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Started with wheel spacers, pulled the 15mm from the rear and replaced them with 20mm, then pulled the 8mm from the front and replaced them with the 15mm from the rear. The stance is pretty close to flush now and I’ve probably maxed out on spacers but no rubbing and the look is just about perfect for me.
Hard to photograph the stance, but a million times better than the factory wheel gap and tuck
While you’re in there, might as well top off the coolant, throw in some new spark plugs and ignition coils…
And for the final project, a set of Gundo modified factory NOS mufflers from an S
I’m quite certain these cans haven’t been touched since the went on the car in July of 2005
The Gundo mufflers, not the prettiest welding job but for $100 what do you want? The 2” bypass pipe renders a lovely low burble at idle and the car sounds just the way she should have when she rolled out of Zuffenhausen
The number of broken exhaust bolts was rivaled only by the number of scraped knuckles and expletive-laced outbursts. And why did those bolts on the muffler mounting bracket have to drop in from the top?
The final piece of jewelry
Special thanks to my local Ace hardware for a number of stainless M8 cap head screws, @Petza914 for his advice regarding said fasteners, Paul and John at @Soul Performance for their troubleshooting assistance, and Anchor Brewing for the last couple bottles of liquid support.
Those spacers look like really nice ones and love the stance now.
Those exhaust bracket bolts that were installed from the top suck. I cut.mine off and replaced them with non-metric stainless versions that were available locally.
I ended up cutting those bolts too, I just couldn't see a way to remove them and I wasn't about to try and pull the frozen nuts off of the studs on the engine bracket. Everything is stainless and carefully documented so the next time I'm in there (hello @Soul Performance headers and cats) I'll have an easier time of it.
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Interestingly enough the hardest part was to figure out how to reattach the shifter boot. The video I used for removal instructed to disconnect the boot from the shifter **** before pulling the ****. Getting it back and connected in two reversed steps seemed impossible at mid-night. Luckily my brain started to work in the morning, so all in all it was an easy job.
Special thanks to my local Ace hardware for a number of stainless M8 cap head screws, @Petza914 for his advice regarding said fasteners, Paul and John at @Soul Performance for their troubleshooting assistance, and Anchor Brewing for the last couple bottles of liquid support.
Installed Bilstein B12 kit to replace stock dampers / H&R combo and got her aligned. As expected she feels so much better and no more slammed front end.
07-17-2023, 07:31 PM
