Well I'm Pissed.......
05-25-2009, 10:02 PM
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Well I'm Pissed....... Went to a swap meet the last weekend in april and I found an LS1 brake kit for my car. I bought both spindles, rotors, wheel bearings, and drivers side caliper and bracket for $40. I was pretty stocked for the good deal, brought them home and sandblasted the spindles and got them all painted. Well today I finally got some time to install them and guess what.......******* drivers side knuckle is bent and the wheel bearing is bent too. The top of my wheel hangs out past the fender about 3" so its bent really bad, I can't believe I didn't notice it before hand but I didn't.
So now I guess I have to put the LT1 brakes back on since I really can't afford to buy the knuckles right now.
So I guess I'll get some good pads and test fit the passengers side to see if its fucked up too.
So now I guess I have to put the LT1 brakes back on since I really can't afford to buy the knuckles right now.
So I guess I'll get some good pads and test fit the passengers side to see if its fucked up too.
05-25-2009, 10:09 PM
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That sucks man.
Who the hell sells bent spindles?? The guy selling them had to know they were bent, the car must have been in a wreck or something.
I'd question the other side too. If its even a little bit bent it will throw off your wheel alignment pretty bad.
Who the hell sells bent spindles?? The guy selling them had to know they were bent, the car must have been in a wreck or something.
I'd question the other side too. If its even a little bit bent it will throw off your wheel alignment pretty bad.
05-25-2009, 10:15 PM
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But I couldn't ever sell something that was junk, I couldn't sleep at night if I did
05-25-2009, 11:32 PM
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Yeah I hear you, but I should have been skeptical since they were only $40 to start with. I'll test fit the passengers side and see how it is, but now I think I may be better off just getting a different complete setup.
But I couldn't ever sell something that was junk, I couldn't sleep at night if I did
But I couldn't ever sell something that was junk, I couldn't sleep at night if I did
If ones bent, the other probably is bent to some degree too. It takes some force to bend a spindle.
Too bad about that, the LS1 brakes are a very nice upgrade.
05-29-2009, 07:21 PM
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Thanks to InsaneAuto86 hopefully I'll have the brake swap done next weekend and have the car back on the road after a long winter
All that is needed is.....
rotors
brake pads
hoses
and I get everything at cost, so I shouldn't do too bad
All that is needed is.....
rotors
brake pads
hoses
and I get everything at cost, so I shouldn't do too bad