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Old 11-28-2008, 07:00 PM
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I am looking for upgrade my tires on my 94 and i just love the look of 315's out back but i know that the anti-wheel hop shock(cant think of the right name for it right now) is somewhat close to the tire with the 285's on it now

and i was also wondering if there was anything sold that would eliminate those shocks without hurting traction cause i think i vaguely remember seeing something that eliminated them but it was ALONG time ago and may have been a different part altogether
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Old 11-28-2008, 07:31 PM
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your talking about the quad shocks.

just get some quality lower control arms and get rid of the of quad shocks and run 315's
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Old 11-28-2008, 08:27 PM
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quad shocks thats the name thanks man and thanks for the info about getting good lower control arms that looks like the next thing on my list of parts before tires
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Old 11-28-2008, 09:59 PM
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i'm not sure a 315 will fit i've seen a 305 but i may be wrong. i'd hate for you to go spend that much on tires and then have them hit the body somewhere...
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Originally Posted by redpony88
i'm not sure a 315 will fit i've seen a 305 but i may be wrong. i'd hate for you to go spend that much on tires and then have them hit the body somewhere...
Thats the most fun part. when i put the 275's on my fox i had to take a mallet to the inner finderwells a little. Its not often you get to use a hammer on your car, relish it
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Old 11-28-2008, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 83glx5.0
Thats the most fun part. when i put the 275's on my fox i had to take a mallet to the inner finderwells a little. Its not often you get to use a hammer on your car, relish it
lol i've had to do the exact same thing on my fox when i put 275's on
i just dont wanna do it to my car that looks nice, i dont mind beating the fox cause it's got dings and plenty of imperfections haha
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Old 11-28-2008, 10:10 PM
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if it looks like they are gonna hit ill have the inner lip rolled to give it a little extra space
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Old 11-28-2008, 10:45 PM
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Tons of people have fun 315 tires on the rear of SN95s, even 335s. It's not unusual though to have to massage the inner fenderwell with a mallet and/or roll the outer fender, a lot depends how low the car is. Also there's a possibility the exhaust will give you trouble. Other than that it looks completely badass.
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Old 11-29-2008, 08:31 AM
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yea i am aware of the exhaust possibilities and if they are gonna hit ill just cut the pipes off after the mufflers cause i want to put a side exit exhaust on like the one Ford then Roush used to sell the only problem will be finding the side skirts
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Old 11-29-2008, 09:35 AM
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You also have to change the mufflers and if you have subframe connectors your exhaust will run low to the ground. I have thought about side exit on my fox and running 80 series flows (camaro's flowmaster) but those are over $120 a pop and I didn't feel like dealing with all of that.
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