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Old 05-14-2012, 10:25 AM
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Looks like some nice mods.
 
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Old 05-14-2012, 12:10 PM
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Thanks again everyone. Since March (when I could be comfortable that I could begin these projects), I have been busy with the Monte. I need to wrap things up and get to some other projects inside the house soon!

But I appreciate everyone's kind remarks. I love looking at the pics I have and I love having the hood up looking at the real thing. Now, I just need to get to where I can take her out and "test" how these changes/improvements perform. I'm hoping next weekend the brakes will be back together.
 
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Are the bushing combo-d together with the shorter dogbones?
 
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Old 05-14-2012, 01:11 PM
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Looks great!!
 
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Old 05-14-2012, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Jomao_o
Are the bushing combo-d together with the shorter dogbones?

The WBS kit I bought came with:
- Dog Bone and Rad Mount Poly Bushings
- Solid Rubber Trans and Engine Mount (instead of the hydraulic ones on the car)
- Short dog bones

The dog bones in the pic are stock ones. I currently don't see me using the shorter dog bones unless I lowered the car. I've given some thought to selling the shorter ones.... Just haven't moved on it yet.
I am up in the air on swapping the trans and lower engine mounts with solid rubber ones (mainly because of the work involved). We'll see. Right now, I just want to get my brakes done and the Monte back on the road.
 
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Old 05-14-2012, 09:34 PM
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Very nice!
 
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Old 05-14-2012, 09:48 PM
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awesome mods
 
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Old 05-14-2012, 10:21 PM
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Very nice mods! Everything looks great!


Originally Posted by bumpin96monte
Looking good... I should make a thread like this too since I haven't in a while
You most definitely should!
 
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Old 05-14-2012, 10:36 PM
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Thanks again everyone.

Tonight, I tried my first hand at rebuilding a caliper, did not go so well. I just can't push that darn piston in (prior to attempting this, all videos and write ups I've seen indicated using your bare hands to press the thing in, now I see videos where people have used C-Clamps to assist. Hmmm.... Maybe I was not having as big a problem as I thought.
 
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Old 05-14-2012, 11:27 PM
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Looking good! I have to get my dogbone mounts installed! They're just sitting in the back of my car, I'm wondering if I should put them in the shorter dogbones or keep them in the stock ones, I'm planning to lower later on...

But anyways, keep up the good work!
 


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