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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 02:56 AM
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holy f%#& lol dope!!
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 10:36 AM
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Nice pics. That's got to be so fun cruising around together.
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by SQuester
Just for info's sake, the current rim specs are 20x9 +22mm and 20x10 +23mm with 225/35's and 245/35's.

Sorry if you answered already but does the 20x9+22 up front clear your coilovers or did you need a spacer?
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 01:56 PM
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Its not possible as the coilover sits behind the vertical link that connects the upper and lower control arms, but I know what you mean, and no there is no clearance issues at all.
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 06:13 PM
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Nice group shots!
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Old Mar 5, 2013 | 08:03 PM
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car looks awesome.....love the group shot.
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Old Mar 6, 2013 | 07:06 AM
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Nicely Done. Beautiful. Mine needs detailing also! lol
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Old May 7, 2013 | 08:03 PM
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Deleted the twin resonators after the main center resonator, ran 2.25" mandrel bent stainless back to dual SS magnaflows and angle mounted and cut 4.5" SS tips. Was going for the discontinued 5Zigen Fireball Mega look.





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Old May 7, 2013 | 09:16 PM
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Forgot I haven't really updated this post in a bit, I also did the DIY chrome trunk bar as seen in the previous pics. I also got a shifter that matches the stock wood fairly closely and added a LED ring and fabricated a base to cover the LED and hide most of the wiring that follows the shifter rod to inside the center console.








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Old May 7, 2013 | 09:34 PM
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I like that exhaust setup. It looks great. Was the mandrel bent piping expensive?
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Old May 7, 2013 | 10:07 PM
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Thanks!

And it wasn't too bad cost wise, it's from eBay seller "mandrelbends", it was a 409 SS builders kit. It was like $225 shipped. I got the mufflers for like $67 each through a discount code and the tips were $30 each from eBay.

In the end with all parts and fabrication costs, I paid what most shops used to sell the fireball mega's for, and was able to run mandrel bent SS from the center resonator back. Didn't plan to spend that much, but I came out ahead I think.
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Old May 7, 2013 | 10:16 PM
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Nice... Car looks hot. That group shot is sic. The GS is hot also, I like them all.
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Old May 7, 2013 | 10:23 PM
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Looks good John! Need to post audio clip now
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Old May 9, 2013 | 04:22 PM
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^...what he said want to hear how those Badboys sound..
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Old May 9, 2013 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by SQuester
Thanks!

And it wasn't too bad cost wise, it's from eBay seller "mandrelbends", it was a 409 SS builders kit. It was like $225 shipped. I got the mufflers for like $67 each through a discount code and the tips were $30 each from eBay.

In the end with all parts and fabrication costs, I paid what most shops used to sell the fireball mega's for, and was able to run mandrel bent SS from the center resonator back. Didn't plan to spend that much, but I came out ahead I think.
That's not bad at all. I wanted to get mandrel bent piping for the LS but it's insanely expensive around here.

I bet your setup sounds mean too!
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