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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 05:15 AM
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the build is comin along good man. i gotta dynamate my rear deck also, it rattles way to much
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 10:24 AM
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lookin good. I always liked that dark green color, looks black in a lot of lights. Im not really feeling the wheels, remind me of a high school kids grand-am with "rims". lookin good tho.
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by VIP92Ls400
Im not really feeling the wheels, remind me of a high school kids grand-am with "rims".
says the guy on sportmaxx. lol. to each their own i suppose...
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 03:19 PM
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lookin good so far...u gonna lower it? i dont know if the brakes will clear those wheels
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 03:27 PM
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coming along quite nicely
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by python
u gonna lower it? i dont know if the brakes will clear those wheels
yeah... coilovers are on the way. the wheels won't clear on their own but spacers will be used.

thanks to everybody for the feedback so far.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 08:31 AM
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Hey, nice build progress so far. That is a clean looking interior is I say so myself. I think you got a great build ahead of you, I mean you've already got the main parts down... for the most part. To me building a car is like painting, prep work goes a long way. I wish I was more prepared like you, when I was building my LS, and now it sits to wait for winter.... Sad day.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 10:37 AM
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Keep up the good work. Yea I agree, the sportmax's are light strong and affordable. I coulnt afford chrome dishes. Lookin good.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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nice and clean good job keep her this way!
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by lexondubs
nice and clean good job keep her this way!
thanks, but i can't do it. this isn't my style and i haven't even covered my basics yet. honestly i'm still on the fence about the ls, won't really know how i feel about it until it's low.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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what are the widths on those wheels? etc... Im on megans going to be lowering it more this weekend have finished cutting off those lovely heavy duty 2walled fender lips.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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8.5/9.5 high offset. not the set to base sizing off of. i bought these for a fwd car orginally.
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by VIP92Ls400
Keep up the good work. Yea I agree, the sportmax's are light strong and affordable. I coulnt afford chrome dishes. Lookin good.
oman, this guy cracks me up every time

lookin good man, i hope you get those wheels you originally wanted to put on.
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Brandicus
lookin good man, i hope you get those wheels you originally wanted to put on.
which ones? i change my mind all the time. if you're talkin about the brabus, i allready got em, returned em, and got screwed out of some stacks.

i'm just wantin to get back to work on my q so once i tighten everything up thats what it's gonna be for a minute.

i do have my eyes on some doner lowenharts though that will get em up to par width wise.
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 06:40 AM
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been a while.

so i installed the coilovers, 2ls ball joints, and arnott ucas. returned some stuff and am sitting on the rest.



here's a pic of how she was, courtesy of mayday, at the stance of the union meet this past weekend:



now the wheels are off, new ones coming later this week. temp 17" off my q:

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