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Old 01-28-11, 04:52 PM
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Default New shoes!!! (FORSALE NOW IN CLASSIFIED SECTION)

SHE'S NOW UP FORSALE IN THE CLASSIFIED SECTION GUYS!!!!!!!

After waiting for a while I finally found the wheels I been looking for. And YES thats my daily height!!!! Sorry for the iphone pic!!! I'll get better pictures this weekend.
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Old 01-28-11, 05:45 PM
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Goodlooking shiz, looks killer. Now I have to ask, what are specs of the wheels and tires, do u ever rub, and how tight is ur susp or coilovers set to???
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Looks nice big ups 4 ridin that low.
Old 01-28-11, 08:17 PM
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Looks good bro, glad you could finally get those wheels. I know you been looking for a long time.
Old 01-28-11, 10:12 PM
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Houston? I'm going on coils and dumping my air soon. How hard is it to drive like that? We need a bigger picture! From the thumbnail, it looks legit!
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Nice...
My alter car ego would love to ride that low.
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RTS!!!! my fav.
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Maybe it's just the angle of the pic, but does lowering your car that extremely move the wheel back in the wheel well? It appears that the distance between the tire and the bottom of the fender is much greater in front of the wheel than behind the wheel.

Even though this style isn't my cup of tea, it's great to see enthusiasts (young or old) doing creative things with the LS. It brings life to the car and builds enthusiasm more than a bunch of us stock (and mostly gray-haired) owners do.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^what he said...
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yes this is exactly what happens, the more you lower the front the more up and back the wheel moves in the wheel well. this is the angle that the suspension is mounted in these cars and its just the way it is.

they make correction kits for it that waijai i believe either purchased was working on purchasing that will move the wheel back to the center of the wheel well and still keep it that low.
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Someone spotted you and snapped a pic .. posted in the North Texas subforum

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Nice *** shiz man, lovin the look and diggin the roof spoiler too. Are u missing a rear wheel center cap?
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Sick.!!. What roof wing is that?
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Originally Posted by sojah
yes this is exactly what happens, the more you lower the front the more up and back the wheel moves in the wheel well. this is the angle that the suspension is mounted in these cars and its just the way it is.

they make correction kits for it that waijai i believe either purchased was working on purchasing that will move the wheel back to the center of the wheel well and still keep it that low.
There are two options for castor correction on heavily lowered 430's.
The SS kit pro comes with a modified steering knuckle which will move the balljoint position,and there's also a modified rear lower control arm bush sold by nagisa auto that offsets the lower arm outwards to correct the angle.


Justin...
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Yes, I used to own the ss kit non pro version and then my air went out so I replaced with coilovers, and I have the shorter rear arms to correct a lot of the negative camber in the rear presently installed.

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