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Old Mar 27, 2018 | 07:12 PM
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This was at my door today

ILuvJDM's 2007 NBS RCSB Build - Turbo/4L80e/Coilovers/Wilwoods-uq2ktj0.jpg


Got one side installed

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Old Mar 27, 2018 | 09:47 PM
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How much more clearance did you gain with the ridetech arms over the VAS arms?
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Old Mar 27, 2018 | 10:32 PM
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I didnt realize you were changing up LCAs...how come?
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Old Mar 28, 2018 | 06:18 AM
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It wasn't done to gain clearance, I just didn't like the lack of swaybar and some other quality control issues. Turns out ridetech has some of the same issues. Didn't get zerk fittings in the parts bag, chipped powdercoat, I think I just have bad luck, or nobody gives a **** about quality control anymore

edit: just spoke to technical support and these arms have Delrin bushings now, so grease zerks are not needed. So really the only defect was one small chip in the powdercoat, which I can live with for sure.

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Old Mar 28, 2018 | 10:23 AM
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Did you use oem or aftermarket rear fender liners?
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Old Mar 28, 2018 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by ILuvJDM
It wasn't done to gain clearance, I just didn't like the lack of swaybar and some other quality control issues. Turns out ridetech has some of the same issues. Didn't get zerk fittings in the parts bag, chipped powdercoat, I think I just have bad luck, or nobody gives a **** about quality control anymore
I deal with this constantly because I handle all the parts shipments at Vengeance. It is more prevalent than it should be, and it is not just one company. People just don't have pride in their work anymore. It was probably poor packaging and gorilla handling by the carrier.

I see such poor packaging by some of the vendors it is unthinkable how much they much lose from returns and shipping costs.
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Old Mar 28, 2018 | 11:46 AM
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In the case of the ridetech arms, it had more packaging material than I have ever seen in my life. Very well packed, but the defect was by the balljoint, so I'm assuming it happened during assembly and just didn't get resolved. It's not enough to make me send them back, but still annoying. I came from the import world, specifically Evos, and companies like ETS, STM, AMS, etc... You ordered a part and it looked better than the pictures when it arrived

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Did you use oem or aftermarket rear fender liners?
These are rugged liner brand, WC99 I believe is the number. I get them from Amazon for $90.00
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Old Mar 28, 2018 | 06:14 PM
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I just bought a set of djm upper and lower control arms for my obs build and one of the lower ones has a 2" section at the ball joint that the powder coating is chipped only good thing is I don't like the color so iam going to powdercoat them myself
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Old Mar 28, 2018 | 08:28 PM
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Since I had a new ACDelco master cylinder on my parts shelf, I figured I would put it on

ILuvJDM's 2007 NBS RCSB Build - Turbo/4L80e/Coilovers/Wilwoods-3skzxu7.jpg


Any bets on if that was the original fluid from 2007?

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Bench bleeding new one. Is it normal for the plunger to only go in like 1/8"? The instructions said 3/4"-1" but I put all 235lbs into it and it wouldnt go any further... Bubbles came out for a while and eventually it was perfect fluid with no bubbles, so I'm sure it's fine

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Front suspension is done, just need to bleed the brakes and do an alignment then bolt up the coilovers. Good news is the measurement for ride height only went from 11.75" to 12.0" at my ride height, so the c205 shocks will still work perfect

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Old Mar 29, 2018 | 10:25 AM
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Nice project and build!
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