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fivespeedsteed · Jul 18, 2009

thanks matt. i get it. 331 build i think is next. sold all four of the other bullitts i had. woot

1991notchbackLX · Jul 18, 2009

the car looks nasty with the bullits on it dude, nice work!

fivespeedsteed · Jul 18, 2009

thanks man. mr.crane i guess the stance is okay, im not big on the raked look for now, but i got c springs so... i think im gonna research springs, probably end up with some nice h&r's soon. and i gotta figure out why my ride height is so screwey. the back passenger side is about 3/4's an inch too high.. all in time.

Shaolin Crane · Jul 18, 2009

fivespeedsteed said:
thanks man. mr.crane i guess the stance is okay, im not big on the raked look for now, but i got c springs so... i think im gonna research springs, probably end up with some nice h&r's soon. and i gotta figure out why my ride height is so screwey. the back passenger side is about 3/4's an inch too high.. all in time.

frame could be twisted, mine was, figured it out after i had the coil overs on the car and couldnt get the ****ers to be even around the car

fivespeedsteed · Jul 18, 2009

yeah i rear ended someone not too bad, as you can see, its unfixed in those pics, everyone is quick to say the cars warped up. im gonna play around with the springs and stuff making sure there tightened with a load on and all that first before i say frame damage. will a 4 wheel alignment tell me if it is or not?

Shaolin Crane · Jul 19, 2009

you could always put it on a frame rack at a body shop to tell, would cost around what alignment would cost, btw did you get the stock?

fivespeedsteed · Jul 19, 2009

yessir i did. just let me know what you want in return, im not gonna forget i owe you something. i might have them do that when i get the front end fixed.

fivespeedsteed · Jul 20, 2009

winders tinted today. looks amazing. 50 on the sides, 35 on the back 3, 5 on the sunroof. alignment guy was off today, getting an alignment tomorrow morning...

94GTHO · Jul 20, 2009

I c u are interested in a sn95 body style. Might I ask? Unless thats your friends you showed me and your just letting people know.

ryan218 · Jul 21, 2009

fivespeedsteed said:
thanks man. mr.crane i guess the stance is okay, im not big on the raked look for now, but i got c springs so... i think im gonna research springs, probably end up with some nice h&r's soon. and i gotta figure out why my ride height is so screwey. the back passenger side is about 3/4's an inch too high.. all in time.

give it time to settle. mine took almost a month to settle complete...that was about 400 miles. didnt drive it much. mine settle almost 2 inchs in the rear from where it was with having a horrible rake.

fivespeedsteed · Jul 21, 2009

yeah matt thats my friends at school, the white one. its a great shape car.

just spent an hour and a half in dmv, i got my plates and crap and its at the shop getting an alignment and they are making sure everythings tight for me. phew i hate dmv

Shaolin Crane · Jul 21, 2009

fivespeedsteed said:
yeah matt thats my friends at school, the white one. its a great shape car.

just spent an hour and a half in dmv, i got my plates and crap and its at the shop getting an alignment and they are making sure everythings tight for me. phew i hate dmv

yeah the DMV is never fun, but hope all goes well with the alignment

fivespeedsteed · Jul 21, 2009

well i got everything in my name and i got my tags, alignment is perfect but the only thing is it feels like the balljoints are still shot. when i turn while going slow in a parking lot or turn hard while slowing down (like to back into a parkingspace) i still get the kuh kunk like i have shot balljoints. my friend said the balljoint instructions were to put 100 miles on it and then re tighten everything. so i might go pull it apart and try that. its been a long ass day, between dmv and wokring but its really bugging me that i might be destined to have bad balljoints my whole life. is that test where you grab the top and bottom of the wheel true? ive been told it doesent work on macpherson strut cars.

fivespeedsteed · Jul 21, 2009

now im super confused. i just spent 30 minutes in a parkinglot with 94gtho trying to figure it out, if you take it to full lock it knocks, either way, if you do almost full lock, then do full lock, back off a little, full lock back off a little it will knock when you bank off full lock. it will rub the wheels at full lock going one way then wont the other way, until you make it knock it seems. sounds like the rack and the rack bushings to me. also one side rubs (the side most of my rearending was on) and the others got a half inch of clearance. time to spend more money i guess and get it all on a frame machiene.

94GTHO · Jul 21, 2009

also another question is if you were to wiggle the steering wheel back and forth, how much flex should the rack bushings give. His would give about 1/4 inch play each way.

fivespeedsteed · Jul 21, 2009

im actually allot more pissed off than it seems. im pretty sick of this. all i want is to be able to turn while going slowly in a parking lot and not listen to it knock and complain. it really feels like my balljoints did, i might just pick the spindle up off the balljoint and see how it feels. im really confused as to what causes an almost full lock knock, of all the things it could be theres balljoints, the rack, the top of the strut moving, or what it is.

i think me and shandolin figured its the rack bushings.

fivespeedsteed · Jul 22, 2009

pretty sure its the powersteering rack. any suggestions?

94GTHO · Jul 23, 2009

replace

fivespeedsteed · Jul 23, 2009

i am i just gotta decide on a reman cardone from work, and what with or without performance suspension means, or if i should get one on latemodel, they got stiff valved ones, and quick ratio's ect.

fivespeedsteed · Jul 23, 2009

gotta rack, had to call cardone to figure out what performance suspension meant. apparently performance suspension means less than 3 turns lock to lock. so i guess the 4 bangers had a higher gear ratio and more turns. i got one from advance. solid mount bushings in the mail. getting done next week. cant wait.

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