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Old 06-01-2009 | 01:34 PM
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Got the SSC's installed this weekend, so here are the pics! Enjoy!

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car looks really good!!!
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Looks great. How much harsher is the ride now? Was this just a spring swap or did you do anything else? How was the camber afterward?
Old 06-01-2009 | 02:37 PM
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how'd ya get that bend in the rim??? ouch!!

looks good man...
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Originally Posted by RickAKATed10
Looks great. How much harsher is the ride now? Was this just a spring swap or did you do anything else? How was the camber afterward?
The ride is great...no harsher than with the OE setup, imo. I still get a lot of rubbing in the rear (more on the left than the right), so I am going to have to roll the fenders a bit more, and/or cut/trim the fender liner. This is likely b/c of the 255-series tire I put on. I replaced the struts with KYB-GR2's, as well as poly front endlinks and rear greasable endlinks. The camber is still off...gotta get an alignment now. I did install the Moog camber bolt kit, so I'm ready.

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how'd ya get that bend in the rim??? ouch!!

looks good man...
From this ...going to submit a claim to the city, since they obviously ignored this problem for a long, long time. I filled it with Fix-a-Flat, and it held pretty well, but just today I went to add air and it is indeed leaking. I need take care of this soon.

Originally Posted by Inferno03LS
drop looks good. What happened to the driver rim? BLO pothole?
Yeah, I posted pics somewhere of the culprit...pretty effin bad, imo. It has a slow leak now, too...


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Old 06-01-2009 | 02:53 PM
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Wow, that looks really good.
Old 06-01-2009 | 02:57 PM
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Looks good Buff!!!
I'm thinking to go ahead and do this,.......
Old 06-01-2009 | 03:51 PM
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Looks great!!

I guarantee the front will lower some more.
Old 06-01-2009 | 04:09 PM
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Beautiful Car! That thing is totally my style.
Old 06-01-2009 | 04:27 PM
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thats a great looking car
Old 06-01-2009 | 04:28 PM
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OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Love to see another LS4 dropped on SSCs. Looks great Buff--I told ya you would love 'em!
Old 06-01-2009 | 05:16 PM
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I was just wondering the other day what happened with you getting these. Looks great Chris.
Old 06-01-2009 | 06:19 PM
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I don't like it...






Nah just playing, car looks awesome, man!
Old 06-01-2009 | 06:26 PM
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NICE!!!

Car looks amazing with the drop,good choice!!!
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Looks Great. I'm Next
Old 06-02-2009 | 12:39 AM
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i like it. i plan on doing it but i might just do the front not the rear. looks good. the front just looks like it sits higher to me.
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Your car looks great with the drop.
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Originally Posted by TheMonteMan
i like it. i plan on doing it but i might just do the front not the rear. looks good. the front just looks like it sits higher to me.
It doesn't just look like it, it does, indeed, sit lower in the back...but that's the way it looks stock, too. The rear QP's are closer to the ground than the fenders, so with an even drop (1.6" advertised, F&R), it will stay that way. FWIW, I don't have much extra weight in the trunk, either...maybe 20lbs of stuff, other than the spare & tire jack.

If it doesn't settle more in the front, I may have to put the OE springs back in the back to even things out. We did the rear first, so I never got a chance to see the front lowered and the rear not, but I bet the wheel gap would have measured up pretty close.

However, mike690003 above has some experience with these...so I'm hoping he's right in that they'll come down a little in front. Nacho...how have your's been? You drive your car only a little more than Mike, apparently......he might still be around 4000mi on his Monte.
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