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Old 01-22-2011, 12:41 PM
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Old 01-22-2011, 12:45 PM
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What a beauty!!! Those wheels look fantstic on a black car, and the tint and lowering look great. The paint looks like you can swim in it!
Good job - I'm sure you get tons of compliments.
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That is a sweet look.
I just got a lowering kit and it came with bolts for the rear and wedges for the front. It looks like it is a lot of trouble to lower the front and I am thinking it may hardly affect the look.
Did you just lower the rear?
The way that you lower the front is to remove the existing pads from the top of the front leaf spring and glue the shorter (in height) pads to the spring and reinstall it.
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Old 01-22-2011, 12:53 PM
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That IS clean looking!!!!!
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Wheels really set it off nicely, looks great, well done.
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Old 01-22-2011, 01:10 PM
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That looks great. It changes the whole appearance of the car. What a difference.

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Old 01-22-2011, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by corvetteronw
That is a sweet look.
I just got a lowering kit and it came with bolts for the rear and wedges for the front. It looks like it is a lot of trouble to lower the front and I am thinking it may hardly affect the look.
Did you just lower the rear?
The way that you lower the front is to remove the existing pads from the top of the front leaf spring and glue the shorter (in height) pads to the spring and reinstall it.
I lowered both with the same kit you bought.

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Old 01-22-2011, 01:39 PM
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Thanks all. I agree it does change the look quite a bit. I've have tons of compliments since.
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Looks great! are those wheels from Docz?
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Looks great! are those wheels from Docz?
Thanks. They're from O.E. Wheels.
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Looks good. I was thinking black wheels myself or grey.
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Looks great! are those wheels from Docz?
We carry these wheels and offer the best possible pricing. Check out the link below.

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Great looking ride! Well done!!
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Old 01-22-2011, 11:08 PM
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Your car looks great It always amazing what a difference a set of wheels and lowering can make in the way a car looks.
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Old 01-22-2011, 11:21 PM
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Those wheels definitely add to that car. Really nice looking.
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