That last one is for you Rochester! Kuro I measured the lips they are approximately 3.5"

 

Looks better and cleaner using photobucket.

 

Nice that you're up & walking buddy Great pics!
Wheels look to be in great shape as does the rest of your vert.
So are you running 275s up front too??

 

No sir I've got 245/35/20 in the front. Man the way the 20x9 +36 with the 15mm spacers looks up front is spectacular. the rears are almost perfectly flush but the tiny bit they protrude makes them look even better imo. I'll put up some more photos of the figment later. I'm still debating on starting an entirely new build thread or not. Seems like it might be easier to start fresh rather than trying to match up what pics we may or may not have been referring to on the first 5 pages.

 

Im unhappy with the silver Work center caps and I have ZERO gold in my accent color arsenal so I bough these babies this evening.

 

Nice pick up

 

Thanks Jerry. I'm planning on buying some new swift springs and hopefully some used sway bars this next month. Want to have them both installed at the same time.

Then it'll be Ecuteck saving up time then I'm DONE other than little nothing mods. Diode dynamics n stuff like that I mean.

 

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Needs a drop.

 

 

Very happy with this outcome Reddi... If I could comment without getting bashed-
I'd say you are up and running!!
Awesome build my friend!

 

Somebody needs to suck my drop

 

Wow photobucket does make it look much much cleaner

 

Yeah, it looked like you were running 245s up there, at least you have a spare pair of 275s when you burn those rears up, lol. Like those new caps, should offset that silver spoke really well.
Have you considered dropping your G

 

Well Brad I had to return the 4 275/30/30's to Discount Tire Direct. That $900 refund played a key role in convincing my wife that I got the new VSXX and hankook tires for free lol. Remember I do finance for a living and I've gotten many many tips from other members about convincing your wife about mods. Seriously tho I ended up getting $1800 back from the insurance company. That plus the $900 I got back from the tires return and whatever I'll make when I sell the Vossens I'll be sitting around even or a little ahead on the new wheels purchase.

I'm gonna succumb to the peer pressure and buy some swifts today. I wanted to buy some project kics iconic today instead but F it I'll get them later lol.

Question: would anyone recommend installing the swifts myself or should I have a shop do it? I have zero experience installing anything other than around half of the mods I've done already.

Also should I plan on buying my sway bars and swifts at the same time so I can have them both installed at once? Or is that something silly that I just have in my head bc they both reside on the bottom of the car??

 

You will be dealing w/ your front end links when you do your spring swap so you could save a little time doing at least the sways along w/ the springs.
Not sure how much different the front vert mounts are for the shocks compared to the RWDs so there may be more to it
IMO the spring swap and sway bar install is pretty straightforward. The diciest thing about the whole project is compressing the springs. You can go to Autozone/O'Reillys, etc and use their compressor, they rent them out and refund the whole fee if you bring them back in time (IIRC it's 24 hrs). One thing to keep in mind is you'll want to use an air impact for the spring compressor and grease the hell out of the threaded compressor bolts. Also the night before PB blast the lower nut/bolt holding the shock in place.

You can also remove your stock front struts and take it to a shop and have them change out the springs, usually for a minimal fee. Just have to call around and find a shop to do it.

When you do remove the front shock be sure to mark where the top hat bolts line up in regard to the spring orientation. i just looked straight down the shock comparing how my lower mount lined up and marked it accordingly. It should make sense when you see it out of your vehicle.

Here's a pic of my previous lowering spring set, if you look at the shock on the left you'll see that top hat nut lines up w/ that lower shock mount drawing a straight line down. That's the type of visual you'll need.


I'd say give it a go, here's a basic DIY to show you what's involved. And like I said your vert may have a different lower mount in front
https://www.myg37.com/forums/d-i-y-i...g-install.html