Thread: Redneck rusty rear strut tower fix

I had my old gp's strut towers professionally fixed and they weren't that bad. It ended up being $350 a side. The place that did it cut up pieces of metal and shaped it to fill in the gaps and welded it and who knows what. But it worked great. As for the wood block idea, I absolutely love this thread. I don't know if I've ever laughed this much. Lol

I ran across this and thought it belonged in this thread:

Originally Posted by danielpastor1929

so the wood project should be a no go then. this is my only and im too cheep to go out and buy a new or for that matter and different I just neeed it to last me a couple of more months until I can rack up some more money to buy myself a newer grand prix

I eventually sold the 99. The guy I sold it to was gay as all hell, and wanted a car to beat his boyfriend's 2.slow turbo Veloster... At this point I had it on a 3.5 pulley and 1.9 rockers so I told him it should dust the boyfriend's car easily. And when I showed him the wood in the trunk, we laughed about it and said "now you can give him your wood."

That was almost a year ago, and I saw that car at the mall about a month ago. It's still on the road, although its at like 224k now (I sold it at 217k).

I've since owned another 99 GTP, an Olds Intrigue, a Regal GS, a LeSabre, and now the 2000 GTP... none of them had rust nearly as bad back there as the original 99 did. Even so, a 2x4 will likely go in the strut tower area this spring as a precaution. I have other plans for this car anyway so the 2x4's will last until I get around to carrying them out.