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15-04-2006, 01:07 AM | #61 | |||
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Looks horn mate, absolutely love the look of them. Kinda good that you did the other rims in, just make sure it doesnt happen to these ones, but they are probably alot tougher that the ford ones.
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15-04-2006, 01:22 AM | #62 | |||
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No one on this thread mentioned the cracks though, Casper in particular would have probably known about it, he likes to do research and I doubt he'd have them on his car or spare drag rims if they were bad. George BTW how would you go about lowering with what your insurance company said? LOL!
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15-04-2006, 01:29 AM | #63 | |||
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Cheers Simon :voldar02: |
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15-04-2006, 01:32 AM | #64 | |||
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Yeah there a really good wheel n suit the car really well, will look even better ounce it's lowered! Haha yeah those other rims were ugly haha! But im taking it so easy now with these babys on! :voldar02: Cheers Simon :evilking: |
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15-04-2006, 09:33 AM | #65 | ||
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Nice rims : Will look awesome once lowered. great choice
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15-04-2006, 11:39 AM | #67 | |||
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Get it alway to max legal, bearing insurance companies policy in mind.
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15-04-2006, 05:43 PM | #68 | ||
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How low should i go? I don't want to be scraping the car on every single little bump, i do realise i have to go slow over bumps etc when she is lowered, i go slow over them now anyway!
A few questions..... 1) What should i use to lower the car? 2) Where should i take it to get it done? Cheers Simon |
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15-04-2006, 05:57 PM | #69 | |||
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Most insurance companies wont let you lower more than 30mm, so check that first.
If this proves ok, King Lows in the front and Super lows in the rear. Probably need a camber kit also, and new shocks.
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15-04-2006, 09:46 PM | #70 | ||
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Very nice work, looks great. Good choice on the tyres too...
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16-04-2006, 01:33 AM | #71 | |||
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16-04-2006, 12:41 PM | #72 | |||
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Yep nice choice Oz .. :Reverend: ... number 2 son had his SR lowered to XR height looks sweet + there was just enough left in the standard caster/camber set up for ajustment to mft.specs..
cheers ..Whoosha.... :thebirds:
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17-04-2006, 08:28 PM | #73 | |||
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17-04-2006, 10:00 PM | #74 | |||
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17-04-2006, 11:11 PM | #75 | |||
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17-04-2006, 11:23 PM | #76 | ||
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Lowered and Big Brakes ASAP Other than that, nice rims. I thought el-generico brando rims would look naff but they look pretty shmick
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17-04-2006, 11:28 PM | #77 | |||
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Yup the loweing will come soon! What excatally do you mean by big brakes? I'll prob just paint the callipars red for the time being! Cheers Simon :nutsycuck |
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18-04-2006, 12:24 AM | #78 | |||
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XR height - even seen an XR? That height. LOL. It's approx 25 to 35mm lower than standard, depending on what series, and year AU you have. Basically, you will end up with about 30mm between top of tyre and guard, instead of the standard 60mm gap. It is the same height as King Lows. Superlows take another 10 to 15mm off, and SSLs are another 10 or so. You will not need shocks if you go XR height. You may if you go superlows (though I have superlows on mine with standard shocks), but you WILL need new shocks for SSLs - 10mm makes a big difference, basically SSL ends up at an extra inch over (under) XR height, so it's not just 10mm or so.
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18-04-2006, 12:25 AM | #79 | |||
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AU S1 dint have the best brakes. You might as well upgrade the brakes and suspension all together. Save on labour costs.
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18-04-2006, 12:30 AM | #80 | |||
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