Icyelle

I bought a new strut tower brace for my 2000 formula, but it doesn't fit. I tried it on another f-body and it fits ok. How do I make it fit on mine?

Foxxtron

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Not easy. Factory tolerances (if not a prior vehicle accident) have got the best of you thus a bar made with little or no tolerances inmanufacturing may or may not fit. I have done the same thing you have in the past with my F-body and others as well. Some fit mine, some fit others that didn't fit mine, some didn't any of them. However I can tell you that it isn't a result of tower flex of any kind, believe it or not.

EDIT: Depending on whether the holes are ovaled (not elliptical) or not, you could attempt to enlarge them slightly to fit, however it still may not be enough.

227Hawk

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You can try jacking up one side of the front end. Then see if the STB will fit!
Hawk

Derek_02

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I had the same problem with my 02. I had a granetelli 3 point brace that fit my freinds car fine but it was way off on mine. I ended up just selling it.

Derek

Steve98TransAm

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Is the bar just too long? If you are dead set on using it, you could cut a small piece out of the middle, weld it back together, sand it, paint it, ...

jimmyblue

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My Hotchkiss was too long the first time I put it in, had to
get the pedestals on but nuts just barely threaded, and
use a Phillips screwdriver as a "pilot" to get the cross-
bolt started through, then dog down the "feet" once that
was all set. Now the car is "settled" to the point that it
is easy in & out.

Jacking under the K-member should make the towers come
apart, slightly.

If you have a single tube, regular sort of brace then maybe
you just need to hog out the holes in the direction of the
required slack, with a rat-tail file.

KillerKlown

I am thinking about getting one, is it worth all the trouble? What does it do exactly? I would think it would make the "wandering, darting" problem more stable.

JustAnIlluzion

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should fit nicely in the dumpster

Foxxtron

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The wandering, darting, would be solved through a good alignment, then as far as getting rid of the "boat float" would be a properly matched set of shock, sway bars, but for the mod as far as what the STB would do would be better suited through the use of a larger sway bar.

When I had mine installed, it did nothing that my SOTP could feel, and look at what driver is doing what AFA their car, AXer's and RRer's do a lot more cornering more often than DDer's do.

Icyelle

Update on the strut tower brace. My husband made the holes bigger with a dremmel tool, and that did the trick!!! Strut Tower Brace is on and looks awesome...

KillerKlown

Do you notice any diffence when driving?

SRfastZ

does the car feel the same ???

Icyelle

I haven't tested it out fully yet. I will be going to an Auto X next month, and will be testing out the handling of the car. will keep you all posted.

_JB_

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Mine didn't fit at first either. I got it to fit with messing around with it.