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I'm gonna call Cobra Valley Monday and give him my measurements and see what he says. |
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22 1/2" on each corner is the desired ride height for SPF's |
Dan, Proud of you for getting it done. Way to go.
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Ratty-Dan,
Congrats on sticking to it. "Those rear brackets really fought me." If it was easy, anyone could do it. Ask Danr about the "2 hour (his estimate) install of the Watts on his car.... a |
Dan, mine took time too. Lining up all those holes in the frame was stressful. I hope you used red or at least blue thread locker on them before you torqued the bolts. Drilling and bolting the roll bar arm also spent my patience. Once done I wanted to show off my new top shock brackets. They are beautiful.
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The hole alignment was the main issue, once I final got the bolts through the threads needed to be re-taped so the process started over.:JEKYLHYDE |
Use a drift pin rather than driving a bolt to get the holes to align, if you have the room, and you'll avoid screwing up the threads. Hindsight is always 20-20.
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Sway bars front and rear now also installed.
Very easy install looking back on it but it still took several hours as this was the first time ever messing with sway bars at all. |
Dan
Congrats on getting it done! Let us know of the differences in the way it drives. |
Ratty,
With all the upgrades are you going to be tracking her? I am looking forward to hearing about how different she drives. Dave from Chandler |
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My car was in Charlie's shop and suggested 3 things for future upgrades and then the very next week Bob B. out of the blue suggested the exact same 3 upgrades and sent me a e-mail with direct links on where to buy everything. I really wanted the upper shock supports as that's a Superformance problem but the others just went along. |
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It feels like it's on rails now, maybe a bit of over steer now.:eek: Old setup was super bouncy/bumpy with the AVO's and had a lot of under steer with the stock sway bars. Very happy with the Cobra Valley system. Randal is more then helpful also. |
Ratty-Dan, glad to hear it all worked out and you like the improvement. You should have a good feeling of accomplishment. Whole lotta floks would not have even tried to do the job themselves. That's not necessarily a bad thing if they don't have the skill, equipment, or desire to do it.
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Thanks Karl,
If I had to do it all over again it would be a piece of cake. For some reason the first time always kicks my but. |
Ratty-Dan,
"If I had to do it all over again it would be a piece of cake. For some reason the first time always kicks my but." Learning cruve. |
I finally finished today with my final upgrade hopefully.
Bump Steer Geometry Correction Ball Joints from Cobra Valley. Cobra Valley's R/T Super High Performance Ball Joints These ball joints are a work of art and fit 100% perfect. The old ball joints were all so tight that I had to put them in a vice and put a breaker bar on the shaft in order to make them move. The new ones are smooth as silk and I got the non lapped ones. I had Network Alignment do the 4 wheel alignment and they did a great job with no issues. Thanks Bob B. for all the advise and recommendations. Dan |
Good job Dan. I'll be waiting for a report on the differences.
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I am very happy with the ball joints. It got rid of my 65 mph shimmy and the wheel feels much smoother overall. If you have the high speed shimmy these joints are well worth it. If you get them, I bought the special tools and you can use them. Dan |
Thanks Dan. I will take you up on that lone. Just don't know when. I've had shimmy that comes and goes since July of 2000 (new).
AZ Bob |
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