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The ano needed a little something.

 

Well spill the beans man! How'd you do it? I've got the red ones too, and they are definitely kinda dull looking...

S.

 

6 coats of clear!

 

I think my IROC needs a set of those.

 

<--- heads to store for a can of clear coat.


I think you will have to wait for Karl to make more of them, and that might be a while

 

I wouldn't be shopping for a while anyway. Stereo & interior is on next year's to-do list.

 

Wow, that turned out nice. I'm going to have mine totally redone, the anodize job came out pretty bad Karl worked with me though, so its all good.

 

Any chance Karl might be willing to make more???

 

I talked to karl on the phone on monday.

he said he will make more if there is enough demand. i won't go into the details of our conversation, but it sounds like he wants to make more, he just needs to have enough interest to justify all the effort.

 

do these strut mounts make a difference in handleing? is it noticeable?

I know they are obviously better than the stock units, but enough to justify the near $300 US I think they go for?

thanks guys.

I live right by the guy who makes them so this is an option, I just need to be persuaded

 

i haven't installed them yet, of course they are better, justify the cost? well that depends on how much money you have, and how modified your suspension is, tossing these on a stock car probably won't give you much, but if you have a heavily modified suspension (like myself)... we will see. i know my strut mounts are warn, so i spent the money to replace them with these.

 

I think people will notice a bigger difference in the feel of the car over the actual handling of the car. When you lower the car the front struts are squished and they no longer can extend their full length. This means that the ride will be harsher because the strut won't have as much play. These strut mounts allow the tops to sit higher, thus giving them more space to fully extend and do their thing. This will give you a more comfortable ride. I can expect the car will handle better as well, but I have no facts to prove it. My HMS strut mounts will be installed after I swap in the L98. I plan to lower the car 2-3 inches with adjustable spring pertches and I will be using tokiko illumina struts with the HMS strut mounts. I bought them (the strut mounts) because having a correct suspension geometry is very important and lowering the car messes everything up. These are just one of the many things you can do to try and fix the geometry.

 

Thanks CrazyHawaiian! I myself was wondering what the height difference was all about. They sure would be pretty in my engine bay and with the beefed up suspension and the fact that I lowered it...hmmm.... I wonder if they would clear my hood though. I think the Suncoast hood has less clearance then the stock hood....

 

You just want them because they're red!

(I'll pay for that later!!!)

:lala:

 

Tom, they look great. I've been debating whether to have mine powercoated after I polish them or clear coat it. All that will come later though. Still have some machine work to do to the mounts.

 

Im still waiting on mine to be polished, pics when they're done

 

Should clear your hood no problem

 

Still have some machine work to do to the mounts

Whatcha doin'?

 

The mounts arrived with a little bit of damage to the edge near the top of the tower. I plan to smooth it over to get the dents out of there.

 

i'm interested as well; do you have a number to get ahold of him?

 

Mine had the same "rash" are you planning on just rounding the edges? I haven't decided what to do with mine yet.

 

mine also had 1 small "knick" up there, but i am just going to use a SMALL file, and smooth it, i don't want to screw up the anodizing to much, and then clear coat them.

 

Actually I don't plan on rounding the edge. It will be more squared off you could say. I will try and make a 45 degree angle in between the top and side taking off only as much metal as I have to .