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Old 08-30-2011, 02:55 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Yea time is always an issue...

Kirk's garage is going to have a wait list at the rate things are going.

1) Trooper (springs and a lift kit)
2) Masa (springs)
3) GM Traitor (springs and 24s)
3) Eastwest2300 (crooked Spoiler)
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Yea time is always an issue...

Kirk's garage is going to have a wait list at the rate things are going.

1) Trooper (springs and a lift kit)
2) Masa (springs)
3) GM Traitor (springs and 24K gold plated 24s)
3) Eastwest2300 (crooked Spoiler)
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Well, buddy at work has spring compressors he will let me borrow so I took off Friday and gonna try it myself. Stay tuned for pics pending of either epic win or epic fail.
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Old 08-30-2011, 05:30 PM   #34 (permalink)
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make sure you have a 1/2inch 19mm 6 point socket. they put the bottom bolt on the front shocks on with STUPID torque levels. I broke 2 1/4 to 1/2inch adaptors.

Other than that bolt it is fairly strait forward. the sway bar links are on pretty tight also.
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Yeah, totally agree with working on it myself. Just gotta see when I have some free time to actually work on it.
Yeah, I just replaced the brakes and rotors on my Masivo Eclipse. I didnt think I could do it, but I did. Thanks to a few youtube videos, and a little self confidence, we got it done. AND we saved money not paying someone to do it.
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Yea time is always an issue...

Kirk's garage is going to have a wait list at the rate things are going.

1) Trooper (springs and a lift kit)
2) Masa (springs)
3) GM Traitor (springs and 24s)
3) Eastwest2300 (crooked Spoiler)
Thank you Kirk for putting me on the list. There's no rush for me, next week, I'll be leaving for NY for my job, we got the United Nations General Assembly, so I'll be out there for a good 25 days.

China, Mongolia, and Japan was fun, I just made it back not even a week ago, I did some crazy shopping.
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Yea time is always an issue...

Kirk's garage is going to have a wait list at the rate things are going.

1) Trooper (springs and a lift kit)
2) Masa (springs)
3) GM Traitor (springs and 24s)
3) Eastwest2300 (crooked Spoiler)
You forgot my intakes whenever they come in

Also, the alignment from Dan's friend is $50.
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Swifts are on - was pretty straightforward install. Took like 2 hours.
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Kirk's garage is going to have a wait list at the rate things are going.

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3) GM Traitor (springs and 24s)
3) Eastwest2300 (crooked Spoiler)
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Nice job Ron!

Nice try Dan
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Nice job Ron!

Nice try Dan
Gonna give it a week or so to settle before taking it in for alignment. Compared to the Swifts, the factory springs look fragile.

So far the ride comfort like stock. Not jarring or rough. One major difference is greatly reduced body roll and the rear end is more planted when taking a corner at speeds you shouldn't be.
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Nice try Dan

I actually may buy RCZ's if he parts it out...depending on how travis' turns out.
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Haha yea, I called AAM they wanted $430. Hills was reasonable, $200 but they have a huge wait list. Sent Atlantic Motorsports an email as well, waiting to hear back from them.
What about $125....Teins installed.
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125 for just the install?
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Nice. We dropped our cars on the same day.

I ended up taking mine to a buddy's garage - install went a lot faster than expected when you have air tools.
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