Thread: Do All Regal's have a STB?

Like the title says, do all 97-03 Regals have front strut tower brace stock or just the GS?

Thanks.

I found a Regal (non GS) in a junkyard that didn't have one.

It was pretty optioned-out otherwise.

Only the blown Regal/Imp/Monte/Park Ave. and I THINK the Bonne had a factory STB...I've got 3 sitting in mah garage from regal's I've yanked them off of in the yard...$4.50 STB's FTW.

All Regals did not come with STB's. Some years 97-98 never came with them and the strut towers weren't drilled. Then somewhere around 99-00 GM began drilling the towers. Still all Regals didn't have the bars. Some got a nice tar patch over the two holes. IIRC one year they did put bars on all cars, but it was a one year thing. Then they went back to putting it on certain ones.

Most likely once they started doing it, it would have been the FE3 suspension packages that got it. I do not know that as fact though.

If you get a bar from an Impala, get the the 3.8L bar and not the 3.1L bar. The 3.1 has a nasty bend to clearance the alternator.

Originally Posted by bluegtp91

Only the blown Regal/Imp/Monte/Park Ave. and I THINK the Bonne had a factory STB...I've got 3 sitting in mah garage from regal's I've yanked them off of in the yard...$4.50 STB's FTW.

can i get one? they fit?

these bars are pretty cheap new: W Body Store

Damn that's expensive. You get BOTH cheaper here...

Strut Tower Braces 12498648 - Crate Engine Depot

no sh*t! i might order them from there right now. lmao

That's where I got mine from...and I bought Don Rome brackets so I didn't have to drill the strut tower.

Oh..BTW guys.. Bonneville STB won't fit the W body cars. Since I have both...i've checked. Bonneville is the fat chick for sure, it could nearly be a fender brace if used on a regal.