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just a little of what i have been doing to the car the last few weeks
suspension is all on the front rubbing on the fenders cant wait to put the wilwoods on and drive the car once agion |
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SAStron
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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and the wilwoods
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slow18t
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Rolled fenders ftw! I was thinkin unless your planin on runin those wheels id hold out on spacers... |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:40 am Post subject: |
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| dude, you should straight up cut the arches off and widen them. its the only way you will be able to run those wheels with that offset that low. it looks sick tho, but you cant drive with the fender resting on the fucking tire haha |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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looks good man.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| mattyfnP wrote: | | dude, you should straight up cut the arches off and widen them. its the only way you will be able to run those wheels with that offset that low. it looks sick tho, but you cant drive with the fender resting on the fucking tire haha |
haha he should strait up get some baller wheels and then worry about the arches. His alignment is all kinds of f'ed up, i have him a ghetto one so he could at least move the car sunday night. Honestly scott stop screwin around  |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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ha the passenger wheel has like 0 camber and the driver has got to be at least -6  |
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| mattyfnP wrote: | | ha the passenger wheel has like 0 camber and the driver has got to be at least -6 |
I do agree with cory. get some sick wheels then see if they will fit under dem archs. If not, then start hackin away and rebuildin
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| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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| TurboDub wrote: | | mattyfnP wrote: | | ha the passenger wheel has like 0 camber and the driver has got to be at least -6 |
I do agree with cory. get some sick wheels then see if they will fit under dem archs. If not, then start hackin away and rebuildin |
lol yea my camber is all fed up i am going to prolly be doing the breaks tomorow and raise the coilovers so i can drive it to get a alinment if anyone wants to give me a hand.... and as of the wheels if someone see's some for a dope price i am open to sugestions i would like to show off the wilwoods....  car is slowly comeing together... need to finish it so it can hit the body shop. |
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| Scott ill be enraged if you get some kinda monoblock or something and hide those brakes! |
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| slow18t wrote: | | Scott ill be enraged if you get some kinda monoblock or something and hide those brakes! |
i do like mono blocks but yea your right i cant do that...... BUT FUCK I HAVE NO BRAKES i was driving it today and they went to the floor i might have a fucked brake booster i dunno i need to find out... oh and i cut the fenders.. still rubs but not as bad.. |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:43 am Post subject: |
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did you bleed them? what size master cylinder do you have.. master cylinder would be bad before you booster would be.,
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| Mylch wrote: | | did you bleed them? what size master cylinder do you have.. master cylinder would be bad before you booster would be., |
22 inch i bleed one of the rear ones and the other one i had to get a new bleeder valve it was stiped when i went to bleed it but they worked fine for about 3 hours then went to the floor |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:26 am Post subject: |
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not cool how far from home were you when the brakes decided go all screwy?
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:47 am Post subject: |
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| TurboDub wrote: | | not cool how far from home were you when the brakes decided go all screwy? |
drove to meriden and home like that.. |
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| yeah dude, next time remember to bolt your caliper on all the way. on a positive note, we did get the little air out ouf the system that was in there... but that wasnt the problem |
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| SAStron wrote: | | TurboDub wrote: | | not cool how far from home were you when the brakes decided go all screwy? |
drove to meriden and home like that.. |
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| TurboDub wrote: | | SAStron wrote: | | TurboDub wrote: | | not cool how far from home were you when the brakes decided go all screwy? |
drove to meriden and home like that.. |
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new axle went on today wish i had more time to work on it  work get in the way of the dub lol.... but all thats left is the wilwoods will do that on Thursday... |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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will you be drivin the gti to dubs on defrost?
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| TurboDub wrote: | | will you be drivin the gti to dubs on defrost? |
not going to be at that show working |
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