so after seeing what i thought Mrm3 did, i decided to cut into my strut towers. ya my a arms were bottomed out so cut away on passenger side first. it was super cold out and after we did the one side first we realized ya we didnt need to cut that much out. drivers side is much better. still probably gonna box it in so not really finished and a arm still hits but up where its bolted. ya welds are ugly but i cant complain with a crappy 110 welder from ebay
so after 3 days of being pissed off that the car is shaking under power and got worse yesterday. couldnt figure out what it really was. checked everything. motor mount, tie rods, axles are new, wheels are new and balanced. Even rode on the motor while a buddy drove in his neighbor hood but still couldnt figure it out. could see the wheel hoping though. so took it to our buddy at les schwab and he drove it and right away said yup its wheel hop. And just FYI the day we got the wheels was the same day we lowered the car all the way down and that was when it started doing it. i thought it was the diamond racing wheels but nope it was the car was to low and was causing that to happen... WEIRD, but yup raised up about an inch and its a night and day differance. still just a lil hop but maybe the yokohama tires are trying hard to grip on wet pavement or maybe still lil to much negative camber with small stretch tires.
Please let me know if you have ever had that happen due to the car being to low or please tell me how your car is super low and how you did it so there is no wheel hop
professionals...not even decency to leave it on blocks....sigh.
i like it. keep us updated on both the truck and the wagon!!
ya them F****. all for some stock chevy suburban wheels. and took the ignition, lug nuts which sucks cause factory the the driver side is left hand thread nuts so now gotta find some.
Some how I missed this thread, I am right by you in Tacoma.
Man I have been wanting to do my shock towers so bad but im afraid! do you notice an instant difference in suspension travel?
The lug nuts look rad on the white wheels.
whats up over there in tac town.. well i was worried about doing it but needed to cause it was bad. did notice it helped but then like you could see in my recent post. had to raise car up a lil. still helps out and also put 3 washers under each a arm bolt so it gave it that much more room..
lovin the caddy wheels on that black truck..hope you can get something worked out on your truck man..its sucks having stuff stolen..a few years back i had my civic parked infront of my house..like maybe 15 feet from my window and some time that night they broke my passenger window out and stole the whole center bezel out of the car with my fold out dvd deck, my 12'' subs and amp...man i was pissed..luckally insurance covered it
lovin the caddy wheels on that black truck..hope you can get something worked out on your truck man..its sucks having stuff stolen..a few years back i had my civic parked infront of my house..like maybe 15 feet from my window and some time that night they broke my passenger window out and stole the whole center bezel out of the car with my fold out dvd deck, my 12'' subs and amp...man i was pissed..luckally insurance covered it
ya always sucks when shit gets stolen. people are just haters and think they have to steal instead of buy it... no full coverage for me and right now the truck sits on pathfinder wheels. the guy with black truck has a chrome set of new caddy wheels and a set of nissan titans. so i kinda get my choice. just dont have tires on them.
That's a bada** truck! Are you going to get extended lug nut studs for your wagon? I heard(but don't quote me) that it is unsafe to run the open ended lugnuts on standard studs. Some guy told me that after he seen mine. I have the extended studs but no money to put them on.
That's a bada** truck! Are you going to get extended lug nut studs for your wagon? I heard(but don't quote me) that it is unsafe to run the open ended lugnuts on standard studs. Some guy told me that after he seen mine. I have the extended studs but no money to put them on.
thanks on the bada$$ truck. hmmm never heard that it was bad. i know the nuts werent cheap and we F'd two up buy torquing to 92 OPPS.. 80 lbs it is. how much were you extended studs
I got mine for free a long time ago when my buddy in daimond bar was cleaning out his garage. I think a set of 16 goes for like $60. Mine are ARP and I have the set of 20 which is cool just in case I mess 1 or 2 up in the process of putting them on.
I got mine for free a long time ago when my buddy in daimond bar was cleaning out his garage. I think a set of 16 goes for like $60. Mine are ARP and I have the set of 20 which is cool just in case I mess 1 or 2 up in the process of putting them on.
ill have to check that out. ya im lucky when buying the muteki lug nuts you get 20 also. would have been real pissed if i had to buy another set at 100 bucks... wish i could go back lower right now but will probably have to put stock a arms back on or get another set of the cheap adjustable ones since i hacked at mine so they would clear going up all the way
Do you have pics of it after you raised it? $100 for the lug nuts? Sheezus, I paid $55 for my blox and thought that was steep. Than again you did get a better brand than me.
Yeah I was going to finish my wagon today but it's raining and I don't have a garage I really need to get it going, I miss driving my Jefee(my wagons name)
Do you have pics of it after you raised it? $100 for the lug nuts? Sheezus, I paid $55 for my blox and thought that was steep. Than again you did get a better brand than me.
not just yet but it really only went up an inch if that. i notice it for sure but still looks good. ya i wanted the neo chrome nuts and didnt want cheap ones. my buddy had got a set for there subi so i just had to get them also. also happy i went with the longer one to
I stay in Idaho so our temp isn't much different from yours lol. Not only is it raining but it's cold, especially for me since I'm still getting use to the temps, 'm originally from Cali where it only gets like high 70s.
Nice ride man.!! Thanks for sharing the pix and build updates done to your car. Keep it up and good job on the mods. Just got my self a wago too and it's thesame color like yours. Wish mine looks as good as yours tho lol.. Where in Auburn are you?? I used to lived in Algiona and now moved in Renton. Hoping to see your car in person one day and ask you for some good advice on mods a bs parts. Long live the wago man and peace out..
Nice ride man.!! Thanks for sharing the pix and build updates done to your car. Keep it up and good job on the mods. Just got my self a wago too and it's thesame color like yours. Wish mine looks as good as yours tho lol.. Where in Auburn are you?? I used to lived in Algiona and now moved in Renton. Hoping to see your car in person one day and ask you for some good advice on mods a bs parts. Long live the wago man and peace out..
whats up dude. wish mine looked way better but i got lots of body work to do this summer.. im just 10 mins from algona. use to work over there at freight liners body shop. ya we need to do a lil local meet up
thanks driftin on that comment. getting more looks now this way
Thanks for the info on the cut towers. Do you plan on fabbing a cover for them? In our rainy weather the bay would get trashed.
When I got some custom extended tophats the ride quality improved dramatically.
Since were on the subject of extended studs I remember reading a few different times that some Acura studs work on our hubs but they are the same length as the extened ARP ones. Way cheaper too. I want to say it was from a Legend?
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but you need lose the red badges (imo).
Please let me know if you have ever had that happen due to the car being to low or please tell me how your car is super low and how you did it so there is no wheel hop
ya it is. ill leave that to my ford courier. when ever i get around to it lol.
pix of the courier or it does not exist!!!
LOL oh it does exist, you can see the front of it in one of the pics. but ya ill post just a few mins
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After
a buddys
buddys 66 datsun
then FAIL. stolen november 11
i like it. keep us updated on both the truck and the wagon!!
ya them F****. all for some stock chevy suburban wheels. and took the ignition, lug nuts which sucks cause factory the the driver side is left hand thread nuts so now gotta find some.
Man I have been wanting to do my shock towers so bad but im afraid! do you notice an instant difference in suspension travel?
The lug nuts look rad on the white wheels.
whats up over there in tac town.. well i was worried about doing it but needed to cause it was bad. did notice it helped but then like you could see in my recent post. had to raise car up a lil. still helps out and also put 3 washers under each a arm bolt so it gave it that much more room..
lovin the caddy wheels on that black truck..hope you can get something worked out on your truck man..its sucks having stuff stolen..a few years back i had my civic parked infront of my house..like maybe 15 feet from my window and some time that night they broke my passenger window out and stole the whole center bezel out of the car with my fold out dvd deck, my 12'' subs and amp...man i was pissed..luckally insurance covered it
ya always sucks when shit gets stolen. people are just haters and think they have to steal instead of buy it... no full coverage for me and right now the truck sits on pathfinder wheels. the guy with black truck has a chrome set of new caddy wheels and a set of nissan titans. so i kinda get my choice. just dont have tires on them.
thanks on the bada$$ truck. hmmm never heard that it was bad. i know the nuts werent cheap and we F'd two up buy torquing to 92 OPPS.. 80 lbs it is. how much were you extended studs
ill have to check that out. ya im lucky when buying the muteki lug nuts you get 20 also. would have been real pissed if i had to buy another set at 100 bucks... wish i could go back lower right now but will probably have to put stock a arms back on or get another set of the cheap adjustable ones since i hacked at mine so they would clear going up all the way
not just yet but it really only went up an inch if that. i notice it for sure but still looks good. ya i wanted the neo chrome nuts and didnt want cheap ones. my buddy had got a set for there subi so i just had to get them also. also happy i went with the longer one to
whats up dude. wish mine looked way better but i got lots of body work to do this summer.. im just 10 mins from algona. use to work over there at freight liners body shop. ya we need to do a lil local meet up
thanks driftin on that comment. getting more looks now this way
When I got some custom extended tophats the ride quality improved dramatically.
Since were on the subject of extended studs I remember reading a few different times that some Acura studs work on our hubs but they are the same length as the extened ARP ones. Way cheaper too. I want to say it was from a Legend?