New Wheels & Lowered.....

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Postby pepegrande008 » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:48 am

Looks absolutely great, but you better put the upper links on to fix your camber or you will eat tires every 5k. Trust me i know after my third set of rear tires compared to my fronts only being half-way worn. ITS WORTH THE $200 BUCKS!!!!
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Postby danjmcs » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:31 am

pepegrande008 wrote:Looks absolutely great, but you better put the upper links on to fix your camber or you will eat tires every 5k. Trust me i know after my third set of rear tires compared to my fronts only being half-way worn. ITS WORTH THE $200 BUCKS!!!!

Eh? They said they did the adjustable Hotchkiss control arms when they did the springs. You don't have to do all four, just doing the lower arms in the rear gives you plenty of adjustability in camber to take out the extra negative rear camber after you do the lowering springs. Or did you mean one or the other in the rear?

I did the lower control arms with the H-Sports when I did the Koni Sport Kit, springs/struts, handles awesome, and tire wear is better than stock after getting the alignment.

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Postby pepegrande008 » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:13 pm

Ok so your right. It was the lower links i replaced not the uppers. i forget cause i am used to offroad trucks where you have four link or three link that look way different. But yeah, you have the exact same setup as me, but i have the minimania links.
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Postby GOTCURVES » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:13 pm

Nice looking arms ya got there Dan!!
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Postby Pipsqueak » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:12 pm

I am able to adjust the control arms, like Dan said. I don't think I will need an upper one. But after the runs at AMVIV, I definitely need to stiff up my rear end with a sway bar.
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Postby jax archillies » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:19 pm

WHO'S GONNA STIFFEN UP YOUR REAR END WITH A SWAY BAR?

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Postby GOTCURVES » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:13 pm

jax archillies wrote:WHO'S GONNA STIFFEN UP YOUR REAR END WITH A SWAY BAR?

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Alta Performance that's who. :lol: :lol:
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Postby Nicole and Eric » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:52 pm

I think your rear end is just fine AJ! Oh wait we are talking about on your car! OOPPPSS :oops:
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Postby jax archillies » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:27 pm

dammit Nikki, you're dirty. go get yourself pressure washed. unless that post was eric, than I'm telling...

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