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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 12:39 PM
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nice looking products! good progress for sure
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 06:53 PM
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After a long 3 day weekend of installing, everything is on and tightened. Thank god i'm done. This is probably the first and last time I ever do something so labor intensive with the GS. LOL

I'm just going to let anyone know up front that it would be wise to take out 2-3 days to do a similar install and it would be good to have 1 or 2 other people with you that are knowledgeable on suspension also.

Anyways.. Onto some more pics as I know that's what everyone loves.

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I know it's not the same pic, but that was the best I could do to get all of the arms and whatnot in the photo.

A pic of the retro for those who would like to see:


Lastly how the car now sits.. It actually was A LOT lower in the rear than expected. I drove around the neighborhood and no scraping, but I think I may end up raising it about a half an inch. Should be about a month or two before I throw on the wheels, so yeah.





Enjoy the photos guys.. I'll update as updates come along.

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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Sevenevez
nice progress man
Originally Posted by c-low
nice looking products! good progress for sure
Originally Posted by sc300jz
I love the arms, they are so much easier to adjust than the factory stuff!

Looks good.
Thanks guys! And yes the guy who does my alignments loves the adjustable arms. He always told me my car was easy to adjust due to my coils and toe links before. He's gonna be one happy camper tomorrow when he sees all this.

Originally Posted by clos430
Looking forward to updates man, looks like this is gonna be a build done right with quality parts

Is this your daily driver ?
Yes sir, I strive to use only quality parts and yes it is my daily driver. I wouldn't want any other car to be my daily.
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 09:06 PM
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good work D-Town! you're coming up man. stay focused b!
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 09:13 PM
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Suspension setup is looking solid. How difficult was it to install the Battle Version parts?
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Old May 1, 2013 | 11:32 AM
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looks good!!! Them parts are making drool at work. I am guess you don't have kids yet... hahaha
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Old May 1, 2013 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 8ll8lack
looks good!!! Them parts are making drool at work. I am guess you don't have kids yet... hahaha
he IS a kid
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Old May 1, 2013 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Answer300
good work D-Town! you're coming up man. stay focused b!
Appreciate it bro, always staying focused. It's going down hard by the end of the year b.

Originally Posted by youngs3oo
Suspension setup is looking solid. How difficult was it to install the Battle Version parts?
It honestly wasn't 'difficult' it was just tedious. Like if I would have had an actual lift and shop it would have been really easy. Shoot if I didn't have the RUCA's it would have been STUPID easy. The RUCA's are the only part that's the total b****. Other than that a 5 year old could do this.

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looks good!!! Them parts are making drool at work. I am guess you don't have kids yet... hahaha
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he IS a kid
Haha as Brian said.. I'm a kid. Freshly turned 21 in January.
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Old May 1, 2013 | 01:01 PM
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wow looks good man, how much did you endup spending on the suspension parts
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Old May 1, 2013 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by neegroy
wow looks good man, how much did you endup spending on the suspension parts
Shoot..

BC Coils: $1,000
Battle Version Parts: $1300
Intrax Sways: $245
FIGS F/R End Links: $320

Total: $2,875

Well worth it though.
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Old May 1, 2013 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by LuxuryGS3
Haha as Brian said.. I'm a kid. Freshly turned 21 in January.
pfffttt your probably old compared to most of these newer members
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Old May 1, 2013 | 03:46 PM
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Ahhhh this makes me want to spend money...

Good stuff!
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Old May 4, 2013 | 09:35 PM
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nice headlights..
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Old May 4, 2013 | 10:00 PM
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good to see you finally working again on the GS man, cant wait to see your car in person soon.
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Old May 7, 2013 | 09:54 PM
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dethroning the king!
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