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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 07:15 PM
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Hey fellas,

Trying to decide between 2 point boxed connectors vs. 2 point tubular ones.......both weld in style. Car is DD street driven only.

Are there any specific advantages to having one over the other?
What about weight differences?


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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 07:16 PM
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oh and the Boxed set is from UMI, while the tubulars are Granatelli if that makes a difference

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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 07:23 PM
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money talks bullshit walks.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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lol ^^ I don't think that was much help for the OP.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by tmdz28
money talks bullshit walks.
you *******

anyone else?
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 09:37 PM
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get umi to stiffen up your car and get viagra to get the same stiffness for your dick my man. you know you need it.
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 10:00 AM
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did you make your decision yet ?
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by emenny81
did you make your decision yet ?
sure did, picking up the boxed UMI's tonight~
I'll post later with impressions after install if your interested

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I have a new pair of boxed Hotchkis SFCs for sale in LA if you're interested PM me an offer.

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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ssbowtie1
I have a new pair of boxed Hotchkis SFCs for sale in LA if you're interested PM me an offer.
ooohhh, you're gonna confuse him even more now.
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 04:08 PM
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For a street car I don't think it's going to matter at all which one you go with.
Personally I have always preferred SFC's like the SLP boxed 3 point SFC's. That coupled with a tunnel mount torque arm. The TA cross brace connects both sides and helps to stiffen it up.
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 03:25 PM
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got the UMI's installed over at CMS, very nice difference.....I would recommend these boxed SFC to anyone. FWIW, you can only see them if you kneel down, my Y pipe actually hangs lower. Also not sure on the actual weight, but they really didn't feel too heavy at all.........good stuff!

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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 04:28 PM
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time to compare to mine bro!
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 11:18 PM
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I doubt you would have noticed a difference between the two of them. I have had those umi ones for years and they are fine.
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good to hear they worked out for you
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 07:45 AM
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Glad to hear you guys like the UMI stuff... if anyone has any questions I will be glad to help.

Thanks!
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Originally Posted by UMI Performance
Glad to hear you guys like the UMI stuff... if anyone has any questions I will be glad to help.

Thanks!
Ryan
Ryan,

A big thanks to your staff as well Called you guys in the morning in a panic trying to find the specs on the hardware I had lost; You guys helped me out and were very courteous and professional. Thanks again!

In case anyone runs into this problem in the future, the two bolts you need are M12x100 and need to be 100mm in length.......also grab two nylock nuts

-J
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by grngt50
Ryan,

A big thanks to your staff as well Called you guys in the morning in a panic trying to find the specs on the hardware I had lost; You guys helped me out and were very courteous and professional. Thanks again!

In case anyone runs into this problem in the future, the two bolts you need are M12x100 and need to be 100mm in length.......also grab two nylock nuts

-J
Now that you have them bolted and sucure, get them welded!
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by ss.slp.ls1
Now that you have them bolted and sucure, get them welded!

had them welded yesterday @ CMS

the bolts I was referring to were the ones that go in to the rear control arms

-J
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by grngt50
had them welded yesterday @ CMS

the bolts I was referring to were the ones that go in to the rear control arms

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Oh ok, cool.
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