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Old 07-19-2012, 12:41 PM
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Nice! You ended up picking that polished kit up from Mark? That's a nice lookin Maggie! And Good choice on the CS 8.8.
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I keep texting my gf to see if the UPS guy has been to the house yet....eeeeeeee!!!

I do like the old center caps, those looks pretty stately. Carbon Fiber ones look good too though.

I got KDW2 285's for the back as well. Can't wait to see them fatties back there.
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Originally Posted by NeverSatisfied02
Nice! You ended up picking that polished kit up from Mark? That's a nice lookin Maggie! And Good choice on the CS 8.8.
Yep, Picking up Mark's Maggie. I have been waiting for a used one for a long time now. Held out longer than Lolly could! Haha!
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The 8.8 is the partial kit, and I found a low miles Cobra diff.
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Nice! I considered it myself... Just didn't have the funds for it. It's way cheaper to piece together ur own 8.8. Buy the CS brackets, find a good 8.8 diff, pick your gear, get ur axels and install. That's how mine was done for just half the price of what they want for the complete CS kit and it's the same thing. I'm still on stock driveshaft at the moment by using the adaptor plate for it but I'll order the solid shaft eventually.
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Originally Posted by NeverSatisfied02
Nice! I considered it myself... Just didn't have the funds for it. It's way cheaper to piece together ur own 8.8. Buy the CS brackets, find a good 8.8 diff, pick your gear, get ur axels and install. That's how mine was done for just half the price of what they want for the complete CS kit and it's the same thing. I'm still on stock driveshaft at the moment by using the adaptor plate for it but I'll order the solid shaft eventually.
Not to stay off topic, but after selling my Gen4, I only came out $2500 for the conversion which was a no brainer deal. I love it. Okay back to the wheels!
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My girl just sent me a pic...I told her to open one.....on my way home fellaz!!
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Soulja... Is that driveshaft included?

Lolly... Go put them on right now! Lol
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Originally Posted by NeverSatisfied02
Soulja... Is that driveshaft included?

Lolly... Go put them on right now! Lol
Yep, everything except the Diff.
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Man. You guys are making me regret ordering 275s. The 285s would have worked just as well. They're only slightly off of OEM dimensions. The 275s are nearly exact, which is why I got those instead. All the way until I plopped down the $ I thought "285s wouldn't be that bad". Oh well.
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275's are as wide as I will go. Plenty fat enough for me.
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Originally Posted by soulja
275's are as wide as I will go. Plenty fat enough for me.
Prepare to change your mind:

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Originally Posted by FuzzyLog1c
Prepare to change your mind:

Those look good on the new V because they seem to be "fatter" cars. The V1 seem more slender IMHO.
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Phat.
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Supa phat!!
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Some quick cell pics......I love em.






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Car is filthy...but these rims are BADASS!!!! Just installed now I have swamp *** cuz it's so hot. You're welcome ******* lol

Carbon Fiber Center Caps look good to me.

Holy **** I got some beefy tires out back! 285' KDW's look like f'n 315's.





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Looks great! Can't wait til Saturday!
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Lolly, your setup looks a little goofy because you have more gap than rubber. Are coilovers in your future?
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Looks great man!! Love the staggered fitment. Tempted to order a set in gloss black now and save the money I was gonna spend widening and powdercoating my stockers... Hmm...


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