind of guy who goes to a car show and gets irritated when people ask you questions. That is of course unless going to a car show is wasting your time from whatever else you do....

I don't mean to have an attitude, as most of the guys on the board can tell you, I'm a nice person who really likes W-Bodies. Perhaps I misconstrued your remarks as more seriously than you meant them?? Either way, I'm sorry to ask you to waste your time, I thought perhaps I and others could benefit from your knowledge or ideas on the engine swap...but I guess not. Not to worry though, I will accomplish it with the help of others, and then I will talk about it all the time.[/b]

[GnatGoSplat]

I don't mean to have an attitude, as most of the guys on the board can tell you, I'm a nice person who really likes W-Bodies. Perhaps I misconstrued your remarks as more seriously than you meant them?? Either way, I'm sorry to ask you to waste your time, I thought perhaps I and others could benefit from your knowledge or ideas on the engine swap...but I guess not. Not to worry though, I will accomplish it with the help of others, and then I will talk about it all the time.[/b]

Don't take it personally. Okidokie is just not a nice guy. :read:
I know okidokie pretty well from our AIM chats and email, he's just a big ol' :fruity:
:rolleyes:

:D :D :D

[MaD]

awesome thanks. don't you know your car is supposed to be mad clean before you post pics :) j/k hehee
joshua




That's right! :werd: :bash:
-MaD-

[SuperBuick]

Don't take it personally. Okidokie is just not a nice guy.
I know okidokie pretty well from our AIM chats and email, he's just a big ol'




Thanks Shawn, and sorry for getting pissy about it. Perhaps I overreacted. anyways we're a big happy family over here, so lets just CHILL!!!!! lololol
-Tom

[Anonymous]

anyways we're a big happy family over here, so lets just CHILL!!!!! lololol
-Tom

Yes, let's not get like those guys on efi-street. SuperBuick knows what I'm talking about. :rolleyes:

[SuperBuick]

I sure as hell do....ugh!!!!!!

[per0781]

Even I know what ure talking about and i'm not a member

[okidedrak]

..and i'm not mean..and i'm not an ass...and i dont go to car shows to diplay my car

thanks for the kind words Shawn, that really did help alot...b*tch!!!!

superbuick what i said was just to give you and everyone else who gives a rat\s ass about me or my work an insight into my character
and i do talk alot sometimes but just to get info, i only give info to people who like to actually do stuff not brag about it ..the thing is till i make out which category you fit in you just have to put up with my attitude or ignore my ass.

[SuperBuick]

I don't recall ever bragging...

[TGPilot]

Don't make me seperate you children!!!! Oh yeah I am not a Moderator/Sponsor on this site! :lol: :lol:

[TurboSedan]

aq

[TurboSedan]

aq

[GnatGoSplat]

Yep, the dual exhaust on a DOHC Cutlass does pass UNDER the axle.
It has a "Y" in that spot.

[okidedrak]

well i put as many spacers as i could and the bar still bangs on exaust on rough roads...very annoying
i promised myself i'll go to a muffler shop one of these days and hanging the mufflers as high as possible, thats should solve it

[per0781]

what about dual exhuast cars? doesn't the dual exhaust on...say, a 91 DOHC CS

*clears his throat* excuse me? i have duals with the 3.1L.

Paul

[TurboSedan]

aq

[SuperBuick]

WTF!!!!! There are perhaps 2 W-Body cars total in junkyards in the entire state of MA. I hate this place.

[TGPilot]

I put the Addco 7/8" bar on my TGP and it was a pain in the ass! I had to cut 1/2" off of each end for it to fit inside of the rear hubs. It also just barely touches the inside of the struts too. If you set the OEM bar next to this one it isn't even close. It works awesome though, a huge difference in handling!

[per0781]

I share ure pain Tom (superbuick). Tom and i live in no wo body junkyards aka Taxachusetts.

Paul