New Ducktail from TRG...I like it!

[efhughes3]

Got my new duck in from The Racer's Group. At first glance, it is of very good quality-I think they source from Getty Design? At any rate, the finish seems very good, we'll see how it fits. On with the new...



Off with the old (it will be for sale soon!)...

[Az911]

Looks good and yes TRG sells Getty Design parts

[efhughes3]

I was kinda hesitant to buy a new one, figuring I'm the one who'll be responsible to take care of manufacturing flaws, but if the fit is good, my job will be easy.

[geof33]

The biggest givaway to Getty Designs stuff is the black gel coat. For some reason they are one of (if not the only one) that uses black...

My GT-Racing doors were sourced from Getty. Sometimes when some companies run out of product they use what they can find...

[73911guy]

My duck tail from MA Shaw had black gel coat.

Jim

[geof33]

I don't think MA Shaw or most other companies actually manufactur their own parts... That's why they can be sort of hit and miss fit wise.

[911pcars]

I wouldn't rely on black gel coat to ID a Getty-made ducktail. My black-gelled ducktail from Performance required 13 hours of reshaping and refitting; making a good deal not so good in the long run. I doubt it was made by Getty.

Sherwood

[earlyapex]

I bought my RSA tail from Getty. Neal was very easy to deal with and he really knew their products. I also considered GT Racing, but chose Getty because they are in the same state.

[doozer]

MA Shaw sells Getty Parts

[geof33]

Originally posted by 911pcars
I wouldn't rely on black gel coat to ID a Getty-made ducktail. My black-gelled ducktail from Performance required 13 hours of reshaping and refitting; making a good deal not so good in the long run. I doubt it was made by Getty.

Sherwood

Sherwood,

I see your point. However, my 3.8 tail direct from Getty required a significant amount of massaging as well. At least 8 hours. Far more than my Gt-Racing duck did... Which was white...???

[Yellowbird RS]

Yes MA Shaw, the Race Group, TRG and many others sells Getty Parts

[911pcars]

geof33,
FG molds wear out eventually with the early copies being more faithful to the original shape than the last ones pulled.

I guess we were not as fortunate in the versions we had to work with.

Sherwood

[efhughes3]

Well I've got my fingers crossed on me not having to do a lot of "massaging". IMO, some of the fit woes experienced by others could be at least partially due to the variance in these cars.

[Wil Ferch]

Ed:
Porsche has some of the most accurate body tolerances in the industry....don't go there....see other posts I've engaged-in on that.

The variation is with the plastic parts....same thing as the variation in tires used ( size of the rubber)...not the "accuracy" of the fender when certain over-size tires don't fit and rub.....

Wil

[Rot 911]

Good luck on the fit Ed. My GT Racing tail took some significant work to get the lines to line up.

[efhughes3]

I'm not going to hijack this thread into a discussion on body accuracies, fender wells on these things do vary.

[Wil Ferch]

Left is different than right...true...but that doesn't mean they *vary*..it simply means the body is not symmetrical...a true, but different thing.

Plus..if you don't know the history of the car..it may have been re-assembled before with less-than factory tolerances.

Other than that....for the *most* part... I stand by my earlier statement. If there are body fit variations...they are sub-order to ( either) tire rubber size differences or f'glass differences not matching.

Not saying it doesn't happen...just saying the relative influence and ranking of these things...

I'll shut up now .....

Wil

PS--- I hope ( and believe) you're piece goes well...it should.

quack

[fastpat]

Originally posted by efhughes3
Got my new duck in from The Racer's Group. At first glance, it is of very good quality-I think they source from Getty Design? At any rate, the finish seems very good, we'll see how it fits. On with the new...

I'm very interested in your mounting successes and difficulties so please keep us posted on your progress.

Lots of photos if you can do it too.

[Shuie]

Rennspeed uses the black gelcoat also. I had a Getty ducktail last year that was white and looked identical to GT Racing glass that I had bought before that . This stuff all seems like it comes from the same place.