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aaahhhhhhhhh....so the correct tires are on the car, the 245's already allow the car to sit almost 1" lower than all the other cars fitted with the 225/60's, coilovers you would more than likely have to build yourself, same for the rears, unless you wanted to explore a replacement custom steel multi leaf for the rear. For coils one needs to cut off the lower spring seats (fronts) of the existing struts to allow one to slide the custom coils down into into place along with the lower perch, threaded sleeve & the lock rings etc....these have been done here in the past, a few threads on the procedure with photos. If one is looking for a replacement rear Monroe OE spectrum shock for a Gen 1 one has to purchase the rear struts for the 95-99 Monte Carlo. These shocks have a lower spring seat, it has to be removed from the shock tube to install onto the earlier W cars seeing as it is not required. This spectrum shock is the same basic shock for the 88-96 cars with the transverse leaf spring but THAT shock was discontinued.

245/50R16

Actually its been holding up great. I've got over 20k miles on the swap now over 2 years. Nothing major, a couple ripped cv boots which may be because they were junkyard sourced. I highly recommend adding a HTOB spacer. ZZP sells them for around $50. Sits behind the HTOB and moves it closer to the clutch by 1/4" for earlier engagement and longer life. Aside from engineering the trans mount, the hardest part is getting the clutch pedal mounted and situated. The pedal arm needs to be cut & welded into proper position as well. As far as the mount, the low-profile mount I fabbed up works great. Only modification I made was adding rubber bushings under the nuts at the bottom to further insulate the mount from the frame. On an aluminum subframe, it might have to be done a bit different. Might be able to drill two holes and bolt it in the same way, but I haven't been hands-on with an 04+ subframe so I can't say for sure. I'm not a fan of the modified 4T65E bracket method that requires tubular control arms as the mount sits outside the frame. An extra $650 that could be spent elsewhere. There really are half a dozen ways you could fab up a mount but I can say for sure the one I made does the job. 3/16 steel plate holds up well so far. I have also just finished taking the time to document the changes to the tune that are highly recommended for a manual swap: Idle speeds in-gear changed to match P/N as its going to be wired to be in D at all times now. ( I actually added a toggle switch to change between forcing it in D or P, since P is needed for a crank relearn procedure if you need it) DTC codes changed And finally zeroing out all the auto trans stuff:

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Welcome (back)! somehow I never got out for long, but the last few years I haven't posted as much, been trying to check in more often

Also just now checking some of the forgotten areas of the forum, but Welcome!

I know I;m a bit late but do you have a sound clip? I'm happy with my setup but it still doesn't sound great, I've never heard an LQ1 sound great haha

Chase?

Awesome writeup! How's the 5 speed holding up? I've been wanting to do this swap in my 2004 Impala LS. Do you have any advice/recommendations for making the f23 mount? I have the aluminum subframe. Would it be the same mounting as yours?

Being a GTP which wheels & tires are presently on the car?

Looking to get new shocks and coils. Curious if anyone knows of any good aftermarket parts. I haven’t had any luck finding anything. Only for the next gen. If anyone knows some nice compatible coil overs that would be nice too I’d like to lower mine about an inch maybe two.

Why won't my top go all the way down on one side?

So it seems like unless i have the 94 motor, this pulley wont work on the 91-93?

He hasn't logged in since last Dec, but there's a way to use more commonly available SPST switches. I had a writeup on that which is no longer online, but I could post if that'd be helpful.

Stock is +25mm 7" wide (8" for "crosslace" wheels like in 55trucker's attachment) for 1/1.5, +43 for 2/3. Anything +25mm, 5x115. You can use spacers if you put in longer wheel studs.

Any stock wheel from the Gen 1/1.5 family, the car fitted with drums at the rear?

So what other wheels will fit my 97 Chevy Lumina in the GM wheels family?

'99 GP is the same suspension platform as the '02..........you'll be SOL

Which 2nd gen W wheels? Offset is a lot more positive on the 2nd gens than 1/1.5G, so they'll sit in farther. They usually "fit" IME, but obviously not always. I like it the other way around (1G wheels on 2G's)

I have a similar *Powerbuilt* kit.

90% of the time the only special tool I use is the spanner nut tool that actually unscrews it from the cartridge. Like I said I've had it where as soon as you pull the upper mount the strut rod wants to go hard to one side or the other thats where this tool, circled comes in to help stabilize it while you work.. also obviously make sure you're on level ground. then you jam the spanner tool down over it and spin it out pull the strut cartridge, slam the new one in and tighten it back down.

this is one suppliers kit. https://westerntool.com.au/wp-content/uploads/AT185.jpg

Thank you definitely with keep you posted when I do again. I am going to get the tool again. I sent it back because I couldn’t use it but I’ll be getting another kit.

I have a 97 Chevy Lumina LS with 16" aluminum wheels a guy has 1999 Pontiac GT 16" wheels for sale can I put them on without any problems I made the mistake of buying 4 wheels from a Pontiac Grand Prix from 2002 and found out the wheels hit the front calipers. Tire man said to get them on I needed spacers which I think would be dangerous. My brother said threads are not gonna reach bolts to snug with spacer on.

Please post some pictures or a video so we can see what is going wrong?