2000SilverBullet
Thanks for the quick reply. This is good information for future use.

I installed the strut tower brace this morning and noticed the clearance was between 1/8 and 1/4 in. My son and I went fishing so I did not have a chance to road test until this afternoon. I just got back from a spirited test drive and there were no clearance problems that I noticed.

Man is this decent inexpensive mod. My front end really feels stable now even going into reverse camber turns. The sway and dip aspect of powering through a turn is gone from the front end. The rear end leaves a lot to be desired after this mod. Maybe someone that has done work to stiffen up the rear end will post what they did and we can build on the post in the same manner as this one. But I digress.

On to the pics.

Here is the way the strut tower brace is shipped from GM Parts.com. It arrived fine but there are scratches. A future mod may be to paint it the color of the car!!




Here is the strut tower brace installed.



If you are considering this mod I would tell you to go for it now. No telling how long GM will make this part and this is the last year for our beloved car. I do not think there will be any after market companies producing this part.

Ok..got the bar and brackets. Just need to know what size bolts to use to mount the bar to the brackets? They look like they should be M7x60s. Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks

You will need 4 of the 5/16-18X2 Hex cap Screws. Get the washers as well.
Do Not use the bolts mentioned above They worked for me but are not the correct bolt. I may have to tap out new threads in the future if my mistake becomes a problem.

The thread type in the bar is metric not imperial.

Thanks for correcting my bad information. I may have to tap out the cross bar if the incorrect bolt becomes a problem in the future. My problem is I just started to get back into working on cars late last year from a really long absence from doing it myself. It is hard for me to get used to everything being metric rather than imperial. I will learn through my mistakes.

As I am fond of saying "May all of your mistakes in life be inexpensive. In life a $2000 mistake is really an inexpensive mistake."

so is that the correct size bolt?!?!?!?!?!



also I found this site Parts Zone
They are cheaper than GMPD by a lot. the bar alone cost 60bucks shipped.

hey 95SLE,
I noticed that there was about a month betweem when you said you ordered the bar to when you installed it, please tell me it didn't take that long for you to get it.

Took that long! When it finally arrived there was no packing material and it was not in a box. All three pieces were tie wrapped together and covered in pallet wrapping tape.

Just ordered mine from PartsZone (someone had a link to it in an earlier message). Total cost for me was 87.00 for the bar and brackets. That'* with UPS Next Day Air Saver shipping. Oddly, they didn't add anything extra for the shipping, but I've got a receipt that says I get it for that price so I'm happy. unless it'* out of stock I should have it on Monday.

sweet!! yeah it was me that posted that link... 87 for next day?!?! nice let me know if u get it monday if so, I may just order mine. what is the correct bolt size??