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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 07:16 PM
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DAMN!!!! Looks great!
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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 07:34 PM
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Horryyy Sheet!
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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 07:15 AM
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Looks great... Sure is quiet though...
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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 01:21 PM
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Looks great... Sure is quiet though...
Thank you good sir,
yeah its just a bolt on car, only made 370rwhp. A supercharger will be installed this summer.
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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 04:18 PM
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Looks great...
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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 11:22 PM
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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 11:44 PM
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Hey Jason when I am done with my car(lol) we want to get some of us together to do a photoshoot.
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 02:20 AM
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It looks like I might have to widen my Classics, too. My 11" rears suddenly look too narrow!
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 06:10 AM
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Ivan just left I took a few..


The wheels look great

Now what the hell is up with the exhaust tips?
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 08:14 AM
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Looks great!
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 08:43 AM
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The wheels look great

Now what the hell is up with the exhaust tips?

nothing Up about them.

I need better band clamps, the ones LG sent wont hold.

thanks for the kind words gents.
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 09:09 AM
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nothing Up about them.

I need better band clamps, the ones LG sent wont hold.

thanks for the kind words gents.


Weld 'em up
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 10:09 AM
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Weld 'em up
I tried too, Two different weld shops turned me away because they said the car was too low to drive on to thier lifts
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 10:21 AM
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Not a valid excuse - I have a lift at home that I store my lowered C5 on with no problem. With the proper ramps, pretty much any car can be driven on to a 4-poster.
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 10:24 AM
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Hot damn!
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by chassed
I tried too, Two different weld shops turned me away because they said the car was too low to drive on to thier lifts
They sound lazy to me

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Not a valid excuse - I have a lift at home that I store my lowered C5 on with no problem. With the proper ramps, pretty much any car can be driven on to a 4-poster.
Exactly... we used boards to get mine in the air for my muffler swap (from SLP LM straight pipes to factory titanium muffs)
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 12:38 PM
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Nice !!!!
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Nice ride
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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 12:58 AM
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Great look! I'm relieved that when I opened this blog that they were not black! There's still hope in the world of wheels.
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Hey Jason when I am done with my car(lol) we want to get some of us together to do a photoshoot.
hey dude what are you doing to your car now?
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