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Old May 12, 2010 | 07:16 PM
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Keep your car forever and you could!

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i would love to have that done but no way ill ever afford that, haha
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Old May 12, 2010 | 07:36 PM
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Keep your car forever and you could!
haha, finally starting to install seat belts.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 08:50 PM
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how much did you lower it?
I want to say it is a total of 4" lower than stock.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 09:25 PM
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I want to say it is a total of 4" lower than stock.
got a pic?
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Old May 12, 2010 | 09:37 PM
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seatbelts are partially installed, just need 4 more bolts for the shoulder ones. lost a bag





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very nice what rims are those?
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Old May 13, 2010 | 08:02 AM
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Those are some serious seat belts! Are you going to track this car?
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very nice what rims are those?
Summit Racing Legend 5s
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Old May 13, 2010 | 05:54 PM
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Yeah, those look good!

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Summit Racing Legend 5s
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Old May 14, 2010 | 03:57 PM
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I had no idea getting old spindles off was such a good workout, haha
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Yeah, it's not easy working on these old cars! Think of it as perserving history! lol

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I had no idea getting old spindles off was such a good workout, haha
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Old May 14, 2010 | 07:42 PM
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Yeah, it's not easy working on these old cars! Think of it as perserving history! lol
haha, well got my coils back from my brother yesterday and working on installing spindles right now. just having a difficult time getting the mounting hardware off of the old ones (the screw and other stuff for the top part of the spindle).
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Old May 15, 2010 | 06:30 AM
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Is it rusted in there?

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haha, well got my coils back from my brother yesterday and working on installing spindles right now. just having a difficult time getting the mounting hardware off of the old ones (the screw and other stuff for the top part of the spindle).
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Old May 15, 2010 | 05:46 PM
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Is it rusted in there?
idk, but i just got new ball joints instead of ruining another one, lol. Got the spindles and backing plates on now working on the springs.



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That coil spring compressor scares the **** out of me, its slipped off the coil 3 times, really not liking this.
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what type compressor are you using?
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what type compressor are you using?
That POS
http://www.bosstoolsupply.com/produc.../oem/27035.jpg
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I've had no problems out of that compressor.
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I've had no problems out of that compressor.
Must be my luck then
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