Great fiber glass body parts at the best prices, RennSpeed Motorsports is a great Porsche parts vendor Options

[stewteral]

To all 914 pushers:

I took a run to RennSpeed Motorsports today and bought some spare 914 parts:

-A set of 11" rear flares: $175
-A set of rocker panels (to mate with my 9" front & 11" rear flares) $175

I wanted to pass on the info about this company as the prices are great and the parts are well made. I have had my original set since 2002 and can recommend
the quality: all parts come with a thick white gel coat and a very smooth and flaw-free finish.

Peter Ng is the company owner and a great guy to deal with. His prices can't be beat, however, since he hasn't raised his prices since 2002, he told me he would have to due to his increased cost.

check out his site for the 914 offerings:
http://www.rennspd.com/Products.asp?Task=S...=13&catID=4

As a "heads-up" if you are looking for fiber glass parts, order now before his raises
the prices.

Enjoy,
Terry

[Eric_Shea]

You mentioned needing to trim their flares to fit, I did too, but assumed it was on purpose to allow extra material to fit any 914.

I'm using factory steel flares.

I mentioned having issues with the ends of the front "valance". They were so far off it was insane. They stuck out by 2" on either side. Almost like they were made for some weird big flare but... I never saw anything like that on their site.

Maybe it's just the GT pieces... maybe they've gotten better molds. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[stewteral]

You mentioned needing to trim their flares to fit, I did too, but assumed it was on purpose to allow extra material to fit any 914.

I'm using factory steel flares.

I mentioned having issues with the ends of the front "valance". They were so far off it was insane. They stuck out by 2" on either side. Almost like they were made for some weird big flare but... I never saw anything like that on their site.

Maybe it's just the GT pieces... maybe they've gotten better molds. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Hey Eric,

Something I learned the hard way: we have jumped into "there is no such thing
as Bolt-On" world. All I can say about the mis-match fit of your flares is that something is way off on the front of your car....OR...you will have to find a way
to cut & weld the flares so they will fit.

Once one lets go of the belief that "Someone Else" will supply you a part that is GUARANTEED to fit, the sooner he can gasp the enpowerment of taking control of all parts to fit as desired. I don't mean this to sound sappy!

Just today, I was cruising sites that showed forming fender flares from steel sheet.
They had used an English Wheel and made some 6 pieces that were welded together to make a fender flare.

Since you have the flares already, can you see a way to cut pie sections out of them to make them fit? To do good welding, I have just read about using a Jeweler's torch to do the minimum heating while welding body panels. I found the torch on eBay for $136, but it requires the tanks & regulators of a normal Oxy-acetelyne torch.

In closing, you CAN do it, if you take a careful & slow approach to achieving the desired results.

BTW: There are many books on Amazon on this subject.

Best,
Terry

[Eric_Shea]

You mentioned needing to trim their flares to fit, I did too, but assumed it was on purpose to allow extra material to fit any 914.

I'm using factory steel flares.

I mentioned having issues with the ends of the front "valance". They were so far off it was insane. They stuck out by 2" on either side. Almost like they were made for some weird big flare but... I never saw anything like that on their site.

Maybe it's just the GT pieces... maybe they've gotten better molds. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Hey Eric,

Something I learned the hard way: we have jumped into "there is no such thing
as Bolt-On" world. All I can say about the mis-match fit of your flares is that something is way off on the front of your car....OR...you will have to find a way
to cut & weld the flares so they will fit.

Once one lets go of the belief that "Someone Else" will supply you a part that is GUARANTEED to fit, the sooner he can gasp the enpowerment of taking control of all parts to fit as desired. I don't mean this to sound sappy!

Just today, I was cruising sites that showed forming fender flares from steel sheet.
They had used an English Wheel and made some 6 pieces that were welded together to make a fender flare.

Since you have the flares already, can you see a way to cut pie sections out of them to make them fit? To do good welding, I have just read about using a Jeweler's torch to do the minimum heating while welding body panels. I found the torch on eBay for $136, but it requires the tanks & regulators of a normal Oxy-acetelyne torch.

In closing, you CAN do it, if you take a careful & slow approach to achieving the desired results.

BTW: There are many books on Amazon on this subject.

Best,
Terry

Ummm... my car is basically done and there's nothing wrong with the front end or the Porsche factory flares. So no books to read no torches to buy and... really no reason to cut perfectly good factory metal flares when crappy fiberglass is much less of a hassle and investment to whack away at. But, I'm sure you're overly knowledgable on that rational.

I did mention in my very first post:

I know glass is glass and it all needs work but this wasn't substancial - it was severe...

So I wasn't looking for bolt on. My post made that clear (or so I thought). I wasn't holding on to a "belief" that someone else should supply a decent product. I don't think I was under any illusion or even mentioned that the glass would/should be GUARANTEED or should fit right out of the box. I immediately gasped (sic) my empowerment, took control (in much less time than it took to pontificate in this thread) and decided it was probably best to spend the money fixing the RennSpeed crap vs. tying up the shop while we waited for better quality glass to come in. In the end it was an $800 decision and it's done. The picture I posted in the thread showed only some of the severity of the condition of the Rennspeed glass.

All I can say about the mis-match fit of your flares is that something is way off on the front of your car....OR...you will have to find a way
to cut & weld the flares so they will fit.

It couldn't be the really crappy RennSpeed fiberglass right? Must be my front end or my flares... and you came to this conclusion how? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)

Bottom line Terry: This ain't my first Rodeo. Just my first Rodeo with such bad fiberglass. "Really" bad fiberglass. I sincerely hope it's gotten much better.

Here's some pics of the process and body work:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2057...mp;l=b421a958ac

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2113...mp;l=d147b32ef5

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2556...mp;l=3c26455147

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3924...mp;l=7c2510bef5