yea i read throught the bomz bars review, and then i went and looked online and found a set.. so im thinking about getting thoes, as long as i've got everything torn apart replacing bushings, i might as well put them on...
I'm still currious about how the setup goes for these, as far as preload or tension or what, as i've never even seen a set of these in person...

 

well i heard from my buddy that works at the tire shop last night, my wheels came in yesterday... so friday morning its off to the tire place to get me some new shoes!!!.. this is what i got.... whaddya think? not too bad for $80 a wheel? gotta be better than thoes old stock 14" steelies... oh, please forgive the "branding" on the picture, and not thats not where i got them from, it was just the easiest picture i had handy....


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I really don't like them
what size are they?

 

i'm going 15x7, i could go larger, but i really dont want to.. they have other models, the 008 is kinda cool, it was really a toss up for me between the 001 model(pictured) and the 008, and i could get the 001's cheaper, and since i like both, i went cheaper..

 

well i got them, and i gotta say, the car handles considerably better... now i just gotta wait for the $300 worth of bushings i ordered to come in so i can relly help this thing out....
heres a couple before and after pictures...



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i just found out that my prothane bushings will be in on wed from fed-ex... and that just happens to be my next day off, so sounds like i'll be under the car... WOOHOO!!!

 

well i spent the last 2 days under my car, and i gotta say getting the old trailing arm bushings out was a real be-och!! i blew up a dremmel(smoke, sparks, flame) and went through more die grinder wheels than i care to admit, but i finally got them out, cleaned up the sleeves, and pressed the new ones in.. all the other bushings, like the compensator arm, and all of that was relatively easy.. pull the arm outta the car, press out the old bushing, dissasemble the new one, press in the sleeve, re assemble everything...

i did run into a couple things tho... one, im guessing that to get the rear drums off, i should screw a bolt into the drum in 2 places, and this should press the drum off the hub? and \
learn how to take the drum off the hub before taking the hub off the car.... but when i did, i found that the outter bearing on the right rear really had lots of slack in it.. the inner seemed to be good, but that outter one was scarry.. so.... how do i get the old bearings out? press them out? both to the inside? one each direction? how do i get a bite to start pressing???


i'll try and post some of the pics i've taken along the way later tonight when i get home..

 

I learned about this, about tires at shool...don't quite remember though...I'll try to get back to ya

 

that would be cool, i appreceiate any info i can get...