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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 05:57 AM
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Well i decided to use well deserved money that i have been saving for a month now so i have about 400ish that i wanna spend and i dont know what on. I was thinkin maybe a swaybar. or get my rear lip (havent seen on i like)..i have no idea i need some good ideas...i wanna wait to do the intake until i get a good deal on the TRD C/A ...I just got my resinator cut and a pipe bolted in, so the exhaust is set so nothin in that area.. badgeless grill is already put in. I am MAYBE lookin in the suspension or looks department...Spacers??? Short Shifter????any ideas would be wonderful thanks
Old Sep 15, 2007 | 06:00 AM
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Short shifter is a great upgrade that won't cost you anywhere near $400. I highly recommend.
Old Sep 15, 2007 | 06:04 AM
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well i say you make a list off what you want ... then order them in one row by want. (ex i want the CAI more then everthing else) then make another row now price ... then which ever one match in order from list one to list two thats what you get..


if i was in your shows right know i would get a new sex off wheels.. (ebsy)
Old Sep 15, 2007 | 06:12 AM
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Ebay wheel..nah i like the factory...
Old Sep 15, 2007 | 07:09 AM
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Sex off wheels?
Old Sep 15, 2007 | 05:12 PM
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i think a sway bar, intake, and short shifter are perfect options. and still under 400
Old Sep 15, 2007 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by RodC
Sex off wheels?
What?
Old Sep 15, 2007 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by captainlaziness
Originally Posted by RodC
Sex off wheels?
What?
I love how one letter can make things ohh soo funny.
Old Sep 15, 2007 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Macavely
if i was in your shows right know i would get a new sex off wheels.. (ebsy)
Old Sep 15, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by RodC
Originally Posted by Macavely
if i was in your shows right know i would get a new sex off wheels.. (ebsy)
Oh.


Originally Posted by Macavely
if i was in your shows right know i would get a new sex off wheels.. (ebsy)
What?
Old Sep 15, 2007 | 07:44 PM
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 12:43 AM
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would make car hot?
Old Sep 17, 2007 | 01:09 AM
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lip kit for sure
Old Sep 17, 2007 | 01:20 AM
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Radcliff, eh?

I'm in BG! Can I get a YEE HAWW????

Seriously....depends on what you deem vital at the moment....Hell, I have spent 2 grand in the past 6 days and after I install everything??? You may not even notice the changes unless I pointed them out.

Then again...that may be the very best mods of all. (the ones that don't "stick out")

---Paul
Old Sep 17, 2007 | 01:29 AM
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Get a short shifter, and a TWM weighted shift ****. I can't stand long throws anymore. I don't know what you'd be able to afford with the rest of your money though
Old Sep 18, 2007 | 02:22 AM
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who makes the smoothest short throw without making shifting harder or less smooth?
Old Sep 19, 2007 | 09:14 AM
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Getting a short shifter has been my favorite mod...simply because I use it more than anything else.

I got Doctor Isotope's Gearswitcher. Shorter shifts, smoother shifts, more precise shifts. You can really tell the difference....it's quite nice.


ha it reminds me of the other day I was on the highway going only about 70 when a VW tried to weave around me...dropped it into 4th when he was right next to me and gunned it...the surprised look on his face was priceless...wouldn't have been the same w/o my shortshifter
Old Sep 19, 2007 | 04:46 PM
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Summer tires

or

(pick two)
Doc Iso gearswitcher Ultimate (shifter, ****, cable bushings, base bushings)
TRD Rear Sway
Axleback of your choice
Old Sep 19, 2007 | 07:37 PM
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Get the Ingall's 4-Point Rear Strut Brace..

Progress Rear Sway Bar...

Light Power Pulley...

Ingall's ETD...

Thats all I can think of...
Old Sep 19, 2007 | 07:49 PM
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Does a rear strut brace really do anything?



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