Insidethreat07's build/mod (somewhat) thread

[OffseT]

Originally Posted by insidethreat07

Im pretty sure lowering springs would kill your shocks eventually. If your gonna install the springs, might as well wait till you order some different shock and install them all at the same time

Yea I should be patient and do it right the first time

[insidethreat07]

Originally Posted by Maroboy2001

Yea I should be patient and do it right the first time

Yea plus its better to take them apart once rather then doing it twice

[fbodyrs96]

Originally Posted by Bulldogwinters

And be prepared to deal with some rusty front shocks.. My car is in great condition.. But my shocks are rusted to shit. So now I have the back lowered but not the front gotta give it another go when I have a day off!

I guess I've been lucky so far with the rust, even my stock manifolds that give most people problems on the 3.8, gave me none, hell they where barley hand tight.

[OffseT]

Yea my gasket is giving me problems now..

[ndtguy]

Originally Posted by insidethreat07

Pretty good. Ordered them on a friday. Monday they were processed, Tuesday they shipped and I got them Wednesday. Pretty good Id say. Shipping was only $70. You gonna use the NT05 from DRs or what? I went with the NT555. Heard a lot of good stuff about them.

Glad to hear that. I'm going for the normal NT05. Not the NT05R's. I'm more into taking turns then just straight line.

[insidethreat07]

Originally Posted by ndtguy

Glad to hear that. I'm going for the normal NT05. Not the NT05R's. I'm more into taking turns then just straight line.

Whats the tread rating on those. I think my 555s are 300.

[ndtguy]

Originally Posted by insidethreat07

Whats the tread rating on those. I think my 555s are 300.

IIRC, 200. Good thing my SS isn't a daily driver.

[insidethreat07]

Originally Posted by ndtguy

IIRC, 200. Good thing my SS isn't a daily driver.

Lol. One of the Nitto DRs are 100 I think lol

[insidethreat07]

Anyone ever dealt with Founders Performance? Im looking at their LCAs and PHB Package.
http://www.foundersperformance.com/p...nhard-Bar.html
I thought $130 was a pretty good price. Should I get the hardware or just use the stock nuts and bolts?

[ndtguy]

Stock hardware should be fine. Just do a good visual inspection before re-using the parts.
There was a thread on LS1tech about founders and they got called out on their welds. Well, whoever it was that was calling them out, must have been some nutswinger from another company. I check out their welds from guys here locally and the guy from Founders PM'd me a cutout of their welds and they are good to go. I plan on buying some parts from them in the future.

[insidethreat07]

Originally Posted by ndtguy

Stock hardware should be fine. Just do a good visual inspection before re-using the parts.
There was a thread on LS1tech about founders and they got called out on their welds. Well, whoever it was that was calling them out, must have been some nutswinger from another company. I check out their welds from guys here locally and the guy from Founders PM'd me a cutout of their welds and they are good to go. I plan on buying some parts from them in the future.

I read a lot of positive reviews about them. Esp for the $$$. Its cheap as hell.

[fbodyrs96]

My panhard rod is form founders, no problem with it. But my LCA's are J&M 3 piece polly sperical ball bushing which allows for movement where the ovthers won't.

[insidethreat07]

Im doing I front license plate re-location to my from lower air dam. The plate sticks down about 1.5 inches farther then my air damn. I wonder if it be ok to bend or cut the bottom of the plate off

[ndtguy]

Originally Posted by insidethreat07

I read a lot of positive reviews about them. Esp for the $$$. Its cheap as hell.

Exactly. Their profit margin can't be very large, but if you move things in bulk, you don't need a big profit margin to make money. I'll buy their STB, PHB and LCA's when I decide to pull the trigger. First, tires and then shocks (Bilsteins, here I came).