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Old 04-14-2018, 10:40 PM
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Always my favorite kind of threads. Thanks to powdrhound for keeping the faith alive!
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Old 04-15-2018, 07:52 PM
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Do you need weight off the tires to change this out or can you drive up a ramp and change this?
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Old 04-15-2018, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by geetee
Do you need weight off the tires to change this out or can you drive up a ramp and change this?
Need weight of the suspension
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Old 04-17-2018, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by pfbz
My Al brace arrived last week... What's everyone's favorite 'kinda grungy cast aluminum' cleaner? No easy access to a blast cabinet.
goo gone professional and steel wool.
just did this on me -3.
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Old 12-04-2018, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by pfbz
Not to beat a dead horse, just the engineer in me coming out a bit. I'm comfortable putting on the aluminum part, and plan to do so before spring.

It appears from John's first post and from looking at PET part lists. that:

- 996 generation. All non-GT get steel. All GT get Aluminum
- 997.1 generation. Turbo retains steel. All others, including C4S get Aluminum.
- 997.2 generation. All, including turbo, Aluminum. Same part.
- 991.1 generation. All, including turbo, Aluminum. Same part.

Draw whatever conclusions you prefer...
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Does that mean that the bolded above is not accurate?
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Old 12-04-2018, 08:14 PM
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I have noticed that the $40 eBay finds are no longer. The salvage Porsche part places must be on the forums.
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Old 12-04-2018, 09:56 PM
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Or they simply noticed a 1000% increase in sales and decided to raise prices. Bummer, though, I should have jumped on it.
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Got mine installed while putting all back inside the car.
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Old 01-08-2019, 02:52 AM
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Damn, mines still sitting on the floor of my garage. So valuable now, anyone want to trade it for a 1976 Turbo?
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Old 01-08-2019, 01:15 PM
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i just looked at the prices on ebay...those prices are crazy now. I should have bought 10 of them at 40 bones a piece instead of one :/
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Originally Posted by powdrhound
It's 110Nm for the 4 bolts that attach the crossmember to the side carriers and slightly less at 100Nm for the diagonal brace to crossmember (the TT one is 110 since the bolt is going into steel)

A small legal disclaimer in out litigious society, the TT cross brace is steel due to the portly weight of the 996TT so as with any mods, use the aluminum one at your own peril..
quoting this post because i couldn't find the torque values for this aluminum/aluminium crossmember mod...
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Old 04-26-2022, 12:43 PM
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Prices are down on these again, I noticed they are pretty easy to find around $60 currently. The price probably shot up from everyone trying to buy one when John made this thread.

I have one on my car, definitely worth the hour of effort to install.
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Originally Posted by kamlung
quoting this post because i couldn't find the torque values for this aluminum/aluminium crossmember mod...
There you go.... 14, 15, and 16, all 110NM


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Old 04-26-2022, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by powdrhound
There you go.... 14, 15, and 16, all 110NM



how do i super like this!!! i just printed this out...
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Just ordered one, $65 shipped. I wonder if my car has one on it already, lol
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