Rear GT stiffening kit, Looking for kit source and some other questions. Options

[Richard Casto]

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