Rob Edwards

Overall in the US market, 165 out of 406, or 40%.

101 out of 209 '93's, 48%

36 of 120 '94's, 38%

18 of 77 '95's, 23%

the flyin' scotsman

My GTS has rub strips

Rob Edwards

Mine used to have them. No longer.

rnixon

$68k. Gulp.

23psi4age

Nice! Can't wait to put mine on BAT once I get the COA!

worf928

LOL. I didn't write that they didn't exist, just that I'd never seen one (with my own eyes.)

Want to break that down by 5-speed vs. Auto?

And, what about S4/GT percentages?

Every GTS I work on is a 5-speed and none have rub strips.

Most - perhaps all (hard to remember) - S4/GTs I work on have rub strips.

My '89GT had rub strips but they were removed en passant with a PO's repaint.

Rob Edwards

The '89 GT that Greg and I are doing right now is being de-rubstripped, but I de-adhesed them so they _could_ be added back if someone so decided. (De-adhesing is a giant PITA....)

Of the 243 US market GTS automatics, 105, or 43% had rubstrips. Of the 163 5-speeds, 60, or 37% had rubstrips

Will work on the GTs, IIRC nearly all the '89s had rubstrips.

cobalt

I though there were a 170 5 speeds imported? Only 163? Mine is one of the non rub strip 5 speeds.

Rob Edwards

163 is all there is in the PET database, and 163+243 = 406, which jibes with the oft-quoted total of 406 U.S. market GTSs.

RE: Rubstrips on the US/Canada market '89-91 GTs:

112/115 '89GTs had rubstrips - 97.4%
142 / 145 '90GTs had rubstrips- 97.9%
143/145 91 GT's had rubstrips - 98.6%

So overall 397/405, or 98%.

worf928

Ah hah! So, the voices in my head are correct: I don’t need to review Bayes’ Rule.

hacker-pschorr

Same here, reason why I had to look!

I never noticed until now the short "stub" strip on the rear fender. Thankfully they did that and not bend the strip around the flared fender.

worf928

Me too. The "stub strip" is a funny thing.

The various pictures confirm - for me - what has been my opinion for a long time:
- S4/GTs look better with rub strips.
- GTSs look better without rub strips.

Furthermore, the statistics confirm that a surprised reaction to a GTS w/o rub strips is not warranted and that an S4/GT without rub strips may have had them removed.

Red Flash

Wow, I have one of the 3 90 GTs that came from the factory without rubstrips! I guess I can use that as a real draw, if I ever would sell...

I disagree. I think generally both look better without rubstrips. If you have to have rubstrips, I do think they look better, though, on an S4/GT than on a GTS. The stub doesn't look right at all...

NoVector

I'm guessing some dealers added rub strips. They weren't on my car's option code list, yet they were there when I bought it. I had them removed a couple years ago. If someone's in the market for a set (to include the stub ) let me know as they will never go back on my car.



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worf928

Likely you have the only Red '90 GT w/o strips? You may have the only Red GT of any year w/o rub strips. A true 1 of 1!