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    Hi,Found you all doing a Google search, for my car and was really pleased to find this forum. Have a mechanical problem and hope someone can give me some expert advice. I bought a 93 Grand Prix LE (3100) 2 yrs ago, in good condition except for 1 detail, it had been hit in the rear, but the guy who sold it was a body man and you couldn't tell it had any damage at all. Until I started driving it after awhile. If I had anything in the trunk, after I unloaded it, a strange noise would come from rear end. A grinding sort of noise, but eventually would go away, and finally it has stopped, but now a new problem. It now looks as though I am hauling around a ton of bricks in the back of my car, as it is sitting really low. The tires aren't rubbing and it is drivable, but every bump in the road is felt. It is low on both sides. I had a friend look at it and he said there was a spring going across from the left wheel to the right wheel, and he had never seen a set up like this before, and he thought it was broken but it was wrapped in plastic??????
    Does anyone have any input in this? I would love to get it fixed, without costing an arm and a leg, the car only has 130,000 miles on it, and is a joy to drive. Any suggestions would help, my friend said he would fix it if I could find out what to do, if the spring is the problem or what.
    Thanking you in advance for your time,
    tnturtle

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    Yup, fiberglass monoleaf like the corvette had. Get a new one and make sure the ends are good (rubber). If not, you can get some white plastic type pieces that go on the rear struts to protect the monoleaf. If yours is wrapped in plastic now, id say something is wrong. There are like 14 different monoleafs based on a 3 letter code, stiff to weak. There are a couple aftermarket lowering springs as well. w-body.com is a good site for you to check out. There have been plenty of discussions regarding the monoleaf, and coil overs. Not sure how you wanna go about fixing it but you have options
    Ben
    60DegreeV6.com
    WOT-Tech.com

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      Thanks so much sappyse107

      sounds like what I need, appreciate your response, Will pass on the info, I bought a Chilton this am, thinking that might help also.
      Have a great day.
      tnturtle

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