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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Rear GT stiffening kit

Posted by: Richard Casto Oct 17 2008, 03:34 PM

I am looking for information about and source for the rear GT stiffening kit. Auto Atlanta has a 10 piece kit (5 each side) for $185. Patrick Motorsports has an 8 piece kit (4 each side) for $158. PM looks similar too, but not identical to AA kit.

I know the factory kit is not perfect and don’t want this to turn into a general thread about what is wrong (or not wrong) with the factory kit. My car is going to have a full interior cage but it will not tie to front rear suspension and I would like to get some of the benefits of the stiffening kit, but at the same time have a “factory” look. That is why I am looking for a factory style kit vs. one of the many other newer stiffening solutions (Engman, etc.)

Questions…

• How many pieces were in the factory kit?
• How close is the AA and PM kits to factory?
• How thick was the factory kit (AA lists no thickness online. PM lists 16g)
• Which commercially available kits match the factory pieces?
• Who else (if anyone) other than AA and PM offers a kit?
• I am not opposed to sourcing my own metal and cutting my own parts. Does anyone sell paper templates for the factory parts?

Thanks,

Richard

Posted by: Eric_Shea Oct 17 2008, 04:01 PM

There's no magic in these...

Most kits are factory copies so most match up to a "T"

Get in touch with Dave here:

maddog

He'll make it so it's simply not worth your while to source/cut/etc.

Check eBay from time to time as well... you'll find sub $100 kits there often.

Posted by: r_towle Oct 17 2008, 04:51 PM

Engman may also sell this precut kit.

Rich

Posted by: rfuerst911sc Oct 17 2008, 07:26 PM

Rich Johnson is where I purchased mine.

Posted by: Richard Casto Oct 22 2008, 03:06 PM

Thanks for the info everyone. It looks like I am going to be sourcing a kit from Rich Johnson.