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Tired of it

Got tired of the crappy ride so I started tearing it apart for the new mod. Can you guess what it is? I'll give you 3 hints:

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These pics should give it away.
 
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ur taking ur tires off....
 
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Just the fronts. But that's because I need to get to some other parts.
 
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Coilovers!
 
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Hes just putting in a new flux compactor chill
 
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Not yet Trent. Hopefully by Fall or Winter I'll be putting some of those in.
 
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CO's!!!
 
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shocks? if so you didn't have to jack it up or take the wheels off to do them lol
 
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I just was repainting my wheels today and needed a way to hide my whorage. Here's a few pics from today and a before and after of how my wheels looked/turned out.

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A lot of pics I know. I just got a new camera so I have to ***** out anything and everything.
 
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Just take your front sway bar off...you don't need it
 
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CO's!!!
Soon hopefully.
 
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Originally Posted by Metro55
Just take your front sway bar off...you don't need it
It doesn't rub that much actually. But when it does I don't worry about it at all. It's a smooth surface and it can't hurt my tires or my sway bar so I'll let it rub forever.
 
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Originally Posted by rangerboy101
It doesn't rub that much actually. But when it does I don't worry about it at all. It's a smooth surface and it can't hurt my tires or my sway bar so I'll let it rub forever.

It will eventually start wearing through the rubber.. Metal VS Rubber.. Metal will always win
 
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o...so painting ur wheels made the ride quality better...gotcha
 
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o...so painting ur wheels made the ride quality better...gotcha
As long as you understand.
 
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100% captain.....lol
 
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damn you need to buy some different wheels, that rubbing is a big issue
 
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stop wasting your time repainting the wheels and paint those damn flares black already haha
 
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I'm not buying new wheels. If anything I'll either remove the sway bar or just not turn as sharp.
 
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Originally Posted by Ngabr1
stop wasting your time repainting the wheels and paint those damn flares black already haha
As soon as I get new push pins I plan on doing that. I can't get the old push pins out for the life of me so I'm just going to cut the heads off and push the other end through.
 
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best looking wheel IMO especially in that color
 
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have u tried using a set of wire cutters and getting them under the head and turning to the side to get the pins out?....always worked for me
 
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I tried everything. Those btiches are in there good. It's just easier to get new ones anyways.
 
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Originally Posted by BLK02
best looking wheel IMO especially in that color
Thanks
 
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Those Nittos and your wheels look SO sexy.

I really like they way look.
 


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