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Old Jul 9, 2014 | 09:27 AM
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Build thread Update, Suggestions Welcome!

So I haven't been posting in a while over here, but have gotten some things in order with the car within the last year or so, but now I'm at the point where I'm thinking that I want some advise on a few things on where I should focus on next. Suspension wise I'm very very happy with how everything turned out, and I'll update this with what I'm planning on achieving with this car. I just knew that the wheels / LCA / Coils all needed in place before I could go ahead and make my next moves, but I like to hear everyones opinions on where I should focus my time and energy towards next. Everyone here has been beyond helpful through the years with helping me get my 06 where I'm wanting it, so I doubt the next steps will be much different. So I guess this could be a build thread, just didn't really document the first few steps that I've already taken. But if anyones interested I can always explain what exactly's been done thus far, if you can't really tell by the pics. No internals have really been worked with yet, but that's where you guys can come in and throw me all your "WONDERFUL" ideas & thoughts. Not looking to make "crazy power" quite yet, but then again the RMW heads are looking nice these days. So again guys any input will be greatly appreciated. Kinda on the fence about a lot as you can probably tell.

Here's how she sits thus far:

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Old Jul 9, 2014 | 09:41 AM
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broken clips

And I forgot to mention, is there a thread started on here about fixing/replacing the wheel arches, cause we all know about them popping off once lowered good enough. I had to actually raise my car a tad, until I can get that worked out properly and either order the new ones, modify them or do whatever everyone else has done to get past this issue. I don't think that I can fix my current ones, cause it seems that all or most of the clips have broken/split.

If anyone can possibly link me to the best thread on this that would also be greatly appreciated. Trying not to be lazy here, but just busy at work and can't keep searching past threads as thoroughly as I'd like to find the answers I need.
 

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