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<blockquote data-quote="97_281gt" data-source="post: 1291045" data-attributes="member: 14844"><p>so i guess the first mod if you wanna call it is add some white led courtesy lights under the dash the tag light and the trunk waiting for my white dome led dome light to come in to finish it all up</p><p><a href="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140522_211452_zpsf7bf40b9.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140522_211452_zpsf7bf40b9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140522_211615_zps383e0c56.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140522_211615_zps383e0c56.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>a week or so later i got my hands on a black wingless trunk for 60 bucks with fresh paint on it</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140526_191429_zpsa79f262c.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140526_191429_zpsa79f262c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>next i picked up a set of 99-04 pbr dual piston calipers for $20 should be a nice but cheap brake upgrade</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140613_191859_zps36b2f5f5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140613_191859_zps36b2f5f5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>i sanded them down and gave them a fresh coat of black paint cause im not a huge fan of red</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140613_193216_zpscd8c2958.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140613_193216_zpscd8c2958.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>tried to show a campairson of how much bigger the new dual piston calipers are not really that great of a pic lol</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140615_130639_zpsfc98bc83.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140615_130639_zpsfc98bc83.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>then today i found a nice little score on craigslist upr front coil overs with lakewood drag shocks upr cc plates and steeda rear springs all for $100! like 600 bucks worth of stuff </p><p></p><p><a href="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140615_115905_zpse35d0123.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140615_115905_zpse35d0123.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>time to get rid of the cut springs and worn struts in the front </p><p>before </p><p><a href="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140615_132803_zps97447fa3.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140615_132803_zps97447fa3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> after </p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/21/a8enuteb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>after i got it all installed i wanted to see how low the car would go</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/Message_14028685569721_zps524be78e.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/Message_14028685569721_zps524be78e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140615_174143_zps718e9308.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140615_174143_zps718e9308.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>i wish i could have kept it that low but the strut was bottoming out i guess i need a stiffer spring to do that?</p><p>any way so i raised the car up this is how she sits now</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140615_185109_zps544a2fa9.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140615_185109_zps544a2fa9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140615_185020_zps4a9a6d74.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140615_185020_zps4a9a6d74.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>i want it to be just a tad bit lower next time i take the wheels of im gonna drop it a tad more</p><p>still also need to install rear springs</p><p></p><p>after installing the coilovers i noticed how bad my ball joints and bushings really were(knocking and squeaking really loud) so i put in a order for tubular qa1 a arms with new bushings and ball joints</p><p><a href="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/15803_zps34d52dae.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/15803_zps34d52dae.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> hopefullythey will show up before my ball joints blow out</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="97_281gt, post: 1291045, member: 14844"] so i guess the first mod if you wanna call it is add some white led courtesy lights under the dash the tag light and the trunk waiting for my white dome led dome light to come in to finish it all up [URL="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140522_211452_zpsf7bf40b9.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140522_211452_zpsf7bf40b9.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140522_211615_zps383e0c56.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140522_211615_zps383e0c56.jpg[/IMG][/URL] a week or so later i got my hands on a black wingless trunk for 60 bucks with fresh paint on it [URL="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140526_191429_zpsa79f262c.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140526_191429_zpsa79f262c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] next i picked up a set of 99-04 pbr dual piston calipers for $20 should be a nice but cheap brake upgrade [URL="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140613_191859_zps36b2f5f5.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140613_191859_zps36b2f5f5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] i sanded them down and gave them a fresh coat of black paint cause im not a huge fan of red [URL="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140613_193216_zpscd8c2958.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140613_193216_zpscd8c2958.jpg[/IMG][/URL] tried to show a campairson of how much bigger the new dual piston calipers are not really that great of a pic lol [URL="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140615_130639_zpsfc98bc83.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140615_130639_zpsfc98bc83.jpg[/IMG][/URL] then today i found a nice little score on craigslist upr front coil overs with lakewood drag shocks upr cc plates and steeda rear springs all for $100! like 600 bucks worth of stuff [URL="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140615_115905_zpse35d0123.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140615_115905_zpse35d0123.jpg[/IMG][/URL] time to get rid of the cut springs and worn struts in the front before [URL="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140615_132803_zps97447fa3.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140615_132803_zps97447fa3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] after [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/21/a8enuteb.jpg[/IMG] after i got it all installed i wanted to see how low the car would go [URL="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/Message_14028685569721_zps524be78e.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/Message_14028685569721_zps524be78e.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140615_174143_zps718e9308.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140615_174143_zps718e9308.jpg[/IMG][/URL] i wish i could have kept it that low but the strut was bottoming out i guess i need a stiffer spring to do that? any way so i raised the car up this is how she sits now [URL="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140615_185109_zps544a2fa9.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140615_185109_zps544a2fa9.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/20140615_185020_zps4a9a6d74.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/20140615_185020_zps4a9a6d74.jpg[/IMG][/URL] i want it to be just a tad bit lower next time i take the wheels of im gonna drop it a tad more still also need to install rear springs after installing the coilovers i noticed how bad my ball joints and bushings really were(knocking and squeaking really loud) so i put in a order for tubular qa1 a arms with new bushings and ball joints [URL="http://s734.photobucket.com/user/lilkvn92/media/15803_zps34d52dae.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/lilkvn92/15803_zps34d52dae.jpg[/IMG][/URL] hopefullythey will show up before my ball joints blow out [/QUOTE]
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