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      12-20-2008, 11:47 AM   #1
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Installed KW V2 and UUC Rear Sway Bar

I just had my KW V2's installed and also had a UUC Rear Sway bar installed at the same time to help out with the understeer. Big thanks to West End Alignment. He did a great job and has a cool shop. First car i saw inside was a brand new GTR..sweet car...always good when you go to a shop and you see porsches and GTR's...:thumbup:

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A little vague as i left it to the expert for the details. I did lower the back as much as possible and let him adjust the front so its less stink buggy...so i imagine i've lowered it about 2". The sway bar has 2 settings and i placed it on the lesser stiff setting as i dont want it too stiff. I'll dial out some more of the understeer with larger front tires when i buy rims. I also removed the alginment pins to get a little camber.

My first impressions:
First i have only having driven to work once and home from the shop so this is just to start things off. Also i feel like the stock suspension was decent (i have the sports package so i think im already a little lowered)...The car no longer floats, on turns it simply does that..The ride actually seems more compliant, its stiffer but does not bounce/float as much as before...

Any questions i'll try to address and pics are coming by tonite...So far im really impressed, the car sits much nicer and one major benefit is the looks.. Before the bulges on the side looked a little unseemly since there was nothing really that filled them.. now that it's lowered it looks much better as the wheels fill the bulges and it looks more symmetrical. I'll take it for a real ride sometime this weekend and give a proper impression :biggrin:
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      12-20-2008, 12:57 PM   #2
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Sweet... I was ecstatic after going to Darin's shop. He's got a bunch of cool toys in there. Hope you went for the corner balance as well.
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      12-20-2008, 01:05 PM   #3
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my first question is, where the F&(#@* are the Damn PICS?!!!!!!!!!!! :biggrin:
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      12-20-2008, 01:21 PM   #4
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my first question is, where the F&(#@* are the Damn PICS?!!!!!!!!!!! :biggrin:
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      12-21-2008, 12:11 PM   #5
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ive been trying to upload but there is some sort of problem
anyways i changed my pic below for now so you can see.
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      12-21-2008, 03:30 PM   #6
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if you email me the pics i will post them for you. Joerubinstein@gmail.com
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      12-23-2008, 04:03 PM   #7
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Congrats on a great setup!
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