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Old 03-05-2012, 01:41 PM   #3331 (permalink)
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DLSTR yah if it was damaged that white foam would be toast.
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Yea, I mean.. What are the odds of blowing out the oem endlinks while just street driving the car, not on the track.
on my G's stillens, the stock endlinks broke (rattles) after about 3k miles. i got meaty aftermarket ones

unless you have bent bar syndrome (pre-load) or running coilovers, there's really no need to have endlink adjustability..but most aftermarket endlinks are adjustable.
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DLSTR yah if it was damaged that white foam would be toast.
True but I just want to make sure in case ever anyone questions it. Paint work is not a bad thing anyways. Heck I usually paint my front bumpers ever so often for the great rock chips we absorb!
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Alchang no news. The process is like the tax laws. Way too complicated for what they are doing. I think I might have to sacrifice a chicken on a Thurs. at Midnight or something. I do feel a little better after visiting another site and seeing that people did not get thier order # when first ordered but when they where accepted for production. They have announced another prouction hold for QA. My problem is that if I don't have my car by ZDayZ I will not be going because I cannot take the chance of getting damage to my Z before trade in.
Fire man, looks like a lot of patient is needed for this ZL1....

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Hummmmm, no car action today.... will see later if i can wash my G have my Charboilcheeseburger & Cheeze Fries.
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I'm watching shows about ancient civilizations. They interviewed a Mayan calendar reader and he said that the world isn't ending on Dec 21st.
oh.. dude... means still have to work.......

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Thanks for the thoughtful report. I disagree with your assessment of the Hotchkis a bit. The Hotchkis are as adjustable as the Stillen (3 way) and on the medium setting, as I have mine, they behave very well during normal driving. The other thing to point out is that the Stillen front bar is the same diameter as the stock and therefore utilizes the same bar-to-frame mounts/bushings. The Hotchkis comes with new mounts.
Thanks for the additional info!

When I said hotchkis are less adj. it's because in front there is only one setting, 205% stiffer.
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Oh crap I don't want to work. I wonder if I'll have my ZL1 by then???
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Thanks for the additional info!

When I said hotchkis are less adj. it's because in front there is only one setting, 205% stiffer.
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on my G's stillens, the stock endlinks broke (rattles) after about 3k miles. i got meaty aftermarket ones

unless you have bent bar syndrome (pre-load) or running coilovers, there's really no need to have endlink adjustability..but most aftermarket endlinks are adjustable.
Are you running aftermarket sways on the Z? If so.. Which ones? And with OEM endlinks?
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I got my Massachusetts Excise Tax in the mail today. It's a yearly motor vehicle tax. The amount depends on the value of your vehicle.

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I got my Massachusetts Excise Tax in the mail today. It's a motor vehicle tax. The amount depends on the value of your vehicle.

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not cool. It better than emissions taxes they have in Britain though. You pay taxes based on the amount of emissions your car produces..people with r34 GTR i think were paying thousands of dollars in taxes...
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Are you running aftermarket sways on the Z? If so.. Which ones? And with OEM endlinks?
hi nick! im running stock suspension on the Z. it's good enough for me for street use around here.

not swaybar related, but there's this just one dip i dont like how my car handles in my area...makes my car feel like a sedan. but dont feel like doing the work just to make that one dip happy. lol i rather just take another route. much easier.
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sounds like a california thing.... i remember paying $550+ for a year's worth of f-king registration for my civic back 12-13yrs ago. then people sued the state or something and it was dramatically lowered to like $200. lol still high in my books just for a frikken sticker.
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Kenchan, you make me laugh. Whenever I ask you a question about mods I haven't done yet, but you also haven't done, you rationally give me answer that make me go... If Kenchan didn't do it I shouldn't bother either!
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Kenchan, you make me laugh. Whenever I ask you a question about mods I haven't done yet, but you also haven't done, you rationally give me answer that make me go... If Kenchan didn't do it I shouldn't bother either!
well, ive done pretty extensive mods on previous cars and honestly speaking, im kinda tired doing it because i change one thing, 99% of the time i have to compensate another while gaining some. after a while i began looking for a car that runs pretty good in stock form and only do minor adjustments.

i like the Z's overall dynamics. feels pretty good, but the initial bump over rougher roads was on the harsher side. so i got softer sidewall tires. i also noticed that the car felt nervous (vs my G) on straight line going expressway speeds... so i got lower offset rear wheels and played with the front offset. lowered wheel rate as well. car runs pretty perfect now for my motoring fun and roads in my area.
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I hadn't done much with my Z I'm the last few months but now that there is a glimmer of hope for spring I have begun to get her ready.

Today I installed my Swift springs. Looks good but I can't drive her for a few more weeks as I am still waiting for my exhaust to arrive and I need rear tires badly. Doesn't matter much anyway because I only have two days off in the next two weeks so most of my time off will be with the family.

But come the end of the month, there will be some gas burned.
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