Strut Tower Brace Question

April 06, 2007, 01:02:03 AM

Hey guys, long time no lurking. Life has been busy, car has been getting some neglect. :(

Does anybody have some pics of the fox mustang Ford Motorsport Strut Tower Brace? Either installed on their car, or sitting out?

I just bought one of them from Jegs for my '85 Bird. The invoice and sticker on the box both said it's the M-20201-A50 (Fox), but the install sheet in the box said it's the M-20201-A51 (SN-95). I haven't found a part number on the brace. I'm trying to figure out what I've REALLY got.

The strut tower mounting points on the brace that arrived are some L-brackets that drop over the outboard leading edge of my strut towers, far away from any mounting hardware. I see no factory started mounting location near them, it looks like (if this is correct) it's supposed to go into sheetmetal instead of fastening onto the suspension component hardware. There are 6 mounting points; 2 for firewall, 2 for each strut tower.

Help me out, it's making me feel stupid, and I don't know if I need to send this back for the right one.

Strut Tower Brace Question

Reply #1 – April 06, 2007, 02:07:42 AM

They all attach to the strut tower itself, not to the factory camber plates.

A picture of what you have would probably help determine which brace you actually got.