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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 07:06 PM
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more pics:
http://www.force-fed-fabrications.co...dz06/pics.html
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 07:24 PM
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Looks good. Do you remember how manys turns on the bolts you did to lower your? I was thinking about lowering mine but want to know how far first.
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 07:25 PM
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Looks good, I need to do the same to mine
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by GTFORMULA
Looks good. Do you remember how manys turns on the bolts you did to lower your? I was thinking about lowering mine but want to know how far first.

I took the bolts all the way out, cut the bushing as much as possible too

only way to go lower is to remove the bolts all toghether
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 07:18 AM
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looks good, need to lower my car too
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Tiago
only way to go lower is to remove the bolts all toghether
Thats exactly what i did 4 years ago almost to the day..Had to trim the airdam in half,ended up taking it off a while back too.Loks way better man..
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 09:20 AM
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damn, did the engine run hotter since it wasn't getting any air? lol
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 09:35 AM
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Nice job!!!
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Looks good buddy.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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Looks good, I wish I could lower mine, but I'm to afraid of the NYC streets to.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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very nice lookin, did you have to align your wheels after or was it ok?
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 06:12 PM
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Alignment is fine, camber maybe a little off, I'll check it out this weekend thx
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:17 PM
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Beautiful car, nice collection you got there too.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:37 PM
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Looks great man! I need to lower mine. My driveway is whats stopping me. Do you notice any more hazardous drag spots?
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:48 PM
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Much better than stock!
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiago
Alignment is fine, camber maybe a little off, I'll check it out this weekend thx
camber on the front is usually real bad, especially on the Z's, about 10k before the inner tread is gone
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 07:32 AM
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Thanks everyone. The only bad spot for me is my driveway but I can go up adn down kind of sideways and it wont drag.


the car just rolled 6000 miles. so I don't see another 10k on it for a looooooooooong time Either way I'll have the camber checked out this weekend.

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Old Mar 23, 2006 | 03:37 PM
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Looks good man!
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 05:07 AM
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Looking good! I have mine lowered about 2.5"... Got rid of the front dam also, only after it had pretty much gotten rid of itself. Doesnt affect engines temps as far as I can tell, even in houston traffic.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Tiago
damn, did the engine run hotter since it wasn't getting any air? lol
Nope...and it's always really humid here also.

I can just squeeze one finger between the front tire and fender..I would post a pic,but i don't want to troll on the thread..
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