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Anyone in San Jose know how to cut hole for front upper control arm

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Old 10-22-13, 11:33 AM
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Default Anyone in San Jose know how to cut hole for front upper control arm

anyone in san jose area know and can cut the holes for the front upper control arm out for me? ill pay you. lmk. posted this in the classified section but wasnt sure which section to post.
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are you sure you want to do that
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Originally Posted by leinadmiih
anyone in san jose area know and can cut the holes for the front upper control arm out for me? ill pay you. lmk. posted this in the classified section but wasnt sure which section to post.
Why would you do that? Whhhhyyyyy?
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I'm sure it's for clearance for uca so can go more low!
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just shorten the spindle don't cut the holes
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Do you really need to go that low?
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Cutting the hole will only worsen the problem. Yeah it will get rid of the UCA tapping, but now you have a stressed out ball joint to worry about. If you're on coils and riding low, just add as much preload as you can. It worked for me and I still ride low.
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