Underbody repair kit question

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There is a post on the 503 asking about a gap on the mid crossmember outer end repair part. I have an end piece that I'm reverse engineering in order to reproduce as part of our 151 body panels. I also have a NOS mid crossmember. I did a test fit to the crossmember, my A1 and A2 and they all have the same gap which is around .4". Am I missing something? This excessive gap doesn't seem correct to me.



Guy

 

[lpcoating]

I think the issue is inconsistent dimensions on the repair kits. After a few conversations, people have seen the end caps to tall and sometimes to short. This has motivated me to draw the entire mid crossmember as a direct replacement. I'll also do the repair kit end caps as pictured above. The days of people being worried about these repair kits not being available will soon be over!

 

[lpcoating]

So I finished the prints and we're going to run some prototypes. Next will be the repair end caps.

 

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We cut a couple of crossmembers today along with the repair kit end caps and associated parts. 9KW Fiber Laser cuts 16ga like butter. Next stop: Press Brake.

 

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Forming parts today. Part in primer is NOS.

 

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This is the end cap repair. Note how ours fits the crossmember properly. No excessive gap like the original kit part.

 

[lpcoating]

Found out some additional info on this topic today. Credit goes to John Murray:




Thought I'd share.

Guy