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Old 04-30-2005, 10:16 AM
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Default Back at home but going nowhere...

<img src="http://www.personal.kent.edu/~cplasket/ttonjacks/slides/DSCN0258.JPG">


I let a friend borrow the wheels for a show in Georgia this weekend, and his were too small to clear my brakes. But it's fine, because my registration is expired anyway. ;-p


Also, here's the fix for the ECS brake kit:

<img src="http://www.personal.kent.edu/~cplasket/ttonjacks/slides/DSCN0261.JPG">

Proper locking bolts so that the cheap brackets won't let your allen bolts back out.


I'd make the change if I were you: You don't want to go down the same road that I did...
Old 04-30-2005, 10:19 AM
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Default hahaha! now i get it. i read your other post about letting your friend borrow your wheels>>

but i just assumed he was borrowing your car! makes sense now. lol
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Did I miss something? Didn't you have some transmission problem? Or was it only broken brake parts??
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I think that puppy needs to be lowered a bit Chris
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Yup. A little insane, no? ;-)
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Default The janky ECS rear big brake kit caused all sorts of problems...

About $3,000 when it's all said and done -- maybe more.


Getting it off the road and out of traffic killed the clutch and flywheel. &gt;=-(
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Default Nah, this way, I can clear ANYTHING!! ;-)

Even the largest of snow drifts.


Has the thaw hit in Fairbanks yet, Pop?
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OUCH!
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Default I'm having trouble figuring out that lower pic...

What am I looking at exactly? I'm asking because the ECS rear bake kit is on my shopping list and you posts have scared me!!
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The JEEPS have NOTHING on you now Axe! )


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