lol... I'm just jealous is all

 

Hehe... No problem, man... When I lived up in Chicago and Cincinnati, I was always jealous of the SoCal guys, so I know what you mean.

 

Just ordered a set after thinking about it for a good month... cant wait to install it

 

You won't regret it, but you will want to spend more money on upgrading the spring/shocks after you slap them on.

I have something in store for everybody in the next few weeks, assuming everything works out as planned.

 

WooHoo... Can't wait to see what you end up with, San!

 

Ya, A, me too. I spoke to him today over the phone, and he's supposed to email me the pdf with the necessary paperwork.

Should be in my email box tomorrow morning

 

Awesome. Let me know how it goes, San. And if you get a chance ask him when the other ones I was telling you about are supposed to be available.

 

Will do.

I'm thinking a few braces after this next step and I should be done. The **** should handle as well, or better than my Mustang did assuming I can get some good rubber on the shoes. I should have bought that set of A34s I saw for sale on ebay. They went for 900, and they were gunmetal too. Seller said it was his last set , just my luck. I don't think I'll have enough tire under the car for good traction, even with a 255 on the rear wheel mounted to the stock sport 18" rims. I know for sure the stock 245's won't cut it. The sidewall on them seems to "flex" and give under hard cornering, or at least it "feels" like they do. I, for one (and I may be the minority), feel the stock Potenza's absolutely suck, and I've never had a Bridgestone I actually liked. My cheap Kumho SPT's were far better than the potenza's in grip, handling, water grip, and treadwear life.

BTW OT, Lou (via pm) said I won't even need the rear camber kit for my anticipated drop amount, so that's one less thing to buy. And he said thanks for the "good words" too

 

Yup, I agree, with the suspension mods your planning, your definitely gonna want some extra chassis bracing. I also think that 245's are way too small for the rear of our cars... My car is virtually stock and it still gets extremely tail happy as soon as I turn the traction control off. The car really needs at least 265's or 275's IMO... then you cn move to the middle setting of the rear Hotchkis bar safely.

I actually sold tires for 8 years (with Michelin and Sears) and from my experience Bridgestone and Michelin are by far the highest quality passenger tires you can get (interestingly, when I was at Sears, the tires we had come back the most for manufcturer's defects were Goodyears). I have Bridgestone's on all of my cars (except my turck's BFG Mud Terrains) and am very happy with them. The RE750's on my Porsche are very quiet, handle great, and are almost 6 years old and still have over 5/32'sof thread left and haven't dry rotten one bit. That said... I am thinking of going with Yokohama Advan's on the G to save some $$$... we'll see.

Hehe... Lou's a good guy... I'm glad he's taking good care of you!

 

So I have the car jack up, the rear that is, and I notice something.

Where the exhaust bolts should be for each tail pipe (right and left) there are NONE. It seems like one continuous pipe but have something of "link"
Please see pics at:

http://picasaweb.google.com/prenasha/CarStuffG#

so what do i do?
thoughts, ideas?

thanks

 

You can either:
1. Remove the bolts that anchor the hangars to the frame
2. Remove the exhaust hangars from the rubber donuts

Either way will make it drop low enough so that you can wiggle the rear sway bar out, and the new one in. I did it via #1, but it's going to take some muscle to get it in/out. Adrian did it via #2, which may be the easier way to go.

I just didn't want to fight trying to get the hangars back into the donut.

 

i think our bridgestones are pretty good, but i'm going with vredestein ultrac sessantas next. i've heard magical things about them, you should give them a try. pretty cheap too, and they look wicked..

 

Got everything installed.

One quick question. One of the rear bolts, the 14mm one, where you can adjust the bar to the three settings. Well it got "rounded" during removal. I was able to get if off with a heavy pair of pliers.
I didnt want to tighted the same bolt back on too much when reinstalling cause it is messed up. I am going to pick up one at the dealer but can i drive the car in the mean time. Currently the screw is completely on the threads but NOT tightened. The opposite side is fully secured.
I have another car so its not like i wont be able to get around.

I did take it for a spin around the neighborhood and did some "serpentines" at 40 - 50mph and it does seem MUCH tighter.

 

Yes, you can drive, just take it easy on corners.

 

You can drive the car, but I wouldn't. You can actually drive withot the rear bar by it would be sketchy.

Just take your other car until you get it fixed