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a 1994 Cutlass Supreme convertible with exactly 24,999 miles...and a 97 Cutlass Supreme SL 4dr. with 81K that my son who is about to become a first time driver will enjoy. The 94 Convert needs nothing. The 97 SL 4dr needs the left rear quarter molding that fits below the back window from edge of the left rear door and rides atop the quarter and terminates at the deck lid...about 15" long and has a rubber type feel to it. and one parking lamp left front.

A short time after replacing my front struts and mounts car started having a clunk. I used Monroe struts and mounts and the struts came with washers that had to be installed between the top of the strut and the large hollow retaining nut. I thought that I might not of gotten the large nut tight enough with the half wore out tool from autozone. I found the same OEM strut kit #27034 on ebay a purchased it. When I took the struts back out the large hollow retainer nuts were slightly loose but the noise was coming from where the struts clamp to the strut mounts. The off brand mounts had an uneven surface where the top of the strut shaft is clamped to the strut mount. The uneven surface allowed the strut to flatten out the uneven parts that treated a gap that caused all of the noise. I removed the silver bottom plate from the rubber mounts and attacked the uneven black steel flange with a dremel a drill and grinding stones until I had a solid flat surface. Put it all back together and all the looseness and clunks went away. Arrow in picture shows where the surface needs to be flat and smooth.