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Old 11-27-08, 04:59 PM
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Opinions on ride height and wheels

After a week of non stop work, the car is road worthy, all that is left is to start the body work for new paint.

Does the ride height look good? I can probably go down another inch, as it has coil overs all around. Also, thinking of powder coating the center of the rims black, should I, or just leave them silver?
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Old 11-27-08, 05:31 PM
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amazing looking car
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That car looks amazing the way it sits. Are those...ccw classics??
Old 11-27-08, 05:45 PM
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Wheels

Yes, they are CCW's, bought them a couple of years ago from another board member.

Almost 2 years to complete the car alot of work.
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lookin good I love the wheels man
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Lookin good! I've always liked black centers with chrome lip, but i like em this way too! (Yeah, i kno that didn't help at all )
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i think it looks great the way it sits, me like
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Damn that looks great the way it is. Ride height looks perfect (at least from that angle) and the wheels are freakin hawt. New paint and ur set.

Can you post pics from side and rear view?
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i know the rear tires are way bigger, but the back seems kinda high off the ground....beautiful car nonetheless...but i'd still like to see some pics with it dropped :P...lol can u drop just the rear?
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Your car looks awesome, I would say go lower if you can.
Old 11-28-08, 09:20 AM
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The front looks fine, next thing to do is check the front to back body crease and see how level it is. Last thing you want is for that crease to angle down at the rear. I like that front end, could you post more pics and is the bottom part of it a flex material that's attached separately.

I keep breaking the fiberglass lip on mine trying to pull in the driveway. I've been thinking about cutting it off and attaching some sort of flex material as an air dam. I do like your front end better than the one I have on the widebody.
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Man thats a kick *** Ride do me a favor and embarrass some Z's and Stangs
On the Ride height it looks good
Id get some thick rubber matting cut to length/width needed and Rivit it to the underside on the lip going down each side
On the back glass or windshield put "My Contribution to Global Warming" guaranteed to make the greenies mad!!
good luck with the paint and post some pics when finished

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front lip

Trochoid,

I will get some more pics of the front today for you, I used a thick plastic rivited to the bumper/airdam.

The body kit on my car, I believe, was earlier, than the one you have. Its the 'Dave Kent' GTU body.

Your kit is wider than mine, I have 17*12,17*9 set up. Its a tight squeeze as the race cars used 16 inch. The wheel wells on these cars are not that big.


Thanks for the information on the ride height
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it looks great. dont go black on the wheel, itll be too much black. leave silver, or maybe gunmetal.
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Looks awesome! What size are the wheels and tires? What kind of motivation does it have? I'd drop the back some, but then, I like everything slammed. When it starts bottoming out, then you know it's too low .
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Ah, cancel the question about the wheels and tires -- I see you already answered that one.
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*drooooool*

Car looks sexy. I say keep it where it is at. Any lower and you start to lose oil.

Also requesting side profile pictures. And I am also for a darker color other than black on the rims. Gunmetal or Burnt Titanium would be awesome.
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