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04-26-2006, 04:20 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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Car: '88 IROC Engine: 383ci. Transmission: 700R4 Axle/Gears: 3.70 | Canadian Suppliers
I'm at the suspension point of my build. Where did you guys get you're parts from besides ordering from the states. I don't have a credit card (I know) so this hinders my chances a bit. Was just wondering if there were any canadian suppliers that I could look into. I want lca's, relo brackets and adj panhard bar. Maybe a wonderbar as well. Any thoughts? Thanks |  
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04-26-2006, 05:51 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
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Car: 87 Iroc Z Engine: 383ci. Transmission: WC-T5 | Go to canadian Tire and order out of their catalog. They can get Lakewood stuff, and it works good, and is still pretty cheap. | |
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04-26-2006, 05:53 PM
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Car: '88 IROC Engine: 383ci. Transmission: 700R4 Axle/Gears: 3.70 | I was thinking about that and what I was going to do initially, but now I kinda want the Spohn stuff.  If I can't get anything around here for whatever reason, than yea, trip to CT will be done. | |
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04-26-2006, 07:49 PM
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Car: 1984 Z28 Hardtop / 1988 IROC T-top Engine: 383 Carb / 305 TPI Transmission: 4L60 / T-5 Axle/Gears: 3.54 Dana 44 / 3.08 10 bolt | Fast Toys in Winnipeg deal's Spohn's stuff. | |
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04-26-2006, 08:05 PM
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Car: 86 Monte Carlo Engine: Blown 489 Transmission: TH400 Axle/Gears: 9" 370s | speaking of canadian tire and lakewood, i seen a set of traction bars, they are universal, are they worth getting? | |
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04-26-2006, 08:09 PM
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Car: 1984 Z28 Hardtop / 1988 IROC T-top Engine: 383 Carb / 305 TPI Transmission: 4L60 / T-5 Axle/Gears: 3.54 Dana 44 / 3.08 10 bolt | Traction bars are for leaf springs. | |
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04-26-2006, 08:14 PM
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Car: 83WS6TA Engine: ZZ4 Transmission: TH350C Axle/Gears: 3:23 | ... and universal fit usually means no fit particularly if it's something that crap tyre sells. | |
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04-26-2006, 08:33 PM
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Car: 86 Monte Carlo Engine: Blown 489 Transmission: TH400 Axle/Gears: 9" 370s | hmm i just seen people installing traction-action bars on their camaro on this site, didnt know some thirdgen's came with leaf springs! | |
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04-26-2006, 08:36 PM
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#9 | | Moderator
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Car: 1984 Z28 Hardtop / 1988 IROC T-top Engine: 383 Carb / 305 TPI Transmission: 4L60 / T-5 Axle/Gears: 3.54 Dana 44 / 3.08 10 bolt | Those are something entirely different, and they're thirdgen-specific.
No thirdgens have leaf springs. | |
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04-26-2006, 10:12 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
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Car: 87 Iroc Z Engine: 383ci. Transmission: WC-T5 | I'm running a set of traction actions now. If you have $275 and want to hook, those are the solution. | |
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04-27-2006, 10:36 AM
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Car: 1992 Z28 Engine: 355 Transmission: 700R4 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Cruz'N Bruz'R I'm running a set of traction actions now. If you have $275 and want to hook, those are the solution. | Has anybody proven those things to work? I'll I've seen is people complaining about them.
I'd rather spend the $ on a set of LCA brackets and beefier LCA's. I have had 2 sets of the Lakewood LCA's and I was perfectly happy with them. The price is great too.
Steve383, I second the Fast Toys Performance</TITLE>
comment. The prices are high but the customer service is excellent. Keep in mind that you can still order from the US suppliers using money orders. It adds to the wait but it may save you some $ in the end. | |
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04-27-2006, 05:18 PM
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Car: 87 Iroc Z Engine: 383ci. Transmission: WC-T5 | Well I went from wheel hop, to no wheel hop with just those. So I'm assuming they work, never said they don't break though. We'll find out this summer. | |
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04-27-2006, 05:33 PM
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| Just buy from the US, our dollar is wonderful right now.  | |
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04-27-2006, 06:17 PM
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Car: A Camaro of some sort. | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Buddy Just buy from the US, our dollar is wonderful right now. | You ain't seen nothin' yet...... | |
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04-27-2006, 06:23 PM
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#15 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Cruz'N Bruz'R Well I went from wheel hop, to no wheel hop with just those. So I'm assuming they work, never said they don't break though. We'll find out this summer. | That's a pretty expensive way to cure wheel hop lol. The wheel hop went away on my GTA when I installed the Lakewood LCA's. | |
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04-27-2006, 09:56 PM
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#16 | | Senior Member
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Car: '85 Z28 Engine: LG4 Transmission: T5 Axle/Gears: 3.23 | are fast toys prices cdn or us??? | |
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04-27-2006, 10:09 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
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Car: 87 Iroc Z Engine: 383ci. Transmission: WC-T5 | Cheaper than a $400 torque arm.  | |
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04-27-2006, 10:12 PM
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Car: 87 Camaro Engine: Chevy V8 Transmission: auto | If youre going to drag race at all..An air bag in the right rear would help a lot | |
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04-27-2006, 10:17 PM
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Car: 1984 Z28 Hardtop / 1988 IROC T-top Engine: 383 Carb / 305 TPI Transmission: 4L60 / T-5 Axle/Gears: 3.54 Dana 44 / 3.08 10 bolt | Quote: |
Originally Posted by 85_ZED28 are fast toys prices cdn or us??? | US dollars | |
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04-28-2006, 07:01 AM
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#20 | | Senior Member
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Car: '88 IROC Engine: 383ci. Transmission: 700R4 Axle/Gears: 3.70 | I wish I could sign up on the Fast toys site. Won't let me do that 
I ran up the bill on what I want though and it came to be $304.97. Now as Apeiron said this is in US funds. So taking the $304.97 and times that by 1.8, it comes to $548.94 which is still lower than if I was to order the parts straight from Spohn. Now if only I could join fast toys...
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04-28-2006, 08:50 AM
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#21 | | Senior Member
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Car: 92 Z28 & 96 Z28 & 86Z Engine: 412 & 396 & 305 Transmission: T-56 & T-56 & 700R4 Axle/Gears: 3:73 & 4:10 & 3:73 | Right at this moment
304.97 USD United States Dollars = 342.425 CAD Canada Dollars
1 USD = 1.12281 CAD 1 CAD = 0.890619 USD XE.com - The Universal Currency Converter ® XE.com - UCC Error | |
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04-28-2006, 09:25 AM
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#22 | | Senior Member
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Car: 87 Iroc Z Engine: 383ci. Transmission: WC-T5 | Yeah, the dollar is really booming right now. | |
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04-28-2006, 10:27 AM
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#23 | | Senior Member
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Car: 86 Monte Carlo Engine: Blown 489 Transmission: TH400 Axle/Gears: 9" 370s | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Steve383 I wish I could sign up on the Fast toys site. Won't let me do that
I ran up the bill on what I want though and it came to be $304.97. Now as Apeiron said this is in US funds. So taking the $304.97 and times that by 1.8, it comes to $548.94 which is still lower than if I was to order the parts straight from Spohn. Now if only I could join fast toys... | jeese you multiplied it by 80% hawk did it right. | |
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04-28-2006, 11:30 AM
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#24 | | Senior Member
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Car: 1992 Z28 Engine: 355 Transmission: 700R4 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Cruz'N Bruz'R Cheaper than a $400 torque arm. | WTF does that have do with it lol? You liked it enough to make yourself one
Steve, have you considered getting some stuff from UMI on eBay? The prices are reasonable and the stuff is of good qaulity.
Hawk's math good, your math bad  | |
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04-28-2006, 12:31 PM
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#25 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2001 Location: Kars, Ontario, Canada
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| I agree with the UMI comment Acceld made. Great quality stuff - just as good as Spohn - and cheaper. As said, with the dollar so good, the cost becomes less of a sting. | |
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04-28-2006, 03:02 PM
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#26 | | Senior Member
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Car: '88 IROC Engine: 383ci. Transmission: 700R4 Axle/Gears: 3.70 | LMAO HOLY ****!
Thats what 6Am does to you after 8hrs of work. Don't worry, I'm sitting down now. 
$342.42 sounds good to me. Still can't join up on the site though.
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04-28-2006, 04:55 PM
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#27 | | Senior Member
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Car: 87 Iroc Z Engine: 383ci. Transmission: WC-T5 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Acceld Z WTF does that have do with it lol? You liked it enough to make yourself one | True, but I'm toochicken to try it, so give me yours?  | |
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04-28-2006, 06:52 PM
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#28 | | Senior Member
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Car: 1992 Z28 Engine: 355 Transmission: 700R4 | LOL come and take it off. That thing took forever to install and would probably be even worse to remove. Nice piece of hardware though. Well, it looks nice. I, of course, have no practical experience with how well it works lol. | |
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04-28-2006, 11:18 PM
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#29 | | Senior Member
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Car: 1989 IROC-Z Engine: 5.7L EFI LTR setup Transmission: T-5 World Class | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Cruz'N Bruz'R I'm running a set of traction actions now. If you have $275 and want to hook, those are the solution. |
what is this .. "traction action "you speak of ? Never heard of it yet ? got a pic ?
i got my Hotchkis LCA's and it just kept me tracking straight when I was spinning . I need the relocation brackets aswell .... | | | | | |
