I did cut the fender brace but there is another obsticale in the way. Where the lower fender connects to the upper fender there is a seam of sorts that gets in the way, attempting to bend or cut this out of the way risks alerting or bending the fender in such a way that will make a real difference to the outside/exterior and I drew the line there but I did read and was aware that the brace was something that needed to be cut and I was willing to do that and in fact did. It still didn't fit.
Now, maybe I'm an idiot for not scouring the internet for an install on a 98 GTP, fair enough but I expect that if you are going to sell a part as a fit for these cars, I expect it to fit. This one doesn't; it is not as if it "needs modification" to fit or the "installation is a challenge" but possible. It doesn't fit. I'm not an internet merchant as a business but I have sold hunderds of things over the years on eBay and I just think that what they do with this kit is wrong... they sell it as a fit and it is not and then when asked about it they don't respond for a while and then when they do they say "Gee, never had this problem before" as if I'm just making it up that it doesn't fit.
There are two points to be made here: (1)The JMB Fenderwell intake does not fit the 1997 to 2003 GTP, (2) if you buy something from WBS and have fit issues don't expect help or to be treated fairly.