Wilson the kit that they shipped to me had:
-The outside-of-transom black aluminum plate
-inside of transom thick bar for upper bolts
-9/16" upper bolts with welded washers on heads; and their nuts
-4 self-tapping screws to secure the bar to the inside of transom
-2 hex machine screws that go thru the washers into threaded holes in the bar
Anyone installing this kit in their GS, don't even bother mess with these (4) screws.
I installed my kit a couple of weeks back and I would have taken pictures but I was too busy cussing and throwing tools around...banghead :cuss :cuss
It wasn't too bad, but I did try and screw the inside plate to the transom, and that was a complete waste of time.
If I were to do it again, I would have started the small hex screws through the welded sq. washer on the bolts into the plate, siliconed around the interior of the holes and inserted the bolts into the transom. Then once they were in place, tighened down the hex screws, so the bolts wouldn't spin when tightening down the nuts.
There is no need to pull the gas tank completely, although you need to pull it forward as far as possible. (For me this is a pain in the a$$ because I have to remove my trim pump, surge tank, and (2) fuel pumps.)
And for the record, my boat is a 95, that hasn't been babied (although taken good care of) and it's been drag raced, and I had no sign of cracks or indents in the transom. :wink