Broken brace at the rear near the exhaust

[JFP in PA]

It fits perfectly with the factory exhaust.

[elgyqc]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

It fits perfectly with the factory exhaust.

Yes your problem is that aftermarket exhaust. Someone must have figured if the brace don't fit break it... and install half of it. Can't tell from the photos but could you remove the exhaust, install the brace then reinstall the exhaust with some ajustements? The joints around the muffler can be twisted to reposition it to some degree. Otherwise I would fabricate a brace the fits around the exhaust. Use the brace you bought as a jig to properly place the attachement points.

[BoxsterInTheSun]

Originally Posted by elgyqc

Yes your problem is that aftermarket exhaust. Someone must have figured if the brace don't fit break it... and install half of it. Can't tell from the photos but could you remove the exhaust, install the brace then reinstall the exhaust with some ajustements? The joints around the muffler can be twisted to reposition it to some degree. Otherwise I would fabricate a brace the fits around the exhaust. Use the brace you bought as a jig to properly place the attachement points.

Thanks for confirming my suspicions, you totally called it and that's exactly what someone has done.

I think my best bet would be to figure out how to make a new brace that fits, the current one is far enough off that I don't think there's any way to reinstall the exhaust to a point where it would fit.

Thanks again for your help, so far this car is the gift that keeps on giving, a surprise on every single "simple" job I try to do on it. 🤣

[tcoradeschi]

Originally Posted by BoxsterInTheSun

Thanks for confirming my suspicions, you totally called it and that's exactly what someone has done.

I think my best bet would be to figure out how to make a new brace that fits, the current one is far enough off that I don't think there's any way to reinstall the exhaust to a point where it would fit.

Thanks again for your help, so far this car is the gift that keeps on giving, a surprise on every single "simple" job I try to do on it. 🤣

I’ve seen, in the past, references to The Previous Owner From Hell…

[elgyqc]

Originally Posted by BoxsterInTheSun

... so far this car is the gift that keeps on giving, a surprise on every single "simple" job I try to do on it. 🤣

Like my 2000 Boxster S project, I got to the point where I thought that I had fixed almost everything... I checked the non-functioning spoiler and found that someone had done a motor delete.