rear stb for lumina???

[birdman]

i may just be smoking crack but i think that someone said that you cant put a rear stb on a lumina for some reason. does anyone know if this is true??? if not i plan on making one because rsm wants too much. thanks.

[z34phoenix]

RE: rear stb for lumina???

not sure if they are compatable, but i have one on my monte. it is a GM STB and i didnt need brackets

[Hemet8]

Rear stb.

Check my earlier thread one a sway bar question for my '95Ga. There is a pic in it that shows the mounting of a sway bar on a bretta that did not have a factory bar, turns out i had to do the same set-up. The pics are a huge help. The bar mounts under the rear beam with u-shaped hangers, then gets tied into the rear spring perches, under them. I would go search ADDCO and find what they offer for the lumina. Thats were i got my bar, then all i had to do was drill two holes for the spring perch mount. Works perfectly.

[AWeb80]

RE: Rear stb.

I make Rear STB's for gen 1 w-bodies....

All I need to know is, with your trunk shut, will a 1x1 bar be able to go from strut tower to strut tower, as in, from the strut bolt to strut bolt.

If so, let me know.

Info Here

[birdman]

ok, i told my friend to bring home a 40 inch peice of 1x1 square stock from work and ill do some checking and let you know. i might just need the brackets, is that cool?

[AWeb80]

Yes, just brackets are fine.

With my brackets, you need a bar 38.5" long and then drill 2 holes at 37" center, or 3/4" from each end.

[birdman]

ok ill pm you when im ready to get those brackets or i might get the whole thing, who knows. can you change the color of the powdercoat? red would be nice.

[AWeb80]

I can do red, but that color is not run every week like the Gloss black is. So it could take a 2-3 wks to send it to you after I get your Money Order.

[radman3120]

So I take it that the bar did fit?

[AWeb80]

I dunno, he hasn't got back to me.

[AWeb80]

I dunno, he hasn't got back to me.

[birdman]

checked it today and it looks good, no clearence issues that i can see, one question aweb80, are there supposed to be nuts on the two bolts on either side of the center one. other thanthat i should be pm'img you sometime in the near future. thanks

[AWeb80]

Yes, the nuts on the 2 outer bolts are what hold the mounts on. They also hold the strut to the strut tower and are threaded into the tower. The big center nut is what holds the strut mount to the strut.

Here is the underside of the strut tower. The 2 outer bolts are what hold the strut to the tower.

I have CO's, but the mount looks the same on a stock car.

[birdman]

bad news, when i checked i only used the bar but as i was trying some stuff i think the hinge on the trunk will hit the bracket because it dips real low and wont clear anything that sits on top of the tower. do you know if that plate looking thing the strut bolts thread into comes off??? if so i could use the brackets and some nuts with locktite to thread into. sorry for the bad info, mabey wee can still make somthing work.

[AWeb80]

is there anyway you could take a pic of teh strut tower with the trunk closed?..... do you have a passthrough trunk?

Or you could have someone you trust shut you in there and then take a pic and then let you out....lol

I wish I had access to a lumina....then i'd make it work somehow....

maybe with the pic, i'll be able to think of something

P.S. take a few pics of different angles....