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well tomorow starts the fun. have a bunch of parts to go on the car tomorow we will be doing mostly suspension stuff. will be installing, J&M strut tower brace and weld in 3 point SFC's, front and rear drilled and slotted rotors with ceramic pads and paint the calipers, umi rear sway bar and spohn tunnel mount adjustable torque arm with ds safety loop. wish us luck lol its going to be a long day\weekend. there will be plenty of pics as well.
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so i got the strut brace on, the 3 pt sfc welded in, fixed my rear exhaust it was really hanging low and looked bad, and got the torque arm and dsl in. i had to modify the crap out of the sfc to get them to work i was pretty mad and it took a lot more time then it should have.
car up on my cribbing blocks i made, what a life saver, so much room to work and it kept my suspension loaded
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0124.jpg)
strut tower brace installed
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0123.jpg)
readjusting the rear tips they were hanging so low before looked like ***
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0131.jpg)
modifying the driver SFC so the y pipe would clear, had no choice it would never have gone in the way it was
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0128.jpg)
modified, welded in and primed and painted
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0130.jpg)
welded onto the subframes, not bad for being upside down and on my back
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0125.jpg)
driver side installed, you can really see now why it had to be modified because of y pipe
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0133.jpg)
passenger side installed, had to redrill the hole where the lca bolts to it, the hole was way off, thanks a lot J&M good work haha
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0132.jpg)
spohn tunnel mount dsl installed
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0137.jpg)
spohn adjustable torque arm installed
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0141.jpg)
another view installed
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0142.jpg)
tomorow will be the UMI rear sway bar, brakemotive front and rear cross drilled\slotted rotors with ceramic pads and poly tranny mount
car up on my cribbing blocks i made, what a life saver, so much room to work and it kept my suspension loaded
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0124.jpg)
strut tower brace installed
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0123.jpg)
readjusting the rear tips they were hanging so low before looked like ***
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0131.jpg)
modifying the driver SFC so the y pipe would clear, had no choice it would never have gone in the way it was
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0128.jpg)
modified, welded in and primed and painted
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0130.jpg)
welded onto the subframes, not bad for being upside down and on my back
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0125.jpg)
driver side installed, you can really see now why it had to be modified because of y pipe
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0133.jpg)
passenger side installed, had to redrill the hole where the lca bolts to it, the hole was way off, thanks a lot J&M good work haha
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0132.jpg)
spohn tunnel mount dsl installed
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0137.jpg)
spohn adjustable torque arm installed
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0141.jpg)
another view installed
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0142.jpg)
tomorow will be the UMI rear sway bar, brakemotive front and rear cross drilled\slotted rotors with ceramic pads and poly tranny mount
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finished the car up today. got the rear sway bar installed, got the torque arm all set to the right degrees(set it for -2 on my angle finder) and made sure the driveshaft was at 0 degress(factory setting). Got the new brakes installed and painted all the calipers gloss black. heres more pics!!!
poly tranny mount installed
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0143.jpg)
up on all levels of cribbing blocks, toonnnnsss of room underneath
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0144.jpg)
UMI rear sway bar and poly bushings
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0147.jpg)
wheel off for brakes 315/35/17 drag radial
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0148.jpg)
shot of the poly endlink bushing installed for swaybar
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0149.jpg)
new cross drilled and slotted rotors going on
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0152.jpg)
painted the calipers black looks so much better now
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0155.jpg)
new rotors and calipers installed
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0154.jpg)
shot of brakes installed with wheels, i like it so much more
poly tranny mount installed
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0143.jpg)
up on all levels of cribbing blocks, toonnnnsss of room underneath
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0144.jpg)
UMI rear sway bar and poly bushings
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0147.jpg)
wheel off for brakes 315/35/17 drag radial
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0148.jpg)
shot of the poly endlink bushing installed for swaybar
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0149.jpg)
new cross drilled and slotted rotors going on
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0152.jpg)
painted the calipers black looks so much better now
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0155.jpg)
new rotors and calipers installed
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0154.jpg)
shot of brakes installed with wheels, i like it so much more
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/mikh338/SAM_0156.jpg)
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yeah i cant wait to do shocks, i just have to figure out which ones im going to get. i think thats the only suspension mod that is not done on my car now besides a new rear end and tubular k members which i will not be doing anyways
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Seriously! I just bought a set of Bilstein's from Strano (Thanks Sam!). I am on stock springs and I can not believe how good the car rides and handles. It's a totally different car. Love'em!
The rears literally took me an hour to swap out.
The front took 6 hours, but 3 of them were trying to get the springs swapped over to the new shocks (you need 5 coils on the stock spring with the autozone spring compressor. My advice, take them somewhere and have them swap the springs. I tried with 3 coils and no go).
EDIT: Seriously, I really like your mod list. Just wondering why you painted your calipers black instead of another color (say red) so they stand out.
The rears literally took me an hour to swap out.
The front took 6 hours, but 3 of them were trying to get the springs swapped over to the new shocks (you need 5 coils on the stock spring with the autozone spring compressor. My advice, take them somewhere and have them swap the springs. I tried with 3 coils and no go).
EDIT: Seriously, I really like your mod list. Just wondering why you painted your calipers black instead of another color (say red) so they stand out.
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Seriously! I just bought a set of Bilstein's from Strano (Thanks Sam!). I am on stock springs and I can not believe how good the car rides and handles. It's a totally different car. Love'em!
The rears literally took me an hour to swap out.
The front took 6 hours, but 3 of them were trying to get the springs swapped over to the new shocks (you need 5 coils on the stock spring with the autozone spring compressor. My advice, take them somewhere and have them swap the springs. I tried with 3 coils and no go).
EDIT: Seriously, I really like your mod list. Just wondering why you painted your calipers black instead of another color (say red) so they stand out.
The rears literally took me an hour to swap out.
The front took 6 hours, but 3 of them were trying to get the springs swapped over to the new shocks (you need 5 coils on the stock spring with the autozone spring compressor. My advice, take them somewhere and have them swap the springs. I tried with 3 coils and no go).
EDIT: Seriously, I really like your mod list. Just wondering why you painted your calipers black instead of another color (say red) so they stand out.
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I like the block idea! I'll have to see what I can find for blocks to install my TA. Glad to see I'm not the only one running decarbons with other suspension mods