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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 10:38 PM
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washed up the toaster so I thought ,wth, time for a photo shoot.
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 10:53 PM
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lookin good! drop it like it's hot!
Old Jan 22, 2007 | 01:52 AM
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sweet looking ride, I love the black rims on a black box.
Old Jan 22, 2007 | 02:35 AM
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thanks, hoping coil overs for the next mod
Old Jan 22, 2007 | 03:20 AM
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Nice black box. OH look more black wheels with polished lips. NICE!!!
Old Jan 22, 2007 | 04:49 PM
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that would look great with a huge drop....bags?????
Old Jan 22, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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I thought about bags, but i dont want the hassle of ever changing alignment,,,,,, at least that's what im thinking i'd have, anyone with bags, please reply
Old Jan 23, 2007 | 03:26 PM
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a very clean box. nice work man looks great :-)
Old Jan 24, 2007 | 04:46 PM
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Even with coilovers your gonna have to reset the alignment. The rear toe will be f***d up and you really can't "re-align" that.

I know that www.onetongarage.com has the rear camber shims that correct the toe form running negative camber but other than that the rear in not adjustable.

In fact we have a basically static front end too. Only the front toe can be adjusted unless you get coilovers with a camber mount. So to make a long story short, when you drop the box your gonna need to re-align it no matter what, so don't make that a factor just drop it so you get the look you want. Then re-align it and make sure to rotate your tires.
Old Jan 25, 2007 | 02:16 AM
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cool!, thanks for the info,
Any negatives to bags?
Old Jan 25, 2007 | 10:17 AM
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Yea, they handle like ****. All show no go.

My sugestion is to get coilovers if you can afford, if not get Tanabe df210's or Goldlines's if you want 2" or so drop, if that's too extreme get some Tein S-Tech which is more around 1.5". anything else you can always PM me.

Peace!
Old Jan 25, 2007 | 12:23 PM
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looks awesome
Old Jan 25, 2007 | 03:50 PM
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what about those strut bags??? i thought they were supposed to ride good and also not handle any worse or better than stock!?
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