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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 09:59 AM
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My new FR500's should be here Thursday.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 03:39 PM
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Awesome can't wait to see how they look. I have thought about them for mine from time to time. Did you get them in black?
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 09:31 AM
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Did the IRS trade deal go through? And did you still want those rotors?
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 11:33 PM
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I'm still very interested in the rotors. I was going to text you the other day basically about this update.

My dad is in the hospital. He broke his leg falling in my house, and hit his head on the way down against a step. I was woken up at 9:00 Sunday morning to him calling for me after he came to from passing out when he hit his head. I called 911 and they came in force with an ambulance and a firetruck. He was in the ER for 12 hours before he was admitted, and has been there ever since. Yesterday they were checking out his heart to see if that could have been part of the reason he fell in the first place and instead of finding a healthy heart they found multiple aneurysms throughout his coronary artery. Basically I do not want to spend a dime until I know that everything money wise in my house is taken care of, because that takes priority over anything else.

FR500s are out of the question, but the IRS is still in the works if it's going to be a straight across trade. Then I'll just have to buy an alignment (which I was planning on anyway) and I'll be good to go.
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 09:25 AM
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Wow man I'm sorry to hear that. I'll def say a prayer for you guys. If there's anything I can do let me know!
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 09:29 AM
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Sorry to hear about your dad Pete. I hope he gets better and back to normal real soon.
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 04:54 PM
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I had no idea that you had an IRS tacbear.

How do you like it on the track? Have you driven a torque arm Mustang to compare it to?
I don't have a IRS, I have the Kenny Brown Trackit:
Adjustable LCA's and UCA's and Panhard Bar
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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Sorry to hear about your dad Pete! Here's to a quick recovery!
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 10:29 PM
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Sorry to hear about your dad Pete! Here's to a quick recovery!
x2 Hoping things turn out well
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 10:51 PM
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Sorry to hear about your Dad. Hope he gets better soon!
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Old Sep 10, 2010 | 08:51 AM
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I've been gone wayy too long! looks good man! i love BAB!
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Old Sep 12, 2010 | 06:27 AM
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Sorry to hear about your dad. Hope he gets better soon. I know what you're going through dude. My folks have gone through many things (Mom almost died from a similar situation) but they turned out well after all that, thanks to God
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Old Sep 12, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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Well my dad is now in the (relative) comfort of being home.

I have found a set of front Cobra brakes with lines, rotors, and calipers for 200 bucks and shipping, so that is on my list of things to-do right now.

Also I'm planning on having a shop do the install of my Watts link onto the new car. It was such a pain in the butt to get it tuned in right on the 94, and even at the end it still had a wicked clunk when I hit a bump. I'm hoping (and the shop owner assures me) that, as soon as the shop is done with it, it will never need to be touched again. That in itself sounds like it's worth it to me.
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by cntchds
Well my dad is now in the (relative) comfort of being home.

I have found a set of front Cobra brakes with lines, rotors, and calipers for 200 bucks and shipping, so that is on my list of things to-do right now.

Also I'm planning on having a shop do the install of my Watts link onto the new car. It was such a pain in the butt to get it tuned in right on the 94, and even at the end it still had a wicked clunk when I hit a bump. I'm hoping (and the shop owner assures me) that, as soon as the shop is done with it, it will never need to be touched again. That in itself sounds like it's worth it to me.
Just read the whole post and I still don't see pics with the new springs/dampers

Glad to hear everything is well again.


Really love the color and it looks like its coming along nicely!
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 07:51 PM
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200 is a great deal, hell, I spent more than that on pads all the way around, and front rotors.

suspension can be very tricky to set up right, so having a shop do it is probably a great idea
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 03:10 AM
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Ride height really did not change much if any, so I'm not sure how necessary pics are.

I ran into a local guy today running the EVM watts link, and he basically said that he had been trying to set his up right for over a year just toying with it, and when he brought it into the shop they had it sorted in an hour. Very comforting.
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 10:55 PM
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I bought cheapy pads to put on it, but with a lifetime "any reason" warranty, who can say no for 18 bucks?
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 12:31 AM
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You should swap the Bullitt calipers out with the "Cobra" ones. And make sure the slots are facing forward!
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 01:13 AM
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Is that the cool way to do it?

And yeah, the Bullitt calipers are going on the new car. The 03-04 Cobra ones are going on the 94.
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Old Sep 24, 2010 | 01:46 AM
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That's the way Brembo and most real performance brake companies do it. There was a post on Jalopnik about slot/cross drilled directions just the other day!
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