69projectKAOS

[69projectKAOS]

mgchevyparts was his ebay name, its a great kit and fits great too . how is your car coming along?-Dom

[1badchevelle]

what are you doing to upgrade the suspension?

[68firebird]

mgchevyparts was his ebay name, its a great kit and fits great too . how is your car coming along?-Dom

Thats the same guy I got my kit from, I was extremely happy with it. i'm going to get the master cylinder and prop valve from him too. Mines coming along ok, thanks for asking, just at a standstill for a month or so waiting for more cash.

[69projectKAOS]

what are you doing to upgrade the suspension?

im waiting on addco front and rear sway bars to come in, and i have a set of hotchkis springs for the front that will probably go in soon as well, and then im going to order lowering leafs for the rear when i have some more cash. -Dom

68firebird--
yea i am going to do the same thing as well with the master cylinder and prop valve. and then im going to save up some more and go ls1 rears as well.-Dom

[69projectKAOS]

update!

i went out for a cruise the other night with my brother and got some nice shots. let me know what you think-Dom








And by far my favorite yet!!


Thanks for looking.-Dom

[68firebird]

Looking good! The last picture is a cool one.

How are those LS1 brakes dom? My ride is still up on stands so I haven't had the opportunity to try them out. probably won't have that opportunity till next year at this point. what master cyl/prop valve combo did you end up going with?

[Josue]

Definately a nice ride!! I really like the fender hash's.

Your bro's Supra is the ish too!

[69projectKAOS]

^^ thanks guys i appreciate the compliments. im trying my best to put as much time and effort as i can into it when im not working.

Rene- they not only look great, but they stop even better! i put about 150 miles on them and i wish i would have done them alot earlier. you will love them when you take that first ride trust me its like night and day compared to drum.

[bonecrrusher]

Car needs a bit of a drop - or 3 big friends sitting in back... LOL!

[69projectKAOS]

^^ yea for sure!! im going with a 2'' drop all around for now and then tweeking it from there. just waiting for some time to work on her. -Dom

[78 Type-LT]

looks sweet

[69projectKAOS]

WELL........... IVE GOT GOOD NEWS AND SOME BAD NEWS. the good news is that i got the car lowered and the stance was dead on.


and then........ well yeah u figure it out.






i managed to get it jacked up and back on 3 studs without the spacer to get it on the tow truck. and then.......... i f@$$*d up my lip!!!!!.



my guess is that the studs i was supplied with by the man who i got the ls1 brake conversion kit from were sub par and couldnt take the stress. as i was driving i felt what seemed like a flat tire. i got out and checked, noticing nothing out of the ordinary i continued to proceed. i got about a block further when i felt uneasy, it felt like the car was pulling to that side. so i decided to try and limp the mile home at about 2mph almost just idling when bam! the car stopped dead and dipped off its axis, at this point i was infuriated thinking i had broken either a tierod, blew a tire, or uv joint. when i emerged from the camaro i was in shock. this is the end result below........




i guess the studs snapped and being concealed by the spacer i was unable to tell the cause of it. whats your thought and opinions. i plan on replacing both sides with new arp wheel studs. i really dont have the money for new rims that wont require spacers, what should i do?

[sr73bu]

Hey Dom- The car looks awesome with the new stance!
Sorry about your bad luck... get everything situated and get it back on the road! dont get discouraged, your car is way too cool to just let sit.....

I think what happened is the lugs (spacer to studs) worked themselves off (its common with aluminum wheels, in this case the spacer). Since you can't really check them to re-torque them every so often, they probably backed off and caused the snap from the loose nut. When i ran spacers i put a drop of blue loctite on each lug that held the spacer in place. Not sure if other guys would reccomend this but it worked for me... a few hundred miles and my wheels needed re-torqueing, but when i inspected the spacers the lugs were still tight.. and when i removed everything the blue loctite wasn't an issue.... hope this helps... You could always put an old set of rallys on it... i have some nice 15x7's and 15x8's i'd sell you cheap with brand new bfg's as a temporary fix.. they are already painted black...

good luck,

-Sean

[69projectKAOS]

thanks sean, i have a set of the factory rallys with the chrome rings, but i don't think they will fit over my ls1 brake conversion because they are only 15 inch rims, and my rotors alone are 13inches without the calipers on them. this happened yesterday at like 5pm and i already have here at my house 2 new goodmark fenders that i scored off craigslist for $150 for the pair, they were never used. i only need the driver side but im going to save the passenger side. im dropping the new fender off tomorrow to be painted then im going to re-re-install it. but im so unsure on what to do with the wheel situation, because i cant have this happen again! im to the point where in scared to drive it because i made it into my dream car and i dont want to see it get destroyed, and the funny thing is i drive this thing like a old lady because i dont want to ruin it lol. i want my car to be a corner carver lol but i know it takes time lol -Dom

does anyone have a part # for arp wheel studs that will work for me?

[sr73bu]

forgot about your brakes... yeah, they probably wont clear those rims... I cheaped out on rims (17x9 cragar) soft 8's (until i can afford a set of Fiske's)... they were $70 each... they are heavy but the offset was perfect for my car. You may be able to fit them or the 17x8 version.. not sure if its your style though... aleast they will clear the brakes and eliminate spacers...

-Sean

[bonecrrusher]

That sucks!! Good luck with the repairs...

[srh3trinity]

The stance looks awesome. I hate that you had this setback. I have struggled with whether or not to run spacers. If I do, I will make sure that I have quality studs after seeing this. Good luck getting the car back on the road, will be killer with the wheels, stance, paint and GS stripes.

[montessaj]

Man that really sucks! I can't believe how bad it mashed up that fender as well. These things happen I you just have to fix it and move on. I had a lower ball joint blow and it sat on the ground similar to that. When I first saw the picture, thats what I thought had happened. I hope you get it all fixed back up soon. Good luck!

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

damn i missed the thread for a while now.

youre welcome on the stripes, Stormy would have been proud.. they look SICK on your car brotha..

and awww man that sucks!!.. spacers are really a gamble.. but hell.. it coulda been worse my man.

[69projectKAOS]

thanks guys, i am having the new fender painted on Monday but im trying to figure out what size stud i need for the front to not make this happen again, im going with arp studs this time. the studs i got with the ls1 conversion kit were probably crap and made this happen because two sheered off. the big dilemma is that i really don't have the money right now to get new wheels, and in order for me to drive the car i need the spacers because when i turn the wheel they hit the sub frame when no spacer is on. what should i do?-dom

^^^ thanks vengeance, when i get the car all done again i will get you some high quality pictures for the street fighter website. it would be sick to get a picture of stormy and my car together causing havoc on the streets lol, it sucks we live so far away. -Dom