1996 Grand Prix SE rear suspension swap questions

[Danogsxr]

I was wondering about swapping the rear from mono leaf to coils from lumina. I searched the topic, but found nothing. Any info would be helpful. I work as a mechanic. I have never replaced a monoleaf, so was also wondering how to do it without gm's tool. My best guess was to drop all rear suspension off the car and go from there.

[White93z34]

Its been done but as I recall the person who did it welded in complete rear strut towers from a lumina so it could bolt up.

[Danogsxr]

Its been done but as I recall the person who did it welded in complete rear strut towers from a lumina so it could bolt up.

That i way too much work for me. Guess ill just live with the mono leaf and replace it.

[Crazy K]

It's murky as they did not detail what they bought... but i do recall someone having done the same thing, but they used new 95+ lumina struts with springs (likely custom) to interface with the a stock type upper struts mount...

[89GP_SE]

replace the fiberglass monoleaf with a metal one.... done.

[GTP091]

I was wondering about swapping the rear from mono leaf to coils from lumina. I searched the topic, but found nothing. Any info would be helpful. I work as a mechanic. I have never replaced a monoleaf, so was also wondering how to do it without gm's tool. My best guess was to drop all rear suspension off the car and go from there.

 

Coilovers!