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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 08:00 AM
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Just threw these on yesterday i'm pretty happy about them. Rides a lot better than i thought it would.




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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 08:36 AM
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Looks good!
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Definately looks good man. I like the stance its got too..
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Looks great love the wheels now just get the exhaust tucked up a little more and it's golden
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by babbage1109
Looks great love the wheels now just get the exhaust tucked up a little more and it's golden
I would love to but thats not an easy task haha i dont want to buy the cme i hear it takes a bit of HP away. but i'll figure something out.
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i likes those!! Nice!!
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Originally Posted by JustAFooL
Definately looks good man. I like the stance its got too..
thanks man. wasnt fun doing the work myself it sucked! those strut mounts are awful!!!!!!!!
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What springs are you using?
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18" all the way around? Looks good man
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Gotta love dd C5's.
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They look like mine

They look great!
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 11:59 AM
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looks great man ! for some reason I like C5 DD's better on camaros though
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looks awesome! wish i can get thses
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Originally Posted by MTBSully
18" all the way around? Looks good man
ya 9.5's front 10.5 rear thanks...
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looks awesome! wish i can get thses
you can.......where i live theres awful roads and the potholes bent my front rims. It took some work and my buddies laughed but i was so pissed off from the awful roads i wrote a letter to the town complaining and long story short they sent me a check for 900. Rims costed me like 780 including shipping. haha Free (kind of)
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Originally Posted by babbage1109
What springs are you using?
I have the eibach pro's not a big fan of them i have some strano's in my garage i'll be doing them soon. But as of now the springs feel better with the new strut mount in front. But i'm avoiding every bump haha good thing its going to get the motor built tomorrow!!!!!!!
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you can.......where i live theres awful roads and the potholes bent my front rims. It took some work and my buddies laughed but i was so pissed off from the awful roads i wrote a letter to the town complaining and long story short they sent me a check for 900. Rims costed me like 780 including shipping. haha Free (kind of)
Seriously? Thats pretty good, our town has the shittiest roads ever i swear.
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Originally Posted by The Mighty Texan
Seriously? Thats pretty good, our town has the shittiest roads ever i swear.
really? In texas??? We have the worst with all the salt it is so annoying!!!!!!!!
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Got a question for you guys, so the bump stop do you guys that are lowered remove it? or just deal with it bottoming out sometimes???? i took it out (seems like a mistake) but i dont like that sound at all!!!! whats a way to deal with this or fix it???
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Originally Posted by Camaro9969
you can.......where i live theres awful roads and the potholes bent my front rims. It took some work and my buddies laughed but i was so pissed off from the awful roads i wrote a letter to the town complaining and long story short they sent me a check for 900. Rims costed me like 780 including shipping. haha Free (kind of)
haha i still cant 780$ then add shipping rate of 17$ per 2 lbs to "middle east" i can but id have a new engine instead
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