Longitudinal kit, Longitudinal kit Options

[partwerks]

While I was there I asked my mechanic if he would be interested in installing that longitudinal kit and he quoted me $750.00. Does that price sound about right or is he too high again?
I can always stop by a body shop for an estimate also, but if worse comes to worse, I would rather pay more and have it done right as opposed to cheaper and screw it up for me.

[nathansnathan]

My Engmanm kit just came in and it's not as straight-forward as it looks.

You have to put the car on stands paced so that the door gaps are optimal it says in the instructions. Also the removal of all the seam sealer, there's some tricky bending to do it right at the back top, paint removal around all those holes, sanding, weldable primer, welding, grinding, sanding, primer, paint.

I must say I'm not super impressed with these. It's going to take some work to get mine right.

Some issues with the long kit: what about the bracket for the emergency brake? I really don't want to remove it, messing up the long and bracket to reattach it. Im planning to section out the rectangle and weld it around. Other problem, it seems the passenger side seat belt hole, I'll have to enlarge downward as it's not going to let let me get a bolt in where it's at. Since the bent radius at the top is too large, leaving a gap (inside at the corner), I'm thinking about tightening that up to bring the seatbelt hole down. I may just cut around the seat belt hole and move it down a quarter inch and live with the fatter radius. Also they go too low, overhanging the bottom of the long by like an inch - going to cut the bottom, so I can get seam sealer in there properly. The emergency brake cutout looks weird, too, not sure if it'll make more sense once I clearance for the parking brake bracket, or if that's some early late issue.

I wonder, is the much cheaper version that is sold on ebay a better fit?