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Old 03-01-2008, 12:00 AM
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I saw a guy on the street last week with an 02 Camaro and he had the car set up with an old school mucle car look. The rear was up higher making for a nice aggresive stance, even with the stock wheels. Never got a chance to ask what he had done, but really liked the look. Just wondered about suggestions for how to get that look and if it posed any major issues with drive train, etc,. Going to try and do some suspension stuff anyway and just wondering about some options, thanks.
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the only major issue it would cause is...looks. haha. i saw one when i was stationed at ft. hood, tx. it was a nbm ws6 and the dude had it raised in the back. i really didnt like it...at all. but thats just my opinion. not really sure what kind of issues that would cause. you might scrape you nose more though. i would definately try to go the opposite direction in the rear.
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air shocks are the old school way to do it, or you could thro an extra spring rubber in each side.
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on ebay they sell lift kits, its just like a metal spacer that goes in the spring pockets
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Thanks guys, definitly just looking for a little adjustment and the spring rubber or spacers sound good. Got some shocks already so could just do this during install, thanks again.
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dont forget about pinion angle............
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my rear got raised about a 1/2" or more when I put my 12 bolt in
I thinking about buying some heater hose to restore the look it had before putting the 12 bolt in there

right now the car definitely looks much higher in the rear in comparison to the front




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