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Okay I just contacted Monroe and spoke to the technical department in regards to the 1990 Rear Regal strut. At first there was push back as the guy looked at the pictures of the Reatta strut verses the Regal strut and he said it would never mount up. I assured him that we were addressing strut mounting on a Reatta website and all I wanted was the physical characteristics. He then was cool about it and gave me what we needed. They are as follows; The valving is exactly the same so ride should not be affected. Shaft diameter .983" and tube diameter 2.13" is exactly the same. The length of the strut body is slightly different Reatta 14.25" Regal 14.56" The compressed length of the strut is Reatta 15" Regal 15.08" The extended length of the strut is Reatta 22" Regal 23.01" The travel of the strut shaft is Reatta 6.55 Regal 7.88 Looks like a great match. Monroe is discontinuing the Regal struts as well.

Here's some pics of how I modified The 1990 Regal rear struts for my 1990 Allante. 1) Original 1990 Regal strut with bracket, the only welds are around the bottom of the tube and 5 spot welds on the brackets around the large bolt holes, none on the tube sides. 2) cutting off the side bracket parts at an angle with cut-off wheel, saw would work also. Cut carefully so you don't cut into strut body. 3) One bracket cut off 4) Both brackets cut off, you can see the lower weld bead in the gap, you will have to cut just above it to remove the rest of the bracket 5,6,7) I used a cut-off wheel to cut just above the weld around the base of the strut, the bottom of the tube is slightly tapered so there is a VERY SMALL gap between the bracket and the tube at the bottom above the weld. BE CAREFUL TO NOT CUT INTO THE TUBE! I slowly cut into the piece between the previously cut- off parts & bent it up until it came off, then I could see how deep I could cut around the bottom for the rest of the mount. It might be easier & safer to just use an angle grinder to slowly grind off the bracket at the weld around the base of the strut. 😎 removing the rest of the bracket, carefully cutting the slot deeper to peel it off 9) main bracket removed, now have to remove the remaining welded on piece 10, 11) grind off the welded on piece 12) finished strut end 13) measuring from end of strut rod where the upper mount washer seats to the dimple in the strut tube for the pinch bolt - mine is 19 3/4" 14) transfer measurement to new strut 15) strut mounted in vise to make dimple with a chisel rounded off on the end 16) align dimple with bolt hole & test fit the bolt, make dimple deeper if it doesn't fit I used a small chisel to spread the spindle apart to make it easier to slide the strut in 17) tighten the bolt, strut is ready to install, uses the original upper mount parts - no modifications needed.

Rock Auto is going to wonder what the heck is going on with the rush of strut orders for the 1990 Regal.

I just ordered 4 Regal rear struts as well as the last 2 front struts of the Monroe brand from Rock Auto.

Thanks for taking the time to call Monroe and get the much needed information. The downside to that strut is it will be discontinued. Otherwise it is a good match in dimensions.