89' front strut tower brace

[kidcarlo21]

hi everyone, i have an 89 GA and im looking for the front strut tower brace. ive tried w/ mantapart and after waiting 4 months, they sent the wrong part twice. i heard that the 94' cavalier Z24 has the brace that will fit my GA, anyone eles heard anything, or know where to get one? thanks

[nice96gt]

Originally posted by kidcarlo21
hi everyone, i have an 89 GA and im looking for the front strut tower brace. ive tried w/ mantapart and after waiting 4 months, they sent the wrong part twice. i heard that the 94' cavalier Z24 has the brace that will fit my GA, anyone eles heard anything, or know where to get one? thanks

Not sure if they will fit or not, but my buddy has a '93 Z24 and he has a stock front tower strut brace. I would just hit up a junk yard to get one. I'm sure it won't be very expensive. I would take some measurements first though to make sure it's going to fit.

[voyager]

the 93-94 cavy brace fits a beretta, but i'm not sure about a GA. there are two different types of stock cavy brace, one from 91-92 and one from 93-94.. (dates may be off a bit) the earlier type is a little more curved at the mounting points and the strut tower bolts don't line up to the berettas, even though the length is the same.

they are ~ $26 from gmpartsdirect. you can probably pick one up at a yard for $10, but i can't say for sure wether it will fit.

[nice96gt]

Originally posted by voyager
the 93-94 cavy brace fits a beretta, but i'm not sure about a GA. there are two different types of stock cavy brace, one from 91-92 and one from 93-94.. (dates may be off a bit) the earlier type is a little more curved at the mounting points and the strut tower bolts don't line up to the berettas, even though the length is the same.

they are ~ $26 from gmpartsdirect. you can probably pick one up at a yard for $10, but i can't say for sure wether it will fit.

I know you are probably more familiar with the Cav's than I am, since you have a Beretta, but I thought the 92-94 was the same (I think 91 also but I wasn't sure). Or do they have some minor differences?

[voyager]

i looked it up - the 92-94 brace from a j-body (sunfire and cavalier) fits all 88-96 berettas. the 88-91 j-body brace does not. the position of the strut bolts is different in 88-91 cars.

this is the 92-94 brace:
http://www.berettastuff.com/bored/cavbrace2.jpg http://www.berettastuff.com/bored/cavbrace.jpg

part number is #22576687, it's over $30 shipped for a new one.

i have a 91 brace someplace.. i'll try to get a pic up after work for comparision.

[voyager]

here is the '91 bar. i drilled the hole at the top monkeying around with ideas to use it for a shock-tower brace.. ( gave up on that & got one from RSM )

you can see how the mount is more angled than the one in the post above. again, i don't know if it will fit a GA. if anyone lives around east TN we can try both bars on your GA..

EDIT: by the way, these are not just on Z24's. the old style cavalier had a problem with windshields popping out during hard cornering.. that's why they got strut tower bars. :lol: