parts soon to come but need some info

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SuperSpeedWagon
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parts soon to come but need some info

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hey everyone yeah i havent been posting that much lately ive been really busy working and getting everything for my apartment and school its been nuts but thats besides the piont im going to be getting a phat check next week about half of it is going to the apartment, and bills, the other half i was thinking of buying some drilled and slotted for the front new brakes for the drums in the back and new pads of course in the front.... and on top of that buying my lowering springs, and the next 2 pay checks will be going to saving money for my rims..... but my questions are1. whats the best deal, and brand of drilled and slotted rotors2. what type of lowering springs and the best price3. and finally i want to get some deep dish rims how deep and what kind of rims should i get??? any help would be greatly appriciated peace
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savedbyzero
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Re: parts soon to come but need some info (SuperSpeedWagon)

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1. brakes: no clue. Try the search feature.2. Springs: I've got the Eibach Sportlines. Good price. Good ride. Had them on for over 65,000 miles. Still rides great. I helped JustinVGT put on some Tein S-tech's. Just talked to him and he said they've been great with several 1000's of miles on them. Both are very reasonable and a great mod with very noticeable handling performance gains. She's on rails now!3. Rims: Pretty much personal taste. I went with Flik Wasps from edgeracing.com. They specialize in the Euro market which lends itself to the deep lip style rims. Check there for good prices and quality rims. I'm not a fan of a staggered rims on a FWD vehicle. If you allow me, it looks kinda poser-ish. I prefer an even lip offset all the way around.
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1. not sure2. give me alittle bit and ill find you the info on where i got my springs from.3. i agree with savedbyzero its all personal taste.so how are things goin in Houston Jorge?
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My $0.02, work on the springs, then rims, then worry about the brakes. They really don't do that much if you don't get a bigger than OEM set, and while they do look better, I would wait for other things before I got those, because they don't offer a whole lot more than that. I have Brembo brakes that I got from Brian, but I think he got them on Ebay if I am not mistaken. Some guys on MO have used various different brakes, might search over there if you go there, if not I could dig around. As far as springs go, it really depends on the drop you want. If you want a bigger drop go with the Springtech(ST), Eibach Sportlines, or Tein S-Techs. Smaller drop would be the Eibach Pro-kit, Tein H-Tech, TRD, and while I don't agree, some say the Hotchkis give a smaller drop, but for me they were as low as the ST's I had. Don't buy Tein's on Ebay though, they sell fakes. Coilovers are good too but cost more.
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SuperSpeedWagon
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Re: parts soon to come but need some info (SuperSpeedWagon)

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hey thanx alot for the feed back guys yeah i kind of figured about the whole thing witht he rims i know its my own taste just wanted to se what you guys could come up with as for the springs i want a pretty low drop and not to expensive, the brakes and rotors i just figured why not if im going to get bigger rims might as well beef up the braking system plus i think mine are ready to goQuote, originally posted by NascarXprt »so how are things goin in Houston Jorge?as for your question Cole im doing really good i start school on Monday at UTI, I have a job at O'reillys and its going perfectly thanx for asking
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