rdss build thread

[Eric Smit]

monster truck.

 

[Bogus]

Lookin good, what spacers?

 

[rdss]

Didn't you know those sailor boys always need a man to help them play with their nuts....

Never hurts! I would rather have a lovely lady help me out but most do not know the difference from a wrench and a socket.

Lookin good, what spacers?

Thanks! They are the 19mm spacers that Preloader sold me after he got his new wheels.

 

[Bogus]

What kind tho?

 

[rdss]

http://www.sonicownersforum.com/forum/t4980/

 

[rdss]

I've got the drivers strut/spring swapped out, should have the passenger strut/spring and the rear finished tomorrow morning. Pics will follow after it settles.

 

[sx sonic]

Right on! Looking forward to seeing the results

 

[firstorbit84]

Nice. Let me know if you need a hand

 

[rdss]

Will do. Working the passenger strut/spring now. Should be buttoned up in the front sooner than later then off to the back.

 

[acire91]

Done yet?

 

[rdss]

Done except for the rear shocks. Ran out of time before my boy got here. I will knock it out when I get back next weekend, leaving again for a week tomorrow.

So far the front is sitting a 1/2" higher than the stock LT springs, but all of the springs have been unloaded for over a month so I'm expecting to have some settling. I will put some miles in it today and see what it tapes out at tonight. Unless it settles at close to 26" up front and 26 1/2" in the back I will be sourcing some Eibach's sooner than later.

All in all, it was an easy job, with the shorter shafts on the RS struts and larger than Eibach RS front springs I was not able to compress it enough with the rental from the parts store so it went to Midas for install for 37 bucks a side. The rear springs are easy and took maybe 30 minutes and I don't anticipate the shocks to be to hard either.

 

[Preloader]

The rears are laughably easy. You don't even have to remove the plastic fender wells as some would have you believe.

 

[Eric Smit]

The rears are laughably easy. You don't even have to remove the plastic fender wells as some would have you believe.

my words to him were "hilariously easy." ;P

 

[sx sonic]

The rears are laughably easy. You don't even have to remove the plastic fender wells as some would have you believe.

:/ now you tell us.

I just pulled my liners out, more work which I'm ok with on my own vehicles. Book time, different story.

 

[rdss]

The rears are laughably easy. You don't even have to remove the plastic fender wells as some would have you believe.

I agree, I didn't even consider pulling the liner until it was brought up here. I'm just going to put a socket on the nut and cram my cordless impact gun on it and zip them off. I just ran out of time and would rather run the rear LT shocks while it sits in the garage and spend time with my before before leaving tomorrow.

I plan on taping it before bed tonight and will post how it settled during the day.

 

[rdss]

Here are the stock measurements. I'll get the RS measurements once it settles.

 

[rdss]

Finally got around to pulling the resonator. So far it doesn't sound any louder, should know what it sounds like driving in about 30 minutes.

 

[firstorbit84]

Nice. Looking forward to the video

 

[rdss]

I'm uploading the idle and drive now. I'm pretty happy with it. It's got a tad more exhuast noise, growl on acceleration and a little burble when off the gas and I haven't gotten it up to 70+ yet to see if the drone is worse or better yet. That'll have to happen tomorrow.

 

[rdss]

SLP cat back, no resonator and Magnaflow muffler parked

SLP cat back, no resonator and Magnaflow muffler accelerating