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Strut Tower Bar Question?


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My Monte has the same front suspension as a Gen 1 and the Rear is from a Gen 2 Right??

Right Now I just bought Eibach Springs, KYB Struts and Moog Poly Sway Bar and Control Arm Bushings. The Shop told me they can get me in next week as long as the KYB Rear Strut Mounts come in.

To top off the Suspension I want to get a Strut Bar. I need to know which strut bar will fit on the front.

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You are correct on the front suspension being the same as the 1G. The rear suspension is nothing like the 2G, and is unique to the 95-99 Monte and 95-01 Lumina (that's why those Montes/Luminas are considered 1.5G W-Bodies.)

 

You can order up a 2G front strut tower brace from GMPartsDirect (IIRC, it's called the "Buick F-Bar.") ZZPerformance sells brackets that adapt the 2G STB to the 1G strut towers, so you can install the bar without drilling any holes...

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You are correct on the front suspension being the same as the 1G. The rear suspension is nothing like the 2G, and is unique to the 95-99 Monte and 95-01 Lumina (that's why those Montes/Luminas are considered 1.5G W-Bodies.)

 

 

 

Well then how come all the BMR suspension stuff fits the first gens and the 1.5's?

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You are correct on the front suspension being the same as the 1G. The rear suspension is nothing like the 2G, and is unique to the 95-99 Monte and 95-01 Lumina (that's why those Montes/Luminas are considered 1.5G W-Bodies.)

 

 

 

Well then how come all the BMR suspension stuff fits the first gens and the 1.5's?

 

wha....what BMR stuff fits our carS?

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1997-2006 General Motors W-Body

(Pontiac Grand Prix, Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Buick Regal, Oldsmobile Intrigue)

 

Thats what they say their products will fit, but I know some stuff is interchangeable...

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1997-2006 General Motors W-Body

(Pontiac Grand Prix, Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Buick Regal, Oldsmobile Intrigue)

 

Thats what they say their products will fit, but I know some stuff is interchangeable...

 

I think everything fits. It fits the 1.5 Montes. I know a guy on MIStreetScene that has BMR in the rear.

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you need to put a small dent in the bar to use with the 3.4 to clear the EGR,

The intake is totally differant than a 1st Gen. The Intake is what I was worried about more than the EGR.

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12456148

 

you need to put a small dent in the bar to use with the 3.4 to clear the EGR,

The intake is totally differant than a 1st Gen. The Intake is what I was worried about more than the EGR.

 

Is this on your 96? I don't if the F Bar will clear the 96's plenum. But something tells me it will.

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