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Old 05-22-2006, 11:37 AM
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Default Pics of Van Steel tubular a-arms and coilovers installed

These a-arms are really nice! Beautiful workmanship! I have quite a few more pics in My Corvette Pictures.











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They sure do look nice. I just wish they weren't so pricey.
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They are real nice but they look average compared to the rest of your car and engine. Man!!!! That is one sharp set up you have. Im usually a chevy orange kind of guy but your color choice is on the money!
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sweet!
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Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
sweet!
You beat me to it .
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whoops, does anyone have a napkin....
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Looks good, Van Steel has come up with a great product!
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Originally Posted by LittleJake
They are real nice but they look average compared to the rest of your car and engine. Man!!!! That is one sharp set up you have. Im usually a chevy orange kind of guy but your color choice is on the money!
Thanks LittleJake! It's really a simple scheme - Black paint, aluminum, and some anodized gold. The engine is all my builder's doing - he recommended everything and I just agreed with him.
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Originally Posted by groovyjay
Looks good, Van Steel has come up with a great product!
Yes they have! Great people to deal with as well. Dan sent me a pair of a-arm blocks at no charge! Great customer service!

Are those Stahl headers? Wouldn't happen to have some bigger pics would you?
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is that a birdcage welded to your frame?
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Originally Posted by panchop
is that a birdcage welded to your frame?
It's a bird cage, but it's not welded to the frame. It's sitting on the frame, with rags and my wife's old robe between them so it doesn't scratch the paint. Ran out of room in the garage, so I had to get rid of the body dolly... The bird cage is next in line for restoration.
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very very nice
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It does look great but those are not true coilovers. They are the semi coilovers. There has been some dissatisfied customers with them.
I thought van steel was comming out with true coilovers?
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Originally Posted by norvalwilhelm
It does look great but those are not true coilovers. They are the semi coilovers. There has been some dissatisfied customers with them.
I thought van steel was comming out with true coilovers?
Those are true coil overs norval, go to see better pics in his gallery and you'll see how the upper end of the shock is mounted, real coil overs...



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Aww crap, well of course some people are dissatisfied with the semi coilovers, since I just got mine installed. And I searched with no success before buying, too...
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Originally Posted by Me2
Aww crap, well of course some people are dissatisfied with the semi coilovers, since I just got mine installed. And I searched with no success before buying, too...
Mine are fine. They ride great.
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Originally Posted by Me2
Aww crap, well of course some people are dissatisfied with the semi coilovers, since I just got mine installed. And I searched with no success before buying, too...
the guy who didn't like them is very A/R ...uh i mean paticular.
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