Rennline pedals: DO IT!
Jan 3, 2010 | 11:52 PM
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Rennline pedals: DO IT!
More from my car-love weekend. Before I detailed this summofbitch, I finally installed my Rennline 4 pedal kit, throttle extensions, and floorplates which have been sitting in my garage for a few weeks.
Few points if you ever get these and install them yourself:
1) Dead pedal was the easiest, followed by the accelerator. As far as drilling, the brake pedal requires the most physical effort seeing as it is the only metal pedal of the 4. But the 'stalk' on the clutch is the thickest and if the drill holes aren't placed high enough, the nylon nuts won't fit in the back. Same concern with the brake, but I got that one on the first try.
2) Painters tape is a must. Impossible to see where to drill unless you use tape and a Sharpie to mark beforehand.
3) I was not talented or can contort enough to do this by myself. So I had to enlist my wife (thanks, Hon!) to help me align the pedals and fasten the screws while I held the nylon nuts on the back.
4) Driver's side floorplate instructions say you have to drill a hole into the chassis for one of the screws. Ehhhhh.....I wasn't feelin' that so I just used some velcro with an adhesive back.
Pedals without the floorplate
With floorplate. Ended up not drilling into the chassis for the top left hole. Made me too nervous. Just used a strip of velcro along the top edge and voila!
Passenger side
Driving impressions. Just wow. I thought it would make heel-toe a bit easier (which it most definitely does) and that's about it. Mostly 'bling' for the interior. But I don't know what or why, but clutch feel is infinitely improved! My desire to do the GT2 clutch slave cylinder conversion was based on the fact that the pedal had NO feel/feedback. Maybe it's the removal of those rubber covers and replacing it with metal. No idea, but I like it!
Few points if you ever get these and install them yourself:
1) Dead pedal was the easiest, followed by the accelerator. As far as drilling, the brake pedal requires the most physical effort seeing as it is the only metal pedal of the 4. But the 'stalk' on the clutch is the thickest and if the drill holes aren't placed high enough, the nylon nuts won't fit in the back. Same concern with the brake, but I got that one on the first try.
2) Painters tape is a must. Impossible to see where to drill unless you use tape and a Sharpie to mark beforehand.
3) I was not talented or can contort enough to do this by myself. So I had to enlist my wife (thanks, Hon!) to help me align the pedals and fasten the screws while I held the nylon nuts on the back.
4) Driver's side floorplate instructions say you have to drill a hole into the chassis for one of the screws. Ehhhhh.....I wasn't feelin' that so I just used some velcro with an adhesive back.
Pedals without the floorplate
With floorplate. Ended up not drilling into the chassis for the top left hole. Made me too nervous. Just used a strip of velcro along the top edge and voila!
Passenger side
Driving impressions. Just wow. I thought it would make heel-toe a bit easier (which it most definitely does) and that's about it. Mostly 'bling' for the interior. But I don't know what or why, but clutch feel is infinitely improved! My desire to do the GT2 clutch slave cylinder conversion was based on the fact that the pedal had NO feel/feedback. Maybe it's the removal of those rubber covers and replacing it with metal. No idea, but I like it!
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