FINALLY got the new wheels on. Lots of pics!
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Thanks. Yeah, I'd able to swap them, but the problem is the thickness. The thickness of the emblem itself is twice as thick as the stock cap, so it'll stick out from the wheel about 1/4". 
The Ultralites lower 1" all around, so they don't lower it more in the rear. That's why I went with the Pro Kit. Almost every kit is the same all the way around, or more in the front. I wanted more in the back.
You can use the stock lower control arms, but you'll have worse wheel hop that you do now. If you're worried about road racing or street handling, you'll want relocation brackets and aftermarket LCA's (fixed), using the top hole of the brackets. For aggressive driving, drag racing, and stoplight launching, you'll want relocation brackets and the LCA's put on the bottom hole. Either way, you won't get rid of wheel hop without new LCA's. To correct your pinion angle, you'll want an adjustable UCA. If you don't do any hard launching, that's not necessary. But if you launch hard with your pinion angle out of spec, you could cause some real damage.
Awesome thanks for the info now I was planning on buying all of these through STEEDA and just using their ultra lite springs will this basically maintain the same look? Also if your buying LCA relocation brackets do you also need to buy the adjustable LCA? I stuck all of this in the shopping cart and it ran out to $1500 and I nearly shat myself. Is all of this needed? I really want to drop the rear of the vehicle much more then the front but I definately want to drop it so that I close the gaps under the rear fenders. I so far am stock but intend to do a vortech/paxton in about a year and a half but at the moment I have no wheel hop. Therefore my question is could I just go with the ultra lite springs and Tokico D-specs and still maintain this look and majorly improve handling? If I need to go with the LCA/UCA's then I will but I just wanted to double check because I have never done any suspension work so this is all new territory for me. I honestly want to do as much as possible but will have a shop install this and my overall cost can't go over 1500 really. Thanks for the help!
You can use the stock lower control arms, but you'll have worse wheel hop that you do now. If you're worried about road racing or street handling, you'll want relocation brackets and aftermarket LCA's (fixed), using the top hole of the brackets. For aggressive driving, drag racing, and stoplight launching, you'll want relocation brackets and the LCA's put on the bottom hole. Either way, you won't get rid of wheel hop without new LCA's. To correct your pinion angle, you'll want an adjustable UCA. If you don't do any hard launching, that's not necessary. But if you launch hard with your pinion angle out of spec, you could cause some real damage.
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Kinda feel like a stalker here...
Been checking out your car for some time now. She is beautiful!
Decided to comment in this thread since I think I'll be heading down this path next. Few more 'Go' mods to do, but those rims and tires, along with that awesome stance helped me make up my mind.
And for what it's worth, I LOVE the meat on the rears, very menecing looking... Perfect choice IMO!
Been checking out your car for some time now. She is beautiful!
Decided to comment in this thread since I think I'll be heading down this path next. Few more 'Go' mods to do, but those rims and tires, along with that awesome stance helped me make up my mind.
And for what it's worth, I LOVE the meat on the rears, very menecing looking... Perfect choice IMO!
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Can't wait to see what you do with the Cobra!!!!
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lol I meant stalk my cars not me.
I go back and forth with the Cobra ll the time, which is why it sits untouched. Some days I want to leave the 2.3L in there and rebuild it. Other days I wanna rebuild it and turbo it. But most days, I want to yank it out and drop a 5.0L Cammer in it and tub the biatch out.
I go back and forth with the Cobra ll the time, which is why it sits untouched. Some days I want to leave the 2.3L in there and rebuild it. Other days I wanna rebuild it and turbo it. But most days, I want to yank it out and drop a 5.0L Cammer in it and tub the biatch out.
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lol I meant stalk my cars not me.
I go back and forth with the Cobra ll the time, which is why it sits untouched. Some days I want to leave the 2.3L in there and rebuild it. Other days I wanna rebuild it and turbo it. But most days, I want to yank it out and drop a 5.0L Cammer in it and tub the biatch out.
I go back and forth with the Cobra ll the time, which is why it sits untouched. Some days I want to leave the 2.3L in there and rebuild it. Other days I wanna rebuild it and turbo it. But most days, I want to yank it out and drop a 5.0L Cammer in it and tub the biatch out.
Oh and +1 for the 5.0L
Funny how much easier making decisions is for me when it's not my car (or my $$$$).
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