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Old 06-07-2007, 11:06 PM
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How bad is the wheel hop in everyones gt's?? Mine seems to have gotten worse since buying the car....its like I cant even spin the tires anymore because its so bad, even when its wet out to its kinda bad, anyone else expierencing this
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Old 06-08-2007, 12:26 AM
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welcome....yes....buy LCAs
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Old 06-08-2007, 01:39 AM
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CA's and wider tires....I personally run nitto555r 305/45/18 rear 555r255/45/18 front. I stick to the ground even in wet weather. Look at my torque rating on my sig, that should tell you something.
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Old 06-08-2007, 01:52 AM
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I only get wheel hop on ****ty roads or going slow but accelerating hard around a turn sometimes. Never on a straight.
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Old 06-08-2007, 01:56 AM
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I notice that your sig says stock for now. Just remember that the weak link is our suspension. Ca's are well worth the $300 +$200 for labor if you have a shop install them. I was actually hopping 3-4 feet over to the right on hard launches and shifting into 2nd I would find myself over 1 complete lane and therefore was literally unable to race anyone until I got tires and def. the CA's.
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Old 06-08-2007, 02:12 AM
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Get you some CHE LCA's and UCA!!! They are amazing!! BMR is also another great company to deal with as well, both have astounding products!!

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Old 06-08-2007, 02:24 AM
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Yeah I probably wont do much performance before I do Suspension and tires.
ofcourse this is what I am saying now...
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Old 06-08-2007, 02:27 AM
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just this week I put on lca and uca from bmr and went to the track yesterday 60ft times dropped from 2.2 average to 2.0 zero wheel hop. I now have a very rare clunk coming from the passenger side its only done it twice and very possible just paranoia since I spent a half hour just starring and shaking the car with zero luck.
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Old 06-08-2007, 11:48 AM
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Wider tires alone did it for me. I haven't had wheel hop since.
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Old 06-08-2007, 01:13 PM
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I have never experienced wheel hop, none, zero, nada. Can't figure it out. Some have and some haven't.
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