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Old 10-30-2007, 12:48 AM
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Man it is not hard to get them in there. . . . well unless you want to bolt them on

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Man they make the 315s I had on there look small compared to them!



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Old 10-30-2007, 12:58 AM
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is it safe to roll around without the bumpstop? if so i would love to take mine out i dont like the spacer deal
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I have not hit mine in years We cut them 10 years ago when I put the sportlines on.

I will be filling the hole with a .120 plate to make me feel better

Took a few hours of trimming, cutting and Banging away. I am going to pull the springs out and see just how far I can drop the car when I am done
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Lots of shocks nowadays (Bilstein etc) have built in bump stops too. Looks great Ellis! Mean as hell!
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doesnt seem too bad. would you mind posting pictures of your calipers? id love to put 325s on my t/a. oh also the rear isnt shortened any is it?
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Damn Ellis, do you think those will hook? 15" Mickeys, yes? And that 1/2" difference in offsets really makes a difference - my 335s clear my bumps stops on 17" rims.


So I guess this means I can't quit going up to Schwabie every day to see if my buddy is working....
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Thanks Guys! I still have the other side to do. I gotta fix a Saturn tonight then I will be back at it. After I get done there it will be time to the the MADMAN man TQ arm on and start fabbing the front cross member for it.

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doesnt seem too bad. would you mind posting pictures of your calipers? id love to put 325s on my t/a. oh also the rear isnt shortened any is it?
I am running stock un-touched LT1 rear calipers. They clear my Bogarts Great!

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So I guess this means I can't quit going up to Schwabie every day to see if my buddy is working....
You know it. Running out of time
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The 315 Sumo's seem to be smaller than the others too. Cause I have 315's on mine, and I seen a couple people that I knew in Va, that had 315's but other brands, and they all looked about 1/2" to 3/4" bigger than mine. I romeved my Driver side bump it was the only one that would rub a little, when I lifted my car with a jack. The passenger side seemed fine.


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Are those Mickey's DR? Doesn't look like you had to do to much to get em to fit? I tubbed mine last year for 345's and it was a lot of work.
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Those suckers look BAD ***!!!
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Those look so bad ***, I think they should stay on your car all the time..
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I like it! Those bitches are huge!!
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Originally Posted by Z ANGEL
Those look so bad ***, I think they should stay on your car all the time..
Is someone lookin to get some TTII's put on there car!!!! Just remember Steph, It takes a lot of work to keep those badboys lookin good on a DD. They need to be polished often.
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Originally Posted by Robert56
Are those Mickey's DR? Doesn't look like you had to do to much to get em to fit? I tubbed mine last year for 345's and it was a lot of work.
Robert
Tread pattern looks like M/T DRs to me.
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looks good elis, should make for some nice wheel stands
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Very nice. No bump stops here, no issues.
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Got most the hard parts done. I just need to weld some support plates in.





I wasn't going to BUT it looks like I could shorten the rear end an inch(1/2 on each side) and drop the car down and really tuck them in there!




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