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do have good fun when it rains in them tyres thou, although nearly crash half time :lol:
ive just ordered some camber adjustment bolts anyway and cheers mate they'll be going gloss black 8)
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few more bits now! got some rear shocks, camber adjustment bolts, and tiny rear springs
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close up on camber bolts
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here you can see how it works.. its pushes the hub away from strut to bring camber back out..
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normal spring, 60mm lowering spring and the tiny springs :lol:
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rear strut painted and fitted
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camber bolta for front yeah? i need them for the speedlines if i plan to use then ha
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yeahh mate.. they work well.. defiantly will bring camber out. guna do my camber allignment and tracking 2mra at college! you will need to have tracking redone if you use these camber bolts thou, they £21 but worth money if you see what the camber did to my last tyres few pages back :lol:
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aye i did :L tho its to make the speedlines fit better
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how will it make them fit better?
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when i lowered it it made it rub a bit at the front so if i had negitive camber it wud push away from the rub area :D
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yeah but then your tyres will lean on the insides and tyre wear will increase
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cav slabs update.. had them shotblasted this week, super clean now! needs a few scuffs filling now before paint 8)
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Looking good mate :)
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get the tyres on before you paint them mate :thumbs:
just incase they chip them... people who did my cesaro's battered two of my wheels
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they'v turned out mint fair play!!!
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yeah thought of that, cheers mate.. well i put tyres on myself at college, soo ill be extra careful putting them on, though is hard with such low profile tyres to get them on :meh:
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PRICER wrote:they'v turned out mint fair play!!!
cheers mate :thumbs: good wheels youve given me haha, just had too much paint on really but thats sorted now...
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well over last few days have been prepping cav slabs, firstly i was using filler primer to smooth out the wheels as was rough from shot blasting
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once they were smooth enough i coated them in grey primer
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then i sprayed the insides black.. now all ready for paintshop to spray and ill put tyres on at college wednesday :)
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also grinded down all arches n painted (green all i had lol) and also 100mm rear spring in..
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