Finally, after 14 years of rolling around with this flame job in place, My 12 year old daughter Jade and I jumped into the deep end, prepping, taping and striping this thing. I thought for years I would do the outline in red or maybe black just to fix some edges, but after living with it for so long, I think we found the
Think I’m gonna have to do a front end kit on this thing. Got the wheels mounted with brakes today. But man they rub the control arms like crazy. I think it will be different when there is an engine in it making the suspension come down and compress. But man. Doesn’t look good.
So on to other things for now. May look into some different style upper control arms at the least.
But on a positive note. The wheels and brakes look great.
Gotta get some money together for the front suspension. Looks like my best bet will be the AJE conversion for the front too. Guess I may swell match the front and rear kits lol.shit
What backspace did you get for those wheels? You need around 4.75 to clear the upper control arm. If those are off-the-shelf latemodel wheels, you're going to need spacers (more likely adapters) if you stick with stock style front suspension.
What backspace did you get for those wheels? You need around 4.75 to clear the upper control arm. If those are off-the-shelf latemodel wheels, you're going to need spacers (more likely adapters) if you stick with stock style front suspension.
I think I’ll end up going with the aftermarket stuff. These are just kind of off the shelf wheels. It’s all good
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