IM HAPPY!!
04-14-2008, 01:57 PM
#11
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RE: IM HAPPY!!
ORIGINAL: FELEN
SO I HAD SOME MONEY AFTER SAVING FOR A BIT AND I FINALLY ORDERED H&R SS LOWERING SPRINGS, TOKICO ILLUMINA SHOCKS/STRUTS AND MM CAST N CAMBER PLATES.....KANT WAIT TILL THEY GET HERE~!~!!!
SO I HAD SOME MONEY AFTER SAVING FOR A BIT AND I FINALLY ORDERED H&R SS LOWERING SPRINGS, TOKICO ILLUMINA SHOCKS/STRUTS AND MM CAST N CAMBER PLATES.....KANT WAIT TILL THEY GET HERE~!~!!!
AND btw, pics or ban
04-14-2008, 02:49 PM
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RE: IM HAPPY!!
the tie rods were the biggest PITA but we found if you just use a pry bar and push down on the control arm you get 'wrestle' them out...we used a spring compressor on one side and that made things a little easier, but you are still capable of doing it without one (you can rent one @ auto zone...just a 40 dollar deposit and you get all your money back so its free)...don't pay 350 bucks, you can DIY...
04-14-2008, 04:02 PM
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RE: IM HAPPY!!
yea ima take some pix of the car soon...been putting it off for a while but ill take the before n after pix also.....
after all this talk ima kall my buddy up and see what we kan do hopefully a 24 of coronas will help...
after all this talk ima kall my buddy up and see what we kan do hopefully a 24 of coronas will help...
04-15-2008, 05:19 AM
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LOL beer is always a must when working on a project lol....especially right now that its getting so fawkin hot....
beer will defintly help the process lol...and i think ima get someone that knows what they are doing that might help also but not as much as the beer...lol
beer will defintly help the process lol...and i think ima get someone that knows what they are doing that might help also but not as much as the beer...lol
04-15-2008, 08:29 AM
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RE: IM HAPPY!!
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the tie rods were the biggest PITA but we found if you just use a pry bar and push down on the control arm you get 'wrestle' them out...we used a spring compressor on one side and that made things a little easier, but you are still capable of doing it without one (you can rent one @ auto zone...just a 40 dollar deposit and you get all your money back so its free)...don't pay 350 bucks, you can DIY...
the tie rods were the biggest PITA but we found if you just use a pry bar and push down on the control arm you get 'wrestle' them out...we used a spring compressor on one side and that made things a little easier, but you are still capable of doing it without one (you can rent one @ auto zone...just a 40 dollar deposit and you get all your money back so its free)...don't pay 350 bucks, you can DIY...
04-15-2008, 09:20 AM
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RE: IM HAPPY!!
[sm=smiley3.gif]Jeebus for the love of GAWD DO NOT DO THIS W/O SPRING COMPRESSORS!!! ****!!! Are you guys NUTS?!?! [sm=wtf.gif]
feckin ****! That is SO dangerous! OK, so a couple of you pulled off theswapwith a pry bar - pfft - lucky, I say.
I'm all about the DIY, but safely. If the compressor iswrong/too big/too small, take it back and get a different one. I've done two sets on Stangs and one on an LS1 bird, using compressors each time. There are some gnarly horror stories out there if things go pop.
feckin ****! That is SO dangerous! OK, so a couple of you pulled off theswapwith a pry bar - pfft - lucky, I say.
I'm all about the DIY, but safely. If the compressor iswrong/too big/too small, take it back and get a different one. I've done two sets on Stangs and one on an LS1 bird, using compressors each time. There are some gnarly horror stories out there if things go pop.
04-17-2008, 05:08 AM
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RE: IM HAPPY!!
aight so i got a day of from work...and im gonna start the work tommorow....hopefully we dont consume to many beers before we finish[&:] lol...but yeah i will have pix up as soon as were done...wish us luck lol...