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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 09:04 AM
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just wanted to know which ones everyone has..i am thinking about getting bmr or slp but i hear bad things about bolt on sfc so i am leaning towards bmr
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 09:57 AM
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why not the weld ons?
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 03:21 PM
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There was a thread on this not long ago with a lot of responses. Do a search.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 03:34 PM
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I've got BMR's, but I wish I had bought Kenny Brown Double Diamonds.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 06:20 PM
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Bolt-ons for convertibles are about as pointless
as you can get, they have already a reinforcing
piece. The straight weld-ons, you could do as
well with angle stock. But that all reinforces the
feature, that least needs it. The only thing 'verts
seem to need in my book is more torsional rigidity,
which means triangulation (diamond or whatever).
I've made enough weldments to know that, even
if I'm not that talented of a weldor.

Personally, I'm hoping to do better fabbing my
own than what I see out there. Particularly with
the aftermarket K I want some bracing that the
standard ones just don't provide.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 08:10 PM
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kenny diamonds are great search up really good feedback on them.those are the ones i will be getting
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 11:57 PM
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o ok thanks guys..quick question if i have the sfc's welded on i can still put lca's on later right??
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 05:53 AM
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BMR weld ons
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by quiet_storm98
o ok thanks guys..quick question if i have the sfc's welded on i can still put lca's on later right??
Yes you can.
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Old Nov 5, 2005 | 10:19 AM
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I run BMR SFC. In fact I run all BMR stuff.
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Old Nov 5, 2005 | 05:23 PM
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ive read and heard that the bmr sfc dont do crap.kenny brown tight down the structure better,is this true?
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Old Nov 5, 2005 | 05:44 PM
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Well I don't know about the KB, but I noticed a difference when I installed my BMR's
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Old Nov 5, 2005 | 10:30 PM
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do you lose any ground clearance with either the bmr or kbd's
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Old Nov 5, 2005 | 10:34 PM
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I didn't with the BMR's
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