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Old 03-26-2008, 05:05 AM
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Here's a true High-Tech mod



Old 03-26-2008, 05:20 AM
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nice one Ollie . Mazda/eunos balljoints ?i herd the local wrecker throws them out if the ball joints are bad i better get down there
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Lol, nm.


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Old 03-26-2008, 06:06 AM
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Olli - What have we told you about buying those salvage cars from India

Honestly though mate ... What the story behind these!
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oh my... olli where did you find those!?
Old 03-26-2008, 06:19 AM
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Gustaf,
you know "the engineer" who has done this mod in person (not me or any of my finnish friends).
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are the finnish to fancy for such an elegant cost effective solution ???
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Is it from Gustafs old black 951?
Old 03-26-2008, 06:33 AM
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No I usually pick one of these joints, whatever that's in stock!
Old 03-26-2008, 09:30 AM
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There are more people with this unholy idea.

Some fools in NL use this:




It is a good thing that there are technical inspections before races.
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Originally Posted by Duke
No I usually pick one of these joints, whatever that's in stock!

I usually pick one of these...lol
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Hans, that version made in the Netherlands seems to be Stage II, at least it is improved version what we have here
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Originally Posted by Olli Snellman
Hans, that version made in the Netherlands seems to be Stage II, at least it is improved version what we have here
Clearly stage II is an evolution of the product because it is held together with two separate groups of fasteners.
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Originally Posted by kiyoskia

I usually pick one of these...lol
That will at least keep it soft and flexible which is good to prevent cracks but on some applications it will develop to crack(s) later on
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he should have slotted the holes so you could adjust camber

Hans- is that your car in your avatar? It's beautiful. Anymore pics of it online?


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