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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 12:44 AM
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Im hardcore manly.

Im Hugh Jackman to your asian physique.
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 07:35 AM
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he's got that winter coat!

I miss him near me on cold nights at HTM
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 01:10 PM
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and that passed out next to it
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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still not as bad as the guy that got dragged through the dirt naked

ahem.........VRT.........
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 04:53 PM
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haha the guy that got drink and naked and that stole tony angelos shoes was my friend toya. lol I wish Iwas there, at least its on vrt tv
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 03:42 AM
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yeah im deff going to asb this year lol.
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 03:50 AM
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Originally Posted by eyecandy
You must be running som mega hight offsets..... with the Superangle tie rods (max spacing available) and stock wheels/tires there is clearance all around... Becareful with the 7mm spacers as u are limiting thread engagement.
in all honesty I dont know the offset, Ive been building the car up since purchase 2 weeks ago and its just running oon the crappy rims it came with. Right now if I go full lock it hits the chassis rails already. I'll be removing my set of 50mm spacers and 25mm spacers from my s14 (240sx) to use on the FC anyway.

I've just purchased a set of 17x10j et35+ which is probably what I'll be running or a pair of 17x9j et30+ which are crappier looking but would give more clearance for lock at the front...

Once my mazdratrix angle kit and my knuckles show up, I think that 'replaces' the spacers so I will be getting rid.
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 11:35 AM
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35 is a high offset, so it 30

you definetely wanna be in the negatives (-10,-15,etc.) for max clearance

you can run like a 50mm spacer lol
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 08:10 PM
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i got them on, theyre sweet

will post pics tomorrow
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 12:01 AM
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lol yeaaaa....

i had a extra pair of spacers so i put those on, now i got toe out haha

tie rods are pretty much maxed out so theres gonna be some toe out, which is fine. alex is helping me with alignment on sunday
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 12:45 AM
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when I had the spacers installed I drove it for 1 week before I got a alignment lol. **** was crazy driving with toe out. especially on the freeway lol screeched everywhere
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Dorifto_PG
Hey guys the report from the track this weekend is:

My spindles are ******* awesome. I had SO much angle and could throw my car in hotter and catch it every time. JTP and I ran some Drift Alliance Aces tandem for video footy and I led, he followed me. When we pulled into the pits he was talking about how much angle I was holding and he was running lock on his car (Mazda trix inner spacer iirc) and was pretty impressed. Then I told him that I wasn't even at lock on the steering when we were running and he pretty quickly made his mind up to get some.


I see things wrong with all those spindles that I don't like in comparison to mine, but there are 1,000 ways to do the same task, so.. yeah. I like Hariguchi's spindles the most out of all those options, but I decided not to do mine that way because it puts more leverage and shearing force on the welds when done like that.

Here are pics of my spindles:






The forces on the welds are very minimal so I am very confident that they'll never fail. Besides, the guy who welded them did an amazing job. Very very nice TIG work.


Anyways contact me if you guys are interested, its cheaper if you give me cores, of course. If I have to go to junk yards and hunt around for FCs to make these, its a big hassle. Also, you will definitely need to modify the **** out of your wheel wells to allow for clearance your wheels will need. Therefore I have considered offering different levels of modification, depending on what state of tune your car is in. Its just a matter of cutting the right amount based on your guys set up. For instance with my wheels (17x9.5 -3 235/40/17) I go to full lock and barely rub the LCA. I grinded the LCA a lil bit to clearance it, and everything is perfect now, specific to my car.
i may be wrong but that looks like some Jeff McCall inspired tuning there ...
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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im sure jeff mccall was not the first person to do that....
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 03:55 PM
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haha the guy that got drink and naked and that stole tony angelos shoes was my friend toya. lol I wish Iwas there, at least its on vrt tv
CA cant party.

Colorado puked on cars and pased out in the sun while peeing in its pants.

CA just fucked with one of their friends.

lame


I was passed out in a truck
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 09:04 PM
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you had no problem partying with us CJ, VRT just got retarded, WSC had a blongo ball blast
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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by TechTrix
im sure jeff mccall was not the first person to do that....
No by all means he wasnt but then again I think you might have misunderstood me specially since I wasnt talking to you.... BUT I think those knuckles in the picture are the exact same ones he helped Lyndsey do because I remember Lyndsey coming down to Rotary Power that day he had them made, but I may be wrong.
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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 10:36 PM
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the altitude didn't bother anyone but you guys, however everyone was prolly dehydrated from the weather since it was retarded hawt, i got drunk off 1.5 beers from the dehydration and the fact that i somehow left san diego perfectly fine and by the time we got to willow had bronchitis and lost my f'n voice, **** was gnar gnar
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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 11:56 PM
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damn I want to party with you cats ! but iheard they arent guna have anymore buckwild night campout adventures at asb anymore, cuz willow springs got mad??
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 02:10 AM
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Haha

man it was so awesome when roland and gleb rolled in. We were in the pool drinking with coors cans floating all over.

It was like 2pm and id been drunk for like 5 hours already haha
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 04:53 PM
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it goes more when im driving, its ridiculously enough....

this is cheating
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by slava
35 is a high offset, so it 30

you definetely wanna be in the negatives (-10,-15,etc.) for max clearance

you can run like a 50mm spacer lol
I have the 30mm over fenders front so im gonna use my 35mm spacers first if thats not enough aye, I'll go 50mm madness.


I now have URAS tie rods.... still waiting on my mazdatrix steering angle kit and my knuckles...




do people put spacers on the Uras rods??? or are the uras rods a direct replacement for the standards+spacers combo.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by SlideAlliance
ASB just ******* rocked all around. So amazing.



Slava, 35 series might have to be your friend
my tires are brand new. maybe the next pair
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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yea, i will

im gonna kill it at the march event
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 11:33 PM
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i was smashing the inner fenders for hours today

smash, spray paint, test, smash, spray paint, test, smash, spray paint, test

over and over and over. pain in the ***

i shouldnt be hitting inner fender anymore, but definitely hitting lca, and i see that as a good thing. xd9's are gonna get trashed, oh well

also removed the sway bar
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 03:51 AM
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damn i want some cheater knuckles already
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