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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG
Going to depend a bit on the direction of force applied to the brace and fastener size. If you can get full torque on an 8mm fastener with a rivnut, it's probably going to have enough clamping force for most braces. Won't know till you try. I'd avoid the socket in a socket style rivnuts, they don't seem as strong in my experience with them.
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That's good to know, I certainly won't discount the idea in the future.
But I figured everything is threaded for the conversion, however the parts needed make it more expensive than the STi draw stiffeners.
You not only need the engine cross member braces like @
gpvecchi said ($100), but you also need to rethread the rear, center 2 skid plate bolts from accepting an m8 fastener to a m10 fasteners. The center 2 skid plate bolts are relocated to the 2 new subframe braces ($32). This opens up the lovely opportunity of now needing a GR86 skid plate ($218) which means you might as well get the new transmission cover lol ($91).