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Jan 22, 2006 | 09:58 AM
  #17  
did anyone say free smothies at the next lokey meet

congratz on the new ride, ur gonna luv it
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Jan 22, 2006 | 04:50 PM
  #18  
Quote: did anyone say free smothies at the next lokey meet

HAHA I'm sure something could always be worked out.
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Jan 25, 2006 | 05:16 PM
  #19  
Should be making the trip up to Lokey within the next week. Just got a call today and they tell me 72 hours. Now just to get up to Clearwater.
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Jan 28, 2006 | 09:58 PM
  #20  
congrats on the new ride
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Feb 7, 2006 | 10:24 PM
  #21  
Picked it up this morning. I don't think i've stopped smiling since. Thanks Lokey you made this transaction perfect.

Now to get the wheels and everything ordered and hopefully get it all done for the 4th.
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Feb 7, 2006 | 10:30 PM
  #22  
cool deal
let me know what you are interested in getting and ill see what i can do for you.

and since you have it now
where are the pictures
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Feb 7, 2006 | 10:33 PM
  #23  
Quote: Do have a quick question as I'm new to some of this. I've got a set of 20inch Maya's going on now besides lowering it what other suspension mods might need to be looked at in the future to avoid any issues? Thank you all in advance.
depending on how low you go will dictate this
if you go more than an 1" you will need to get some rear camber and toe arms.
if you go more than 1.5" you will need to get new front a arms as well as the rear camber and toe arms
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Feb 7, 2006 | 10:36 PM
  #24  
also depending on how stiff the springs are and how low you are you may need to combat body roll when taking corners and being low to the ground, you might find one side of the car hitting the ground if you take the corner fast.
to combat this you will need to get a set of sway bars
i have the hotchkis sway bars i havent put them on yet but maybe next friday
cusco are good but expensive
eibach are good and so are the stillens
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Feb 7, 2006 | 10:40 PM
  #25  
will all that said
my car sits at 25.5" from ground to center of the wheel well in the front and 26.5 from ground to center of the wheel well in the rear
stock is 27.52 in the front and 27.95 in the rear

todd's car sits about the same as mine and he has 20" maya rt-5s

neither of us has rubbing issues
and our camber is within stock specs

we both have the kinetix front a arms
i have the kinetix rear camber arms and toe arms
todd has the spc camber arms and toe bolts
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Feb 8, 2006 | 07:18 PM
  #26  
Quote: we both have the kinetix front a arms
Are these the front a-arms you're talking about?



They look kind of lightweight to me. Are they safe enough for the street?

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Feb 8, 2006 | 07:34 PM
  #27  
yes those are the ones that i have
trust me they arent too light thats for sure
they seem to be pretty safe i havent had any problems. the welds are pretty well done on them
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Feb 8, 2006 | 08:50 PM
  #28  
I was just a bit concerned that the cutout in the plate might weaken them too much. Maybe that piece of plate is thicker than it looks in the photo.

So, Kinetix uses a toe-in arm instead of the toe-bolt.



That would eliminate grinding out the toe-bolt holes. That would make a cleaner installation, but probably be a bit more expensive... right?

I'm just planning a few things for the future. I figure ProjectFusion is interested in the comments too, so I'm not hijacking his thread.
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Feb 8, 2006 | 09:40 PM
  #29  
So where is the pic of the new ride?
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Feb 8, 2006 | 10:10 PM
  #30  
Quote: So where is the pic of the new ride?
i'm workin on getting some. I've been working to much.
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