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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reivaxtorres" data-source="post: 197763" data-attributes="member: 8890">if your car is a 1998 model, then it may or may not have the holes pre-drilled. if it doesnt, consider yourself lucky later on as you mod the car, but screwed right now :hammer:to install a brace from a 94/95 GT onto a 96-98 (or 99-04) you need to make sure it will actually work. most companies sell one for the 5.0 and one for the 4.6, so make sure it even works. for the strut towers, you need to drill the holes on the towers by lining up the brace and marking the locations. mark ALL LOCATIONS, firewall included, before you drill anything. for the firewall, if you dont have the holes on the towers you wont have them on the firewall either. on the stock brace, they mount vertically onto a metal plate that extends horizontally from the firewall. since you dont have this, you have to remove the plastic cover from the firewall, line up the brace, see where the best locations are for you to drill holes thru, then you have to drill horizontal holes thru the brace and then thru the firewall. (hint: drill the holes on the brace 1st, then line it up, mark the firewall, then drill thru the firewall, then install the brace). aftermarket ones have provisions for both the stock mounting locations and the aftermarket mounting locations. let me see if i can dig up a pic of where the firewall bolts are supposed to beEDIT: here are a few pics i have. the engine is a little dirty, but you can see where they are supposed to mount up to:<a href="http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/ender03/100_4649.jpg" target="_blank">http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/ender03/100_4649.jpg</a><a href="http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/ender03/100_3671.jpg" target="_blank">http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/ender03/100_3671.jpg</a> (<-- you can zoom in on this one)<a href="http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/ender03/Picture061.jpg" target="_blank">http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/ender03/Picture061.jpg</a> (<-- look at the firewall and you can see where its been cutout to accomodate the brace)</blockquote>