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Old 5/12/10, 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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haha, finally starting to install seat belts.
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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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I want to say it is a total of 4" lower than stock.
got a pic?
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Old 5/12/10, 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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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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Yeah, those look good!

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Summit Racing Legend 5s
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Old 5/14/10, 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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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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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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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
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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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