Anyone used the longitudinal outer clamshells on a street car?, Time for hard choices |
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Anyone used the longitudinal outer clamshells on a street car?, Time for hard choices |
Superhawk996 |
Mar 22 2020, 06:46 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,903 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Curious if anyone has use the outer longitudinal clamshell reinforcement on a street car?
Did you have any unforseen down stream effects to other panels like the door jamb, or the rocker panel? Also thickens the upper flange and I'm wondering if this will cause fit issues later with the door stripping, or maybe even the cosmetic sill plates. Starting to seem like this might be a good idea for race car prep but probably not ideal for just trying to fit up replacement sheetmetal and still have OEM fits. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) I'm not in love with the additional weight either. I can keep mocking up additional pieces but thought I'd see what the collective wisdom of the forum knows. |
Luke M |
Mar 23 2020, 06:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,377 Joined: 8-February 05 From: WNY Member No.: 3,574 Region Association: North East States |
I installed the RD clam shells and a mad dog inner kit on my brothers 914. The inner kit requires a lot more fitting work then the RD parts. The clam shells where real easy to install and I didn't run into any issues as of yet. Now his car is still under construction so can't say anything about weather stripping or sill plate issues. I can tell you that the doors and fender gaps have never looked better on his car. When you shut the doors it's solid. I also have a set of the RD clam shells that I plan on installing on my 914-6. I am not installing an inner kit like my brother did. I feel the RD parts should be just fine with adding some needed chassis strength.
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Tdskip |
Mar 23 2020, 12:44 PM
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