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« on: January 29, 2005, 03:26:31 PM » |
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Well I finally got the springs on the car (THANK YOU, STEVE for the springs!!).. Here is my night last night:
(the first 2 are the before, the 3rd is Matt & the last is because the stupid wheel was rusted to the f-in car & was a nightmare to get off)
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2005, 03:29:34 PM » |
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Here are more:
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2005, 03:30:10 PM » |
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And after:
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2005, 03:33:37 PM » |
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nice. Just be sure to let them settle over a period of a few weeks. If you need an alignment then, go ahead. But be sure to let them settle.
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« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2005, 03:34:40 PM » |
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Looks very good laura. I cant wait to get a pic outside in the sun.  What do you think so far? Have you driven it much? What in sam heck took you guys so long?  |
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« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2005, 03:36:06 PM » |
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Nick springs don't settle. Also those springs are used anyways but that is besides the point as real springs don't settle. If you are buying springs that settle you had better find another brand. |
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« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2005, 03:41:00 PM » |
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Laura if you ever have a wheel get stuck again all you have to do is losen the lug nuts a turn or two and drive it up and down your driveway or neighborhood street carefully and it will pop loose. |
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« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2005, 03:42:10 PM » |
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Looks very good laura. I cant wait to get a pic outside in the sun. What do you think so far? Have you driven it much? What in sam heck took you guys so long? Thank you, Steve. I can't wait to take her out & take "nice" pics too. Right now, it's nasty out; that's why the pics are in the garage... So far, I like them, but haven't gotten to really drive w/them yet because the roads are wet enough to be a problem, but I fully intend to. For the record, Nick, I am taking her to get the alignment checked & the TOE adjusted on Monday.  |
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« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2005, 03:44:16 PM » |
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Laura if you ever have a wheel get stuck again all you have to do is losen the lug nuts a turn or two and drive it up and down your driveway or neighborhood street carefully and it will pop loose. That's one we didn't try... we called like 7 people for help.  The wheels were rusted really bad to the car; it was HORRIBLE! I don't have any idea why the rust was soo bad, but Matt cleaned a lot of it off before he put the wheels back on & when Joe gets here, we're going to clean them up for real.. |
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« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2005, 03:53:01 PM » |
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How much was the drop?
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« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2005, 03:56:12 PM » |
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I have no idea, Doc... I forgot to measure it before we started. *embarrassed* I thought about it after we had it up on the jack stands & by then it was too late... |
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« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2005, 03:59:31 PM » |
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The drop should be right at 1.5 inches. Maybe 1.25 at the least.
I can tell you from experience that anymore then that becomes a maintnance nightmare lol.
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« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2005, 04:06:34 PM » |
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I can tell you from experience that anymore then that becomes a maintnance nightmare lol.
I wouldn't want any more than 1.5"... that's too low for driveways & speed bumps, etc. I can tell a difference from the pics that she's lower & I like it!!  |
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« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2005, 04:50:19 PM » |
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Looks great! |
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« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2005, 04:56:00 PM » |
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Nick springs don't settle. Also those springs are used anyways but that is besides the point as real springs don't settle. If you are buying springs that settle you had better find another brand. They sure do. I have done countless spring installs. Everytime I check the initial lowerting after the first drive. I measure. Three to four weeks later, I check again and there is another significant drop. usually between .2 and .4 inch |
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« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2005, 04:58:04 PM » |
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I guess we will have to agree to disagree on that then.
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« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2005, 04:58:18 PM » |
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Looks good Laura... what springs did you get? Did you get these from Steven (Gravel) or Steve (Mr. Black) I'm thinking you got a set of H&R Sports from Steven... is that correct? Steve is right, H&R's don't settle they are the best. I have H&R Supersports and they did not settle. Now you're pimpin' girl...   |
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« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2005, 05:02:46 PM » |
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Gary they are my used Eibachs from my 89GT. They had about 25k miles on them or so.
I can go out and measure my car with it's different springs in it and the fenders will be within a tenth of install.
My 01 did not settle either.
Let's say for the sake of argument that it did settle 2 tenths it would not effect getting an alignment done. All they are gonna adjust is toe anyways. Even though extreme changes in camber on a fox chassis will effect toe a lot a few tenths will not.
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« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2005, 05:16:17 PM » |
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She got Eibachs from Mr. Black after he got H&Rs from Gravel, if I understand correctly.
And my Eibach pro-kit springs settled more than 1/4 inch in the front, not so much in the rear after a few weeks.
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« Reply #19 on: January 29, 2005, 05:31:31 PM » |
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Don't get me wrong nick and doc. I have heard of a few examples of eibachs settling very minor amounts but a couple tenths is not worth noting really IMO. I have been very lucky with Eibachs and not setteling maybe a tenth or two(this is not what I consider to be setteling really). I have owned four sets of them over the years. I have also read a few guys that have had eibachs with runaway sagging problems but they were replace by Eibach. Anyways its all good and laura will be happy. And we have done a great job of mucking up a perfectly good BAM thread lmao.  Also there are a lot of variables to measuring a car. Just doing it in a different spot in your driveway or shop floor can yeild differences of 2-4 tenths. This I have seen many times but all you can do is blow it off. |
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« Reply #20 on: January 29, 2005, 05:42:55 PM » |
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nice laura now we want outside pics (not in the flower field ) for a new desktop and keep that ugly damn cat off the hood |
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« Reply #21 on: January 29, 2005, 08:10:06 PM » |
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Car looks great.
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« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2005, 11:01:36 PM » |
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about time Ms. Slick! Hmmm...you must not have many miles on your car even though it's your DD. I see the eagles are still on there.
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« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2005, 11:05:13 PM » |
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lol liz I still have a pair of the original eagles on the front of the 01 and the other pair on the front of the 89GT. They are a great wearing tire. Her car is an 04, they better not be wore out. |
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« Reply #24 on: January 29, 2005, 11:09:11 PM » |
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lol liz I still have a pair of the original eagles on the front of the 01 and the other pair on the front of the 89GT. They are a great wearing tire. Her car is an 04, they better not be wore out. oh how funny, all this time i thought she had an 03 cool deal Laura ! My eagles were replaced at 50k. |
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« Reply #25 on: January 29, 2005, 11:10:52 PM » |
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50k is awesome. |
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« Reply #26 on: January 29, 2005, 11:19:40 PM » |
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50k is awesome. my potenza's are wearing just as well  I'll probably replace them when i hit 100k in a few months. |
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« Reply #27 on: January 29, 2005, 11:50:58 PM » |
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Looks great Laura! For the rear tires, just loosen the lugnuts and kick the tire. Worked on my WELL rusted rears on the Exploder when I rotated the tires.
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« Reply #28 on: January 29, 2005, 11:51:46 PM » |
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What an improvement. Looks really nice.
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« Reply #29 on: January 30, 2005, 04:49:18 AM » |
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Nice, Laura. Very nice!  |
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