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Old 01-03-2009, 05:04 PM
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Default Pro Kit and SOM whistler's on!!

Well my buddy James ('02 double u s-6) and myself just knocked out the Pro Kit swap (PITA BTW!! :BANG: nut on shock mount was rusted!) and we took my halos off and did something a little different than the other whistlers I've seen. Went w/ the same paint I used for my calipers, and I really like the way they turned out, due to them being DIFFERENT! Some will like and some will say I should have gone w/ the black whistler but I like how it is. Cheers

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Whew...well it's about damn time! I was gonna buy you an allison transmission and a new transfer case so you could continue mudding in the back country. Looks good bro.
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The light looks like it was installed improperly or something, it just doesn't look right. other than that the prokit looks tight as ****.
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I actually think your car pulls off the SOM whistlers very nicely. The drop looks REAL cool too, but say good-bye to that body kit since you're gonna scrape it off.....watch out for ANY speed bump and ALL dips . Dont forget to take radical angles in and out of driveways.

Goodluck, but it looks good.
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Pro Kit looks sick! Do you have any pics from the rear with the pro kit? Thanks
Old 01-03-2009, 05:40 PM
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looks great i'm not sure on the lights but the stance is killer
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Thats too much rubber showing
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Looks good.
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Stance is perfect. Nice choice
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i love the stance and rims, but the lights aren't doing it for me. i think you either should have continued the SOM to the little ribbed part of the lighting, like most whistlers or just stuck with black.

But it is unique and looks sexy.
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^He has not a spec of black (accent wise...I know the pillar and tires are black for all the smart asses!! LOL) on the car so that's what ultimately made him go w/ the decision to go w/ the SOM.
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Still on stock shocks? How is the ride?
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Looks good.Did you do an alignment?
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I was thinking about the Pro Kit too. How much did it lower the car? I mean did you actually measeure?
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Originally Posted by Cvaught
Still on stock shocks? How is the ride?
Nope. Went w/ some KYB's, I know not as good as Koni's but it'll do. Ride is impressive though, handles much better, but that's only on my slightly windy highway roads.

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Looks good.Did you do an alignment?
Nope, that'll come on Monday, we finished @ about 4 today so there's no chance I could've gotten into a shop to get one.

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I was thinking about the Pro Kit too. How much did it lower the car? I mean did you actually measeure?
I didn't ACTUALLY measure but the fronts were quite a bit lower than advertised, I'd guess they dropped 1.75ish! Before I could fit 4 fingers in the gap and now it'll only fit my ring finger and pinky. That's how us redneckers in TX measure stuff! LOL

We installed the rears w/o the isolator first, it sat level, but at some angles I almost swore there was some dreaded "*** sag" so we ended up sticking w/ the isolators in.
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Much better, you need to work on your calipers now and repaint your front bumper, nice car.
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^LOL the calipers being dirty is my fault. I had my greasy hands all over them suckers when we got the spindle arm loose. They usually look like the rears, but I think by the time we finished up he was too tired to clean them up before we took the pics.
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Stance looks awesome. I personally like the full whistlers in black but thats just me.
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thanks guys



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