I have the CP racing STB's for my 83 GSL and am putting them in this weekend.

the Front went in with out a problem, but the rear seems to have been made wrong, or isnt really a "bolt on" item.

It was made symmetrically, and as we should know the spare is mounted with an offset, so where one of the bolt down plates are, below it is nothing but spare tire well....

also the places where it mounts to the top of the struts are not slanted, so I might have to bend the metal to get them to actually mount.

Anybody else have this RSTB or someone can shed some light on my options?

 

*bump* anybody?

 

seems like its a flawed one. it should bolt on the the mounts in the rear. then you would have to mount it to the base just above the spare tire spot.

if its not sitting right. you might have it on back words? thats the only thing i can think of. should be installed like so:

 

I also purchased one but I gave to my friend because when they said bolt on I didn't think they meant I'd have to drill through and make my own holes and such.

 

yea you will have to drill some holes for the bottem part to bolt down.

the problem he is having is one side has nothing to bolt to, its sitting over the spare tire well

 

Sounds like he is tring to mount it backwards... That's the only way I can see it having a clearance problem with the spare tire well...