-+-+-+- Grond is SLAMMED -+-+-+-
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Grond settled some more today... this bad boy is now "n da weedz". Now to get the front looking the same 
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Originally Posted by DidntSettle98
Is that "dirt" I see on the fender well? 
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Originally Posted by canadianguy
Is the front done yet?
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Originally Posted by Vetteran
After you lower the front end, you'll have to stand up to set down. Looks good EG!
There was no elegant way to get out of the Vette before - now... well, let's just say that it requires some thought before getting out in public
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UPDATE :
Slammed the front today - completely removed the front bolt. Job proved to be pretty straightforward after I did it. Hindsignt is always 20/20...
It took me about 4 hours to do both sides - even though I have the Helm manuals I find them near useless (to me).
I'll post completed "after" pictures tomorrow when it settles - it was still up in the air from jacking it up.
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As usual, the most difficult part is getting this puppy airborne. Going to have to invest in a lift of some type.
Installed the frame savers
Tried to cut corners and not drop the lower A arm - wasted a good hour on this useless venture with a bottle jack.
Dropped the lower A arm. Required unbolting the lower shock bolts, sway bar clamps (to the chassis) and lower ball joint. Some "persuasion" from a stout hammer while keeping a jack below it, and it came out without protest when I dropped the jack
That bolt is seriously long!!! Was GM designing a off road Vette???
No patience with the second bolt. Dremel and diamond cutting wheel made short work of the other bolt.
Just 2 pieces of Dynamat Extreme between the leaf and the lower A arm - bolts deleted.
Slammed the front today - completely removed the front bolt. Job proved to be pretty straightforward after I did it. Hindsignt is always 20/20...
It took me about 4 hours to do both sides - even though I have the Helm manuals I find them near useless (to me).
I'll post completed "after" pictures tomorrow when it settles - it was still up in the air from jacking it up.
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As usual, the most difficult part is getting this puppy airborne. Going to have to invest in a lift of some type.
Installed the frame savers
Tried to cut corners and not drop the lower A arm - wasted a good hour on this useless venture with a bottle jack.
Dropped the lower A arm. Required unbolting the lower shock bolts, sway bar clamps (to the chassis) and lower ball joint. Some "persuasion" from a stout hammer while keeping a jack below it, and it came out without protest when I dropped the jack
That bolt is seriously long!!! Was GM designing a off road Vette???
No patience with the second bolt. Dremel and diamond cutting wheel made short work of the other bolt.
Just 2 pieces of Dynamat Extreme between the leaf and the lower A arm - bolts deleted.
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Originally Posted by EnglandGreen
UPDATE :
It took me about 4 hours to do both sides - even though I have the Helm manuals I find them near useless (to me).
It took me about 4 hours to do both sides - even though I have the Helm manuals I find them near useless (to me).
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Originally Posted by Zilla
Since you are from England you probably needed this dictionary to understand the Helm manuals
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Nice! Removing the front bolt is the only way to go. I slipped a piece of reinforced silicon hose (1/8" thick maybe) over the spring so it wouldn't rub. As you know from working with the dynamat, the tar will most likely work its way out quickly.
Oh.. I spent another 6 hours today dynamating the rear interior!
Bill
Oh.. I spent another 6 hours today dynamating the rear interior!
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Rain,
Thanks - but my car is not a "she" - it's a "he" Do you know that I only found out what "busting caps" meant just last year. I was unfamiliar with that idiom and had no clue what it meant. Sheltered life...
Bill,
The soundproofing project is a major PITA. So... I hate to do this to you but.... need pictures!!!
Stephen
Thanks - but my car is not a "she" - it's a "he"
Do you know that I only found out what "busting caps" meant just last year. I was unfamiliar with that idiom and had no clue what it meant. Sheltered life... Bill,
The soundproofing project is a major PITA. So... I hate to do this to you but.... need pictures!!!
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Originally Posted by EnglandGreen
Rain,
Thanks - but my car is not a "she" - it's a "he" Do you know that I only found out what "busting caps" meant just last year. I was unfamiliar with that idiom and had no clue what it meant. Sheltered life...
Bill,
The soundproofing project is a major PITA. So... I hate to do this to you but.... need pictures!!!
Stephen
Thanks - but my car is not a "she" - it's a "he"
Do you know that I only found out what "busting caps" meant just last year. I was unfamiliar with that idiom and had no clue what it meant. Sheltered life... Bill,
The soundproofing project is a major PITA. So... I hate to do this to you but.... need pictures!!!
Stephen
I want pics of the front slammed dude, I'm a little pissed!
