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Bonneville Strut Tower Brace

Old May 12, 2010 | 12:24 PM
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I have a 2003 SLE and was looking to add a strut tower brace. I was wandering if it would really make a difference or not.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 12:26 PM
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it will stiffen up the suspension in the front. i am putting one on my 2000 as well as doing the GXP FE5 suspension to mine to stiffen it up all the way around
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Old May 12, 2010 | 01:57 PM
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Right. Big difference too. Definitely do it in one way or another.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 03:48 PM
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Yea, that'* what I thought. Now I just need to find the right one without spending a ton of money,
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Old May 12, 2010 | 03:55 PM
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the end brackets for it are about $20 each through GM the center bar is $92 the bolts are $4 each
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Old May 12, 2010 | 06:33 PM
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Should definitely stiffen things up. Plus they look cool haha.
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I can testify. It does stiffen the handling up quite a bit and looks good.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 04:30 PM
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I don't know where your getting these prices. I went to a dealer and it was almost $200 for the brackets and bar. One of the brackets was almost as much as the bar! I don't know why.
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Originally Posted by designerspike
I don't know where your getting these prices. I went to a dealer and it was almost $200 for the brackets and bar. One of the brackets was almost as much as the bar! I don't know why.
Get the part numbers and try gmpartsdirect.com.
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