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Old 04-05-08, 03:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Neo300
I've been rocking my UAS setup for almost a week now. There is one thing that I'm not happy with, and thats the 'all the way down' in the front... I still got about a finger finger and a half gap. All bump stops are removed. I was thinking about hacking off the top hat (where the rubber bushing sits in) and that may give me about another inch drop. The only bad thing is that I'm afraid that this may interfere with the bag itself. Another option is roll center adapters. That is what I'd ideally want, but don't know where to order them from. Anybody got any insight to my dilemma?
fronts with bump stop cut, Rears have bumpstop cut:
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fronts with all bump stop removed and top mount shaved, Rear with all bump stop removed:
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so the car is able to go pretty low with UAS. should another inch lower with in the week. have some custom lower spring (bag) perch made(thinner is better ).. i will take picks when i get a chance.
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Old 04-05-08, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by toeb
what set up are you on? and what did you do to get the rear to drop that low? my front is lower than that but the rear fender sits just on the edge of the wheel. it looks like you tucking about an inch of wheel that s*** is hawt!!
The back is just UAS bags on KYB Gr2's with no bump stops. It is on a 20" wheel so maby that is where the tuck comes from.

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Old 04-05-08, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ShaneC
fronts with bump stop cut, Rears have bumpstop cut:


fronts with all bump stop removed and top mount shaved, Rear with all bump stop removed:
(front top strut mount)

(fronts are resting on upper control arm)


so the car is able to go pretty low with UAS. should another inch lower with in the week. have some custom lower spring (bag) perch made(thinner is better ).. i will take picks when i get a chance.
Looking good Shane. I need to check out you fenders mods again.
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Old 04-05-08, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by GSing430
Looking good Shane. I need to check out you fenders mods again.
hahah.. you dont want to see my fenders in person
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Old 04-05-08, 11:53 AM
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looks sweet bro... ive always wanted air so bad!
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Old 05-08-08, 03:56 PM
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Hey toeb, can you reupload your pictures?
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Old 05-08-08, 09:12 PM
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Hey toeb, can you reupload your pictures?
its done dude!!!
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Old 05-08-08, 09:13 PM
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I was wondering if you could cut off that bumpstop 'cup'. Looks like you did, now I'm DEFENTLY doing it! Thanks sooooo much Shane!
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What did you guys use to cut the bumpstop "cup" thing? A dremel with cutting wheels?

And thanks toeb for reuploading the pics.
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Old 05-09-08, 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Neo300
I was wondering if you could cut off that bumpstop 'cup'. Looks like you did, now I'm DEFENTLY doing it! Thanks sooooo much Shane!
no problem.

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What did you guys use to cut the bumpstop "cup" thing? A dremel with cutting wheels?

And thanks toeb for reuploading the pics.
i took it to a friends exhaust shop and had him cut it off with his tools. it was a huge cutting wheel. took him 2 seconds to line it up and 2 seconds to cut it. iono if dremel can do it.. maybe.
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Originally Posted by ShaneC
i took it to a friends exhaust shop and had him cut it off with his tools. it was a huge cutting wheel. took him 2 seconds to line it up and 2 seconds to cut it. iono if dremel can do it.. maybe.
Is that what you did with the rear strut mounts too? Why not use an elbow fitting instead?
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Old 05-09-08, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by chrispy
...Why not use an elbow fitting instead?

elbow fitting? for what? he was just talking about how he cut down the cup.
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Old 05-09-08, 06:28 AM
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Do you notice an overall improvement on ride comfort when raised, and more of a sporty feel when you are lowered compared to the stock stuff?

Just want to hear your thoughts...

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Old 05-09-08, 05:13 PM
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very nice writeup
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Originally Posted by BippuPxr

I would like to see more pics of your trunk setup
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