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Old 01-11-2007, 01:45 AM
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Well I have cut up the egg a little more to get the back to lay a little lower. Allot of work for another inch lower than the FBI brackets I had to start with. Now I am bottoming out the shock and the top of the tire is about a 1/4 of an inch from hitting the fill hose so looks like I am going to have to do allot more work to get it any lower than this. On the up side The wheel is up in the fender not just the tire anymore
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How much lower can you really go? What does it look like on the ground. Looks sweet there, how low can you go...

limbo anyone
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Old 01-11-2007, 01:54 AM
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you need to find a way to shift the beam closer to the rear
to compensate for the drop/beam angle

just need to SAFELY move the pivot point back
then create new upper spring mounts
adjust lower shock bolt angle to give better range
or just relocate the shock mount too
Please Dont Try This @ Home^^

but good luck anyway...looks nutz man
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wow, that's insanely slammed.
not my bag of chips, but good luck with that.
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Old 01-11-2007, 03:00 AM
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and i quote from exposed ATL- "i've got no *****!"


now you've got another inch to play with ;)

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Originally Posted by TXboxdriver
you need to find a way to shift the beam closer to the rear
to compensate for the drop/beam angle

just need to SAFELY move the pivot point back
then create new upper spring mounts
adjust lower shock bolt angle to give better range
or just relocate the shock mount too
Please Dont Try This @ Home^^

but good luck anyway...looks nutz man
Yes when I am ready to go lower I am going to have to relocate the fill lines and I am going to do a 4 link rear end.
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Old 01-11-2007, 03:16 AM
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Who needs wheels when can just drive on the unibody....
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Old 01-11-2007, 03:20 AM
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Man if you cut it much more we are going to have to get special stands for you so you can drop it all the way down
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Old 01-11-2007, 03:36 AM
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one word, "DAYUMN!!" dats awesome man
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Old 01-11-2007, 04:59 AM
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BagNasty,looking nice from what I can see so far.. wish I had the time and money to do that..Neothin,nice video....
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lots of work but its lookin good ;)
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Old 01-11-2007, 12:12 PM
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thanks yall! When I get the car put back together I will get some pics of it on the ground and not up in the air
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Can't wait to see it sitting on the ground.
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so, you'll be layin frame?
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Originally Posted by cherryBox
so, you'll be layin frame?
well kind of hard to lay frame when there is no frame I know what you mean and no it's no layed all the way out yet! Maybe buy the July I will have a 4 link made for it and new strut towers to lay it all the way down
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Old 01-12-2007, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by scyon
BagNasty,looking nice from what I can see so far.. wish I had the time and money to do that..Neothin,nice video....
Thank man and Neothin I didn't know you still had that lol. That was me dragging it at Exposed in Atl last year
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did someone say dragging?
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oid=1336238024
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Looking good can't wait to see pics of it on the ground.
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Old 01-12-2007, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by randode
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Now thats real dragging right there maybe one day I can claim to have the lowest xA like the MASTER Randode's xB
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Old 01-12-2007, 10:12 PM
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Lookin' low Nasty_Sac......I mean BagNasty. Forget dragging frame, unibody, whoever. I wanna see you drag tank.....gas tank that is. Now that would be some sparks.
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