The new front end has arrived along with the required 996RSR radiator ducting and mounting parts so that I can relocate the side radiators to vent correctly
All the new parts on the workshop floor ready to be installed...
I have done an initial test fit of the RSR front bumper and the part is a good fit, but shows how bad the A.I.R. fenders actually are. I have got RSR fender extensions arriving soon that I will need to attach to the A.I.R. fenders, but the joint between the fenders and the bumper at the sides is going to need a lot of work...
I also did not appreciate that the fenders on the RSR is not the same as on the road cars and GT3 Cup cars in that it has an additional section below the headlights which meets the bumper. I will need to fabricate a section to go here.
It is not easy to find details on the 996 RSR on the internet and I have limited access to parts diagrams, so some things are giving me some head scratching. One such thing is where the RSR front bumper is mounted on the underside to the car with two M8 bolts. As you can see in this picture, there is a gap between the underside of the bumper and the car - I have assumed that the frame part of the Boxster and the 996 RSR is the same at this location, and as such there must be a spacer or mount used on the RSR to fill this gap - anyone here know anything about this???
