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I took my vert to Tower Rock Saturday. This is on the Mississippi River near Chester, Illinois. The river is low now that people can walk out to the rock in the river bed.

Just did a fast web search. There are shock and strut extensions available, for example only.

Thought an 041 was a Pontiac Ram IV cam.

Actually, my concern is that the lower mounting point is higher than the suspension at full extension. To me that would mean the strut would be fully extended before the suspension reached the end of it's travel.

I was wondering about that. It looks like it might slide in from the top if the bushings and sleeve was removed from the eye mount on the bottom. Might need a little grinding on the eye mount as well but looks like that might allow it to slide in from the top. On the other hand... if slid in from the bottom, the eye mount on the bottom might could be used in conjunction with a fabricated bracket to connect the strut to the pinch bolt to hold it in place so it doesn't want to slide through the knuckle if it bottoms out or tops out.

Thanks for the picture comparison. Makes me question whether the Cardone is a viable replacement. I've been thinking this over more and more since my original post. The key may be where the bottom ends up once the top is installed. I purchased mounting hardware for the 93. What I will be looking for is whether I have to push the strut up from the bottom to mount it or if I have to push the suspension up to mount. If it's the latter I don't think they would work well.

Medium Sapphire Blue Firemist (83) is also a Buick color. As an example, it was an "extra cost option" on the 7th generation Riviera ('86-'93). The GM color code is WA8993.

I experienced a goal post dismantling and storming of the field once at a USM game when I was a kid. Hard to believe now because they hardly ever win a football game. I think the TN deal was a victory celebration.

Look at the top of the page, category labeled "How to Guides". Under that heading are myriad subjects and repair topics. Under electrical, sub heading ignition, there is a professional "how to" video on diagnosing, disassembling and replacing the coil pack and ICM

Dave sent me a photo of the shifter panel he is referring to. It looks as bright as a new one.

Greetings Brock, Are you still looking for a dead CRT/touch screen? I have one that is dead to me. It was sitting in the 89 I bought in a Minnesota backyard for 5 years. I couldn't get it to come up and I have no idea what is wrong with it, plus I have two more. You are welcome to it for the the good of the Reatta community. Keith

I'm anxious to get into this. I'm also going to attempt to eliminate the Bosch anti-locks with a vacuum booster and master cylinder from a 93. Challenging cars these Buick and Cadillac "experiments".

People on TV have been giving UT hell all day for throwing the goal posts in the Tennessee River and then asking for donations to replace them. I think it's funny because you could pass a hat at a UT tailgate party outside Neyland Stadium and take up enough money to pay for those goal posts, and probably the $100,000 fine for fans running on the field as well.

Wondering why Buick decided to use the black molding as standard on the Reatta. Seems to me that the painted molding which matches the vehicle color looks consistently better on all vehicle colors. Granted that the painted molding was an option, but how many Reattas were factory ordered by the owner to take advantage of this option......? I can't believe that Buick thought that they would be saving $$ by not painting the molding beforehand as the Reatta was one expensive car anyway. Did Buick think that the black molding looked better, and if so, what was their reasoning. Lastly, I wonder what % of Reattas had the painted molding?