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john7
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Location: Garden grove ca
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on the front
stock link pin beam
jatech 2.5" drop spindles (welded ones)
145x15 nankang
5" Flat 4 BRMs (first production run)
on the rear
205-65-15
stock short axles
decambered
5" flat 4 brms (first run)
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john7
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Location: Garden grove ca
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stock beam
jatech 2.5" drop spindles (welded)
disc brakes drilled by FAT Performance
155-80-15
15x5.5 early fuchs
rear
205-70-15 goodyear regatta 2
deep 6" early fuchs
stock short axles
decambered
.225" wheel spacer
stock late model drum brakes drilled by FAT
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JDGas
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Joined: June 23, 2004
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Location: Escondido
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-'61 Sunroof
-Front:
-5" KCW Beam
-2 1/2" CB Drop Spindles
-No shocks
-5.5" Fakie 5 spokes
-135's
-Rubs on headlight bucket, top of fender, and inner fenderwell.
-Rear:
-Dropped 2 inner notches
-KYB Gas-A-Just shocks
-Everything else stock
-5.5" Fakie 5 spokes
-185/65R15's
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JDGas
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Location: Escondido
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pacificbikerguy
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Joined: August 17, 2007
Posts: 81
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| Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:16 pm Post subject: Ok, here it goes |
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Front
-145/65/15's (tirerack ecocontrol continental)
-keoki 4" narrowed beam
-Stock spindles
-empi lowered oil shocks
Rear
-205/65/15's (toyo's)
-Just finished 1 outer spline drop
-Gas charged stock shocks
-bump stops pulled
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okar
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Joined: October 21, 2005
Posts: 29
Location: Seattle Washington
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:17 am Post subject: |
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| me likes the way your car sits, i live in seattle. nice stance!! |
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okar
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Joined: October 21, 2005
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Location: Seattle Washington
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| why did you pull bump stops?? thinking of getting better shocks, kinda bouncy,, running kyb's now. |
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pacificbikerguy
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| why did you pull bump stops?? thinking of getting better shocks, kinda bouncy,, running kyb's now. |
I thought I remember reading somewhere to yank them off when you dropped the rear, I did so and haven't had a problem. This is my daily driver and i drive it pretty hard.
How low is your car? kyb's are good shock, but chances are they are gas shocks that you have. I just replaced my fronts with empi oil shocks and they made it a bit less bouncy. |
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vivachaos77
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Joined: June 05, 2004
Posts: 30
Location: hesperia/barstow
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this is my new car...(formerly cage66's)
it has a 6.5" beam drop spindles
down roughly 2.5 notches. Will have extended springplates soon.
165 in the back 165/45 front
the pics are without an engine
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stowellka
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Location: murrieta ,ca
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5.5 beam
drop spindles
145/15
2clicks out back
205/65-15
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bmph8ter
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This is Matilda. Specs are:
FRONT
Nankang 135R15
painted stock steelies (4 inch)
TNT Auto Service 5" narrowed beam with SAW adjusters, stock needle bearings, no shocks
CB drop spindles
no caster shims yet (need longer bolts)
stock drum brakes
REAR
some old 165R/15
painted stock steelies (4 inch)
stock IRS dropped I THINK 2 outer splines
urethane spring plate bushings (sanded to fit)
notched spring plates (need to be deeper)
stock length oil shocks (something cheap from AutoZone)
stock drum brakes
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hkoch
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MY old 58.
2'' beam with dropped/welded spindles
3.5 centerlines in front.
6's in the rear w/firestone slicks, dropped 2 notches
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umai
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Location: kuala lumpur malaysia
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Hotrodvw
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Location: Orygun
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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It looks like an MnM on wheels..........but like it! 
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JDGas
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Hotrodvw
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:06 am Post subject: |
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| hkoch wrote: |
MY old 58.
2'' beam
3.5 centerlines in front.
6's in the rear w/firestone slicks.
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I really like that car
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hkoch
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| They were 26X6. I miss that car alot, but Im building at 57 rag the same color to take its place. |
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buggofast
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Location: Delaware
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:12 am Post subject: |
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| what size were the front tires? I'm building a very similar car. |
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bugdozer
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:33 am Post subject: |
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| This is a great thread. It is giving me lots of ideas on how I want my car to look. Please don't let it die. |
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bill may
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toyo tires 185 60 15
