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April 8th, 2007, 07:17 PM
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Nero, I am making progress (LOL)...I sprayed everything with penetrating oil today. I plan on swapping out this Friday. Here's at least a pic of the new upper control arms:  Rob
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Razor's Alky, Red's XP fuel pump hotwired, Accufab AFPR, TurboTweak Alky chip, Scanmaster 2.1, 9 inch K&N filter, aluminum driveshaft, 160 thermostat, test pipe, DMH electric exhaust cut-out, TH 2.5 inch exhaust with Magnaflows, RJC powerplate, torque strap, Dutt neck intercooler, LT1 MAF, Translator Plus, 3" THDP, Digi-Tails sequential LED tail lights, Eaton posi, TA Performance rear end girdle Simmons wheels (17x8.5 front (4.32" backspacing) with 235/45/17s Vredestein Sessentas, 17x9 rear (4.75 backspacing) with 255/45/17s), SC&C Street Comp Stage 2 kit (adjustable upper control arms, Howe tall upper and lower ball joints, S10 Xtreme lower control arm bump stops), 13 inch Baer front brakes, S10 rear wheel cylinders, Moog 5658 front springs with SPC one-half inch spacers     
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April 8th, 2007, 07:20 PM
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Nice. I did my gbodyparts tubular uppers in about 30 mins per side last week. Have fun!
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Matt Dwyer 1987 WE4, PT52, PTE front mount, 50 Lbs., 70mm TB/Hemco upper, Razor's Alky, THDP, RJC EVERYTHING! ATR stainless 3" exhaust, Test pipe with electric cutout, GN spoiler, Turbo Tweak chip, Scanmaster, EGT, Convo Pros, a ton more! 11.58@120 1.8 60' time! WTB WHITE T
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April 8th, 2007, 08:34 PM
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Razor's Alky, Red's XP fuel pump hotwired, Accufab AFPR, TurboTweak Alky chip, Scanmaster 2.1, 9 inch K&N filter, aluminum driveshaft, 160 thermostat, test pipe, DMH electric exhaust cut-out, TH 2.5 inch exhaust with Magnaflows, RJC powerplate, torque strap, Dutt neck intercooler, LT1 MAF, Translator Plus, 3" THDP, Digi-Tails sequential LED tail lights, Eaton posi, TA Performance rear end girdle Simmons wheels (17x8.5 front (4.32" backspacing) with 235/45/17s Vredestein Sessentas, 17x9 rear (4.75 backspacing) with 255/45/17s), SC&C Street Comp Stage 2 kit (adjustable upper control arms, Howe tall upper and lower ball joints, S10 Xtreme lower control arm bump stops), 13 inch Baer front brakes, S10 rear wheel cylinders, Moog 5658 front springs with SPC one-half inch spacers
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April 8th, 2007, 08:39 PM
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jack up the front of your car, put jackstands on both sides. Put your jack under the lower control arm and jack it up to load the suspension. Take out the cotter pin on the ball joint, loosen the bolt about 1", and slowly lower the jack. The spring will do the work separating your ball joint. when you undo the two splined bolts attaching the uppers to the frame, make sure you don't strip the splines, it'll be a pain to reinstall. Also make sure you take the shims and remember where they were and in what order. A zip tie works well to secure them together if you are going to take a while. Then, just bolt on the upper arm, put in the shims, attach the ball joint, and put the cotter pin back in. Piece of cake. Oh yeah, don't forget to take the wheels off...
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Matt Dwyer 1987 WE4, PT52, PTE front mount, 50 Lbs., 70mm TB/Hemco upper, Razor's Alky, THDP, RJC EVERYTHING! ATR stainless 3" exhaust, Test pipe with electric cutout, GN spoiler, Turbo Tweak chip, Scanmaster, EGT, Convo Pros, a ton more! 11.58@120 1.8 60' time! WTB WHITE T
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April 8th, 2007, 08:49 PM
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I am also going to throw on some Baer brakes I have had lying around the garage, and I will also be replacing my lower ball joints, lower control arm bushings, and my idler arm. Thanks again, Rob
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Razor's Alky, Red's XP fuel pump hotwired, Accufab AFPR, TurboTweak Alky chip, Scanmaster 2.1, 9 inch K&N filter, aluminum driveshaft, 160 thermostat, test pipe, DMH electric exhaust cut-out, TH 2.5 inch exhaust with Magnaflows, RJC powerplate, torque strap, Dutt neck intercooler, LT1 MAF, Translator Plus, 3" THDP, Digi-Tails sequential LED tail lights, Eaton posi, TA Performance rear end girdle Simmons wheels (17x8.5 front (4.32" backspacing) with 235/45/17s Vredestein Sessentas, 17x9 rear (4.75 backspacing) with 255/45/17s), SC&C Street Comp Stage 2 kit (adjustable upper control arms, Howe tall upper and lower ball joints, S10 Xtreme lower control arm bump stops), 13 inch Baer front brakes, S10 rear wheel cylinders, Moog 5658 front springs with SPC one-half inch spacers
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April 13th, 2007, 09:25 PM
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Nero,
I spent about six hours today and still am not even half way done. The old bushings/ball joints were very stubborn on my passenger side lower control arm, so I spent an inordinate amount of time on that alone. I got the new SC&C upper control arm/Howe ball joints/Baer brakes on the passenger side, and will tackle the rest tomorrow/Sunday. I'll be taking the driver's side lower control arm to a shop and let somebody else mess with that. I'll post some pics tomorrow or Sunday, depending how much I get done. My front fender measurement above the tire to the floor was 27 inches on both sides before I started...I'll let you know how much it lowers when I get everything bolted back together. Rob
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Razor's Alky, Red's XP fuel pump hotwired, Accufab AFPR, TurboTweak Alky chip, Scanmaster 2.1, 9 inch K&N filter, aluminum driveshaft, 160 thermostat, test pipe, DMH electric exhaust cut-out, TH 2.5 inch exhaust with Magnaflows, RJC powerplate, torque strap, Dutt neck intercooler, LT1 MAF, Translator Plus, 3" THDP, Digi-Tails sequential LED tail lights, Eaton posi, TA Performance rear end girdle Simmons wheels (17x8.5 front (4.32" backspacing) with 235/45/17s Vredestein Sessentas, 17x9 rear (4.75 backspacing) with 255/45/17s), SC&C Street Comp Stage 2 kit (adjustable upper control arms, Howe tall upper and lower ball joints, S10 Xtreme lower control arm bump stops), 13 inch Baer front brakes, S10 rear wheel cylinders, Moog 5658 front springs with SPC one-half inch spacers
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April 14th, 2007, 09:37 AM
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Sounds good to me, Rob!!! AWESOME!!! Can't wait to get mine rolling!!!!
Thanks for the updates
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April 14th, 2007, 08:24 PM
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Nero,
I pretty much finished up today, but won't be able to get the car to the alignment shop until Monday or Tuesday. The entire job took me longer than I had planned. If you are planning on doing it yourelf, make sure you have a spring compressor and tools to get your lower control arm bushing out and in (if you plan on replacing them) and to remove and replace your lower ball joint (or allocate time and money to have a machine shop do it). Here are a few pics of the SC&C arms and Baer Brakes I had on a previous project car that I just installed:  
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Razor's Alky, Red's XP fuel pump hotwired, Accufab AFPR, TurboTweak Alky chip, Scanmaster 2.1, 9 inch K&N filter, aluminum driveshaft, 160 thermostat, test pipe, DMH electric exhaust cut-out, TH 2.5 inch exhaust with Magnaflows, RJC powerplate, torque strap, Dutt neck intercooler, LT1 MAF, Translator Plus, 3" THDP, Digi-Tails sequential LED tail lights, Eaton posi, TA Performance rear end girdle Simmons wheels (17x8.5 front (4.32" backspacing) with 235/45/17s Vredestein Sessentas, 17x9 rear (4.75 backspacing) with 255/45/17s), SC&C Street Comp Stage 2 kit (adjustable upper control arms, Howe tall upper and lower ball joints, S10 Xtreme lower control arm bump stops), 13 inch Baer front brakes, S10 rear wheel cylinders, Moog 5658 front springs with SPC one-half inch spacers
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April 18th, 2007, 03:35 PM
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Nero,
My car sits 3/4 inch lower in the front, which looks pretty good. I drove the car home from the alignment shop yesterday, but it was in stop and go traffic, so I can't tell you too much about it yet. I plan on driving the car Saturday morning, so I will let you know more then. Rob
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Razor's Alky, Red's XP fuel pump hotwired, Accufab AFPR, TurboTweak Alky chip, Scanmaster 2.1, 9 inch K&N filter, aluminum driveshaft, 160 thermostat, test pipe, DMH electric exhaust cut-out, TH 2.5 inch exhaust with Magnaflows, RJC powerplate, torque strap, Dutt neck intercooler, LT1 MAF, Translator Plus, 3" THDP, Digi-Tails sequential LED tail lights, Eaton posi, TA Performance rear end girdle Simmons wheels (17x8.5 front (4.32" backspacing) with 235/45/17s Vredestein Sessentas, 17x9 rear (4.75 backspacing) with 255/45/17s), SC&C Street Comp Stage 2 kit (adjustable upper control arms, Howe tall upper and lower ball joints, S10 Xtreme lower control arm bump stops), 13 inch Baer front brakes, S10 rear wheel cylinders, Moog 5658 front springs with SPC one-half inch spacers
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July 18th, 2007, 09:06 PM
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Nero,
Here is finally a picture of the car. I left the stock springs on the car, and the SC&C Stage 1 kit still dropped the front more than an inch when the springs finally settled. My tires slightly rub on the very outer edge if I hit a good bump. I will probably drop down to 235s and see if that will give me the clearance I need. The car drives pretty nice with the arms/ball joints on it, although I still get slight wandering at low speeds. I think it just may be due to the Bridgestones I have on it. It is extremely stable at higher speeds though, which is a significant improvement over how it was. Let me know if you have any questions. 
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Razor's Alky, Red's XP fuel pump hotwired, Accufab AFPR, TurboTweak Alky chip, Scanmaster 2.1, 9 inch K&N filter, aluminum driveshaft, 160 thermostat, test pipe, DMH electric exhaust cut-out, TH 2.5 inch exhaust with Magnaflows, RJC powerplate, torque strap, Dutt neck intercooler, LT1 MAF, Translator Plus, 3" THDP, Digi-Tails sequential LED tail lights, Eaton posi, TA Performance rear end girdle Simmons wheels (17x8.5 front (4.32" backspacing) with 235/45/17s Vredestein Sessentas, 17x9 rear (4.75 backspacing) with 255/45/17s), SC&C Street Comp Stage 2 kit (adjustable upper control arms, Howe tall upper and lower ball joints, S10 Xtreme lower control arm bump stops), 13 inch Baer front brakes, S10 rear wheel cylinders, Moog 5658 front springs with SPC one-half inch spacers
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July 19th, 2007, 12:01 PM
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That is a thing of beauty!! The stance, the color, the wheels!!! GREAT! Thanks for the updates!
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go fast and turn hard parts share.ovi.com/knero (see *mycar* channel for pix)
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July 19th, 2007, 01:38 PM
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What he said!
I just redid my car with mostly stock parts, and I'm REALLY envious!
 Looks awesome...are those Simmons wheels?
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July 19th, 2007, 02:14 PM
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Yeah check his sig.. looks like the same Simmons RobIron has!!! Those would be the SEX on my car ;-)
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July 19th, 2007, 04:01 PM
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July 19th, 2007, 07:03 PM
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I had these things laying around since 2004, so it is likely I forgot which way they faced.
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Razor's Alky, Red's XP fuel pump hotwired, Accufab AFPR, TurboTweak Alky chip, Scanmaster 2.1, 9 inch K&N filter, aluminum driveshaft, 160 thermostat, test pipe, DMH electric exhaust cut-out, TH 2.5 inch exhaust with Magnaflows, RJC powerplate, torque strap, Dutt neck intercooler, LT1 MAF, Translator Plus, 3" THDP, Digi-Tails sequential LED tail lights, Eaton posi, TA Performance rear end girdle Simmons wheels (17x8.5 front (4.32" backspacing) with 235/45/17s Vredestein Sessentas, 17x9 rear (4.75 backspacing) with 255/45/17s), SC&C Street Comp Stage 2 kit (adjustable upper control arms, Howe tall upper and lower ball joints, S10 Xtreme lower control arm bump stops), 13 inch Baer front brakes, S10 rear wheel cylinders, Moog 5658 front springs with SPC one-half inch spacers Last edited by Silver Fox : July 19th, 2007 at 07:16 PM.
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July 19th, 2007, 07:10 PM
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