APR GT-250 re-mounted
 

Idk how many of you have GT wings or GTC wings but holy crap is our trunk weak!! If you mount the base screws through more than 1 layer of the inside re-enforcements you're going to bend the deck lid as it gets sucked down in. So I only did the outside skin. Well that's way to weak and thin of aluminium. So I beefed it up a little!

Now the trunk has 3 layers. One of which in the middle is really thick metal. The other 2 are just paper thin. I didn't want to cut through all that so the new under mounts are only going to the back 2 screws because I didn't want to cut more. The old method was just aluminium blocks about 2x2. From the vid you can see major flex!

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...pssytkgvks.jpg

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ajbLvX4gGYI

Now I have a piece of steel angle iron under the lid. Welded to that is another piece about a foot long so I can unbolt from the inside and still use the trunk. Then more angle iron welded to a 5/8" thick piece of steel then bolted to the trunk floor. I'm still not done with the drivers side and I'm going to bolt both sides together for lateral support on the inside. But over all a major difference! The car now moves vs the deck lid :)


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-wFOg7E7-NI

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...pshwfgta9g.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...psdozunozq.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...psbdsncepd.jpg

yeah, the skin is pretty weak

She's good now! :)