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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 03:38 AM
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I've read the faqs and stickies about this swap and swapping out axles or getting them machined for reluctor rings for the abs but my question is.. can I just straight up swap in a 3ch in my 4ch car and say the hell with tcs/abs all together? I'm trying to start this swap in like 4 hrs but now I'm stuck..

Fwiw, one of my axles on my 4ch rear end is bent and I picked up the 3ch for a good deal so that's the reason for a swap.
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thanks bob@brutespeed!
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what did you end up doing?
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 01:20 PM
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I'm actually doing it right now. Had to break from the florida heat! Lol I'm just doing a straight up swap and saying forget about abs/tcs all together.
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let us know if it works out alright
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Break time again. **** sucks doin it by yourself. But I def will.
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Does anyone know where I can get the 4 replacement driveshaft bolts? I broke 3 of the 4..luckily I was still able to get the rear out and the broken part of the bolts was in the rear end I'm swapping out so its all good. Trying to finish this thing up tommorow so any input is greatly appreciated!
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 10:47 PM
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Ive got a 3channel in my 4 channel car, everything works fine except you get all the idiot lights for abs and traction control
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Ya I got those lights too.lol. everything is swapped over and all good besides I don't have an e-brake. And that I have to figure out..being an M6 I use it a lot. The rear end I got had LCA relocation brackets welded on and the stock e-brake cable brackets won't fit on because of the extra thickness of the relo-brackets. I thinking a grinder to the inside will give me just enough clearance to slide them on.
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