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Looking good. I was pricing out factory WB panels recently* and had a question: do you need to replace the front inner wheelhouse with a turbo one or will the narrow one work and you only need to replace the fender and liners? Is the wheelhouse the part that has mounting points for narrow and wide suspension?
is it possible to get a factory 965 front bumper? Sunset doesn’t even list it.
*and then started seriously considering seeing if someone wanted to trade cars instead...
Thanks. I didn’t realize the face bar was the bumper. You also don’t have the inner wheel house listed so I’ll assume they aren’t needed. Which is good because they are $2200 each...
Wait what? What are you looking at that's $2200? I would think I would have seen that kind of number!
I found it - looks like the steel inner wheel housing structure. I don't remember ever hearing anyone need that for a conversion...and the same price is listed for the NB car, so I think it's all the same.
He has the wheel liners listed. They call them Wheelhouse. You will need them for the conversion along with all the supports specific to the widebody which I don't see listed. Without these the wheel liners won't attach properly and the fenders won't be supported properly. IIRC there are one or two that are NLA from the factory. The turbo or Wide-body cars use rear liners not used on the narrow body C2/C4. I have a bunch of spares along with front bumper if . I need for the future. I can try to take pictures of the different supports and comparison of the liners if you need.
... along with all the supports specific to the widebody which I don't see listed. Without these the wheel liners won't attach properly and the fenders won't be supported properly. ...
^ That's the sheet metal - you will not need that.
Also, my list is definitely not meant to be a complete conversion list. It was just one of my many shopping sprees and included the actual fenders, front cover and many of the wheel liners that are required. I was able to buy a bunch of supports from a guy on here liquidating his local (Middle East) Porsche 964 inventory. His name here is MSD - I think his post was removed but you could ask him if he still has access to any of it. I rolled the dice and sent him some money and he followed through and did exactly as he said he would. I think we're sidetracking this build thread
There are a number of supports some require either studs welded to the tub or some form of nutsert to mount. Part numbers
965 504 141 00 x2
965 505 475 00 & 965 505 476 00( if you have an early 964 without the TSB update)
965 505 495 00 & 965 505 496 00 (If you have a 91 or earlier)
965 559 271 00 & 965 559 272 00 (specific to widebody cars and I believe NLA)
There are a lot of other little parts needed as well.
11-13-2019, 05:53 PM
What are you looking at that's $2200? I would think I would have seen that kind of number!
