Southern California Club Xterra
Southern California Club Xterra => SCCX Display Case => Topic started by: valentin36 on June 04, 2016, 09:53:26 PM
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Year: 2012
Trim: S Auto
Color: Avalanche White with all emblems plasti dip black
Mods:
Under the hood
-Offroad Gorilla hood struts
-IMS gold( it was a gift so whatever color works)
-Volant Intake(older one without the giant hole in it)
-Relocated horn to grill
-Airflow snorkel(need to install/ help)
Suspension
-AAL kit with 5100s
- 2.0 Radflos
- PRG UCAs (trimmed bucket)
- Rouch Country shackles (need to install PRG shackles)
- 1.5 hubcentric wheel spacers on rear(need to trim fender to do front)
All sitting on 33" General Grabber at2
On stock rims plasti dip black white black spline locks
Armor
-White knuckle sliders
-Diff cover painted red(need to install)
-Custom swing tire bumper on oem aluminium bumper re-enforced
(need to add recovery points)
Lighting
-HID head lights(need to replace soon dimming out)
-Jdm yellow fogs and turn lights(redo yellow tint with HIDs)
Inside
-Universal black car seat cover
-Weathertech rubber mats
Comms
-none yet
Audio
-Pioneer double din
Tools
-Full craftsman mechanic tool set
Outside
-Hood bug deflector
-Window visors
Future Mods
-Custom roof rack
-Front off-road bumper(undecided which one)
-Full skids
-Exhaust system
-Bully dog tuner(re-attempt)
-Possible TSwap
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you'll be happy you put that diff protection on
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Nice to see you put a build thread up! Can't wait to see some pictures of your progress as your build it up.
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Trust me I plan on it. Since everything I have waiting snorkel and the Diff cover.. hub spacers..all waiting to be pulled out and installed. And I'm planning to drop 1500 on a rear bumper with rear suspension with springs with air lift to be good there. Then the are awning for camping out. Slot planned from seeing everyone's rigs
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This was funny have to share. I'm petting. Take the dog out to fiesta island since its locked up all day and I run into a kid that reminded me of me hahaha. Took his girl out to the beach and drive up to the water. Ends up in soft sand haha I felt bad cause I did something similar. So I wanted to help. All I had was a cheap Walmart rope I used to tie up the bed on the roof rack when I moved. Luckily the rope worked just doubled it up in a twist. Pulled him out and the girl the whole time was laughing. Then when the car was out asked to go with me so it wouldn't happen again. Felt so bad for the kid. Yet reminds me of me and the trouble I caused with a Honda.
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Just have him air down next time and I'll bet he can get out.
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IDK if that would help this time. He had the civic lowered and dug himself to the point the bumper was dragging sand from sinking in. I'm just surprised the rope didn't snap.
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IDK if that would help this time. He had the civic lowered and dug himself to the point the bumper was dragging sand from sinking in. I'm just surprised the rope didn't snap.
Oh yeah, that probably wouldn't help.
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Ay the bumper stayed attached..so all good. It didn't help he had low profile tires..pretty much bald looked like slicks hahaha.."that rope tho" Walmart rope came in clutch.
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Ay the bumper stayed attached..so all good. It didn't help he had low profile tires..pretty much bald looked like slicks hahaha.."that rope tho" Walmart rope came in clutch.
I had to tow a Mazda without tow points out of a ditch. I used soft shackles and wrapped one around the rear subframe. I pulled the car out slowly and cautiously. Soft shackles are a good investment for anyone.
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Well this car has one recovery point but it's right under the bumper so it a bracket behind the bumper. I knowing this from owning several Honda's, and being pulled from there before knew if I pulled from there id tear his bumper of since that bumper is held on by 2 bolts and 2 very shitty thin brackets. So I had him warp around the lcas/subframe. Then tied it and wrapped it around my ball hitch then twisted it for strength and tied around the lca again. Nice soft pull and got him out while making a roadway with his bumper from him digging himself in. My Bubba rope already in the mail waiting to get it.
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Feels like Xmas when parts arrive in the mail and you forget that your ordered stuff
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And it's up, haha 10mins to install when you stop the confused look and you understand the parts Hahahaha
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When your sliders won't cooperate and won't just self install themselves on your rig
Hahahahahahahahaha if only that was a thing. Soon tho. Thanks to Jeff for helping with the favor of bring down the sliders for the SD guys
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I think that hood strut mod is one of my favorite mods that I've done to my rig so far. It's so simple that it's almost stupid, but it's awesome. I already forgot just how horribly agonizing it was to prop the hood open with the little rod. (come on Duffman... I know you've got something about that one)... my arm gets sore just thinking about it. :D
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Tell me about it I had to look at the video so many times cause it said takes 10 mins, when I was done I was like took me 30mins to understand and 5 to install. It's not the fanciest but a nice mod.
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Found a Lil patch on base where I can spray these without getting untroubled. Yet I scuffed them up putting them back on my X since I don't got a chance to install them. But soon very soon
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Found a Lil patch on base where I can spray these without getting untroubled. Yet I scuffed them up putting them back on my X since I don't got a chance to install them. But soon very soon
The flight line should provide you with a nice level surface to do such work no?
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It would but idk about all that turbine air, might not get a single drop of paint onto the sliders tho.
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It would but idk about all that turbine air, might not get a single drop of paint onto the sliders tho.
By the way, the beer selection was happily received by Mrs. Celt!
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Good to hear.
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Sliders be up and also an extra project me and my dad put together. Can't wait to post up pics
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Sliders be up and also an extra project me and my dad put together. Can't wait to post up pics
Nice, looking forward to the pix!
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Just took this one!
Good lookin' bumper! You've got to get that wheel mounted up, too. Makes a big cosmetic difference O0
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Funny thing it's the original aluminium bumper just reenforced it big time.
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You can also see the white knuckles on as well
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Looks good man. (is it just me or is your picture sideways?)
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this one!! and fixed to be the right way hahaha :o :o
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I know I haven't taken the time to put up my swing tire build but hopefully this weekend. Other then that I took knightriders advise on Siriusled and they are a solid investment. The t10/694 wedge. A big difference in price from my first led bulb but it speaks for itself. And the disco ball MOD is no longer in affect on my license plate.
Here's the pic. Pretty deep path to see backing up.
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Yea they are not the cheapest option but they last and are bright.
Looks good.
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Finally got a used General grabber for my spare on the oem rim mounted on my swing tired. Finally a complete set.
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Looks good! What did you use to paint the wheel?
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how you liking the General grabber tires? I been eyeing them for a while. So far build is looking solid.
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JFanaselle
used plastidip just cause I like it better in black. At some point I do want to do flat black. Kinda no point since its just gonna get beat up and scratched.
Edwin562
The generals it's my first set, and it's been over a year now and can't even notice the thread go down at all. Works great in dirt, mud, water and sand. I'm yet to try it in snow but probably will this year. Worth the money and cheaper the BFGs. Very quite too. I've had no complaints what so ever. Great tire. I recommend.
Thanks there's still alot I' haven't been able to install.
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Thanks for the insight. Going to get pricing on a set for my rig later this week.
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I would just look around for pricing, as apparently most places it's a special order nowadays. Last I checked tirerack had the best price and shipping does not kill you terribly.
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Put up my custom 20in bumper light
And did the zombies rocker switch. Pain in the ass to understand white,blue and black to hook up the 5prong switch blew a few fuses trying to figure this with no tester.
Ill try it out and show some pics on that. I need to bake my head lights and make the ambers and sidemarkers jdm yellow too. So much to do.
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Had some fun with my best friend at Mt Blady
My X does look nice in the snow
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Nice shots. Well, minus the sharks beanie (go Kings!) ::) >:D :o
I saw all that snow on the mountains this morning and had to give my best effort to not ditch the family (leading to certain divorce) and head up there to play around. Then I read horror stories on facebook about people sitting in traffic for 6 hours trying to get to Big Bear today and realized I'll wait for the next snow storm. :)
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Hahah thanks gotta rep. From SJ. Even if they choke in the playoffs every year
Nope it was sponteneous, my girl wanted to feel like xmas with snow so we drove up from SD left at 7am made it by 930. Was fun getting thru snow. Black ice no issue for general grabbers with no chains.
Pulled a few small cars/ minivans that got stuck swerving on the ice.
No pics on that since wouldnt be much of a proud moment to pull a minivan. Voodoo rope came in clutch best purchase.
Besides Mt Blady not that far and i hear Big Bear was mandatory chains. For sponteneous trip didnt have time to drop money on chains or find someone to borrow from at such a last minute. Lots of fun tho. Even i was surprised what my 2wd could do in the snow
Might due it for new years again.
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Hmmmm all white shackles and diff cover? Hmmm?? :o :o
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Thanks to beedee for the sweet buy
Already set up, not the simplest of task to get this on tho
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Looks good!
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Diff fluids changed-- Royal Purp
Lime Green diff cover
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Ooohhh did I mention Lime Green PRG shackles
With that said my rough country shackles are up for grabs 20 bucks will post them
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My X wanted some nature sights
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how did you get your X to drive upside down
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how did you get your X to drive upside down
Gravity boots...
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FIFY.
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Actually a skycrawler
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Everyone has there say
Today was my lucky day
Under 300bucks
A shock works winch bumper
Can't wait to install this weekend after a touch paint
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A 2 hour drive to pick up was well worth it. For anyone in Northern California I went to Rancho Cordova
The xterra it was removed from was hit from behind. Still had a swing tire bumper probably shockworks as well. Was a bit bent but didn't look too bad. And had on sliders probably shockworks. Sorry. Didn't snap any pics but got te business card. Owner is great guy willing to snap pics and send by email.
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Wow, good find man!
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Thanks. Every dog has his day today was mines!
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Congrats on the find! That's a screaming deal. Was it this rig? http://www.sccxterra.com/smf/index.php?topic=4212.0
Edit - just saw that there's a VIN on your receipt. I looked it up and it's not the same vehicle. Pretty crazy that there were two well equipped Xterras that ended up being totalled out in California. :(
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https://sacramento.craigslist.org/ptd/6099767421.html
Was this one
I know I lucked out on this deal. Would have love fabricating my own making it lighter but beggars can't be choosers.
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I would have hit him just for having those wheels LoL
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I would have hit him just for having those wheels LoL
Paint them lime green and you would be good to go!
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Would match my suspension
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UCAs went lime green, so did calipers along with slotted disks and new brakes. Let's not forget redid the rims flat black but think Ima take them off and do another few coats
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Looking good
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Thanks it's going. Used the times to lube up the arms and get the cambolts in now to get her aligned
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Nice score...you should have grabbed his ABS sensors for your upcoming Titan Swap. 8)
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Oh I'm not gonna lie, I was more stoked about the bumper for the price I got it
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Thanks it's going. Used the times to lube up the arms and get the cambolts in now to get her aligned
When you installed the cam bolts, did you use anti-seize? I would throw some of that in there when you get chance, you'll never have to spray them again.
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Mmmm I didn't. It's some good thinking.
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Mmmm I didn't. It's some good thinking.
Anti-seize will help the shop when they have to turn the bolts for adjustments. It'll also keep them from seizing up solid.
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So fuck my life. Don't laugh but I fucked up. So happy to have the bumper didn't realize needs mounting bravketa special for it. So guess what I don't have.
Well on the bright side my dad works in welding so we custom making some
And look roof like bar up with off road gorilla light at mounts
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We put a halt on the roof rack to make the brackets. Can't seem to finish one project before running to more issues. Deep sigh :'(
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The brackets are probably on the rig the bumper was harvested from. I'll bet you can call that salvage yard and ask them to pull them off and ship them to you. Another option would be to call Shrockworks and see if they'll sell you a set of brackets only, but that would take longer. They're probably pumping out a few sets now because of the recent group buy, and I'd bet you could get them to make you a pair for not a ton of money (relative to the cost of a new bumper) while they have the jig set up.
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Fabricated. My dad gets a 10.
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Do NOT winch with those brackets... you will tear the frame horns. Proper brackets need to also utilize the bottom holes to be strong enough
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I've seen that! This thingy right?
So does it just need a plate down there or better if it's welded. Or can someone send a pic of what it looks like?
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That is one piece ,it hugs the inside front and bottom
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So just make sure it's nice and tight pushed up against the bracket we made then, so question. No winching without. Can I still use the recovery points to pull someone or be pulled out?
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I wouldn't use them until you tie into the lower bolts. Joe had good suggestions to contact the yard and shtick to see if you can get the proper brackets. Yours are fine as long as you don't pull on the bumper.
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Appreciate it. If you have a chance can you send me a better pic how they look
Maybe even a measurement. I'm sure that I'm going to fabricate myself as the wreck yard is 2 hours north don't really wana go just for brackets. Specially if I can make them with flat bar laying around the house
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I tried to take a pic , but my Rad skid is in the way
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I tried to take a pic , but my Rad skid is in the way
I can fix that issue for you....... >:D ..........
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I'm just gonna do this which I measured at 7by 2.5. And that's pushing it to the base of the other bracket we made. Hopefully gets the approval as I don't want all this hard work to go to waste trying to help someone just to pull off my own bumper 8)
Cause off the pic I just see it bracing the bottoms so it doesn't over exert and bend the bottom to loosen the whole thing and break off.
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The bottom holes are what take most of the force, the front holes if stressed will pull away from the frame horns as the front holes were designed to only take impacts from a crash, the bottom holes are where the tow hook mounts and are designed to take pulling loads.
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This will be my Monday project!!
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So let's see if I get the approval
Final look
Second pic is what I started
Last is end result
Copied to the best of my ability think it came out good. Kept it as close as possible. Small gap
Ended up being Tuesdays project
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How is the bottom plate connected to the front plate?
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It's not?
Was it suppose to be? I went off this pic since no one could provide a pic
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It's one piece, it is connected together on the Front, Inside, and Bottom all welded together . it hugs the Frame of the truck.
Hard to explain ,I'll try and take a picture , but , the skid uses the same bottom bolts , and kind of hides the Bracket
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So what is this one piece I keep on posting?
Guess I will be contacting shrockworks or the wreckyard. This will do for now unless I can weld it together.
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So what is this one piece I keep on posting?
Guess I will be contacting shrockworks or the wreckyard. This will do for now unless I can weld it together.
It needs to be one piece or connected somehow. It'll do you no good if the bottom bracket is not connected to the frame-horn bracket.
You can kind of see what I'm talking about in this pic.
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Hmmmm interesting cause I was talking to Mark from Shrockworks and he told me their brackets were two separate pieces? Now I'm confused :o
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I have Hefty Fab ,so does Knightrider and I think Rick is also .
so it could be different??
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Oh okay, cause I can see where it's two pieces connected.
Rikrong thanks for the pic, but what bumper do you have
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Oh okay, cause I can see where it's two pieces connected.
Rikrong thanks for the pic, but what bumper do you have
I have the P&P bumper, but the bracket should be roughly the same idea, regardless of brand.
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This is about the best shot I can find. Regardless if it's two pieces or not, it needs to connect, otherwise the bottom bracket is doing nothing.
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You can see the brackets in the top part of this picture:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/usmcxterra/IMG_0863.jpg)
Also here:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/usmcxterra/IMG_0850.jpg)
http://www.thenewx.org/forum/15-how-tos/74-how-shrockworks-bumper-install.html
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Appreciate it, think Ima be in contact with shrockworks to order it.
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So got my alignment today @Alignment Pros in Vista, was told that's the closes it will get to zero. Can anyone verify this to be true?
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Yeah the numbers look good. You actually don't want everything completely at zero otherwise your vehicle will track with differences in the road.
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I personally like to have my camber under zero. I think I'm at about -.2 or -.3. Yes, your camber is within spec, but it's still pretty positive. I guarantee your front tires look like this \/ from the front. Slightly negative camber also lends itself to better turn in and better tire wear.
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Intresting!! :o :o
Any recommendations on where to get her aligned next time as this guy didn't know what he could adjust took about 2hours to get her to where it sits now.
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ORW
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Most alignment shops will not touch the PRG upper control arms, they will only turn the camber/caster bolts on the lower control arm until the number is green, they could care less what the numbers are so long as they are green.
Also most alignment techs do not realize that the 2 bolts on the lower control arm are actually not just for camber adjustment, the rear bolt is for camber adjustment, the front bolt is for caster adjustment.
I agree with rick that you want camber to be at 0 or slightly negative.
You will need to remove the UCA bolts and spin the uniballs in a turn or 2(add another half turn to the rear uniball to get more caster) then get it realigned.
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Well since I just did it, Ima wait for a bit since it went from so much positive camber to where it sits now. So ima give it a feel since my front tires are pretty much ruined, till I get enough funds to replace them and get another alignment.
Appreciate the assistance
What's better to put it first? Headers? Short or long? Or full exhaust or custom exhaust to delete the Y pipe?
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I have been pm'ing with someone on TNX who decided to go up and grab more parts off the truck. I asked about the brackets and if they could grab them. If they get them, I'll put them in touch with you. He's from Carson, so it shouldn't be too hard to get together.
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Yeah funny enough the guy from the wreck yard called me see if he wanted to give them to him to contact me but I'd have to have them shipped since I'm back here in San Diego and I'm getting the radiator skid plate.
Appreciate it tho
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If you decide to mess with the PRG via to fix the alignment, now is the time. Most shops will check the alignment for free