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anyone know where to score front and rear strut tower bars or even if there is such a product for an '89 cutlass supreme? i see there's one available for the 97-up grand prix. are these owners the only lucky ones?

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anyone know where to score front and rear strut tower bars or even if there is such a product for an '89 cutlass supreme? i see there's one available for the 97-up grand prix. are these owners the only lucky ones?

 

crap, you got the same wheels as me!

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Or you could go the cheaper route and use the strut brace(s) off of a 97+ Buick. Part number from GM is 12456148. They should be about $15-20/each from your local GM dealership(call beforehand if you want to know for sure :wink: ). ZZperformance.com makes "no drill" brackets for 1st Gen GP's, these should work fine for your Cutlass(or any other 1st Gen W-body as far as I know) if you don't want to drill holes in the strut tower plates on your car to add the GM brace.

 

EDIT: BTW, your Cutlass is sweeeet. :D

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I would definately go with the GM bar and ZZP brackets, but I think thats only for the front. For the rear you will probably have to either drill holes, get your own bracket made, or buy a different bar.

 

Shawn

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I just bought an STB off a member here and threw it on the Cutlass until it has a purpose on the TGP.. and hot damn, with grandma suspension you sure notice a difference with that narrow piece of steel going across the car :shock: If GM made two different versions of the convertable STB, then I"m pretty sure it's an OEM bar. It looks fairly OEM but I've seen a pic of another Cutlass STB the way the bar was welded on was different. So...

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GM did make 2 versions of the Cutlass STB, a 3.1 round-tube version and a 3.4 compatible square-tube version.

 

I've been thinking about picking up a rear STB in the hopes that it'll stop the snap crackle and pop sounds that come from the rear deck/window on my Cutlass ever since upgrading the suspension.

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I think I might have the round tube version on my TGP. It's very heavy duty, solid steel. Unless it was a custom made. I also have a rear brace that looks like it was a custom made. It sort of looks like the RSM bar, but the bolt ends are different. I'll get a picture sometime.

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Alright, I've got the 3.4 square bar then :) thanks Shawn

 

I gotta snap some quick pics of it.. friend has my camera at the moment though.

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Ok :P It was just that when I looked closer at the pics (after I sent the money :lol:) It looked a lot different from the ones I was used to seeing, so I became unsure. But when I got it, I noticed the hold-down plates that wrapped over the bar on the caps actually had part numbers stamped on them, so that made me wonder yet again.. :lol:

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