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Old 04-17-07, 05:21 PM
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Help me spend my money

So I finally got my taxes back about 1,000 $'s worth.

And I need to start upgrading the stock 7. I plan on doing a 13bt swap before to long so I don't really wanna do anything to the engine or exhaust. So I'm looking at suspension upgrades or big brakes from Respeed. Any opinions or suggestions on what to throw my money at. I also need a paint job but the money wont get me that far.
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Make sure everything is up to par. I would do brakes first to make sure your car stops. (If me) I would get tokico blues(hps) and RB springs. Make sure all your sttering componets are good, maybe get new bushings all around. if all good, save the extra money for later.
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If your going to replace suspension, I would do it all or nothing, Illumina's and RB springs (to each his own twinkletoes lol). Illumina's are more expensive, but are 5 way adjustable. 3 is great for the street, and 5 is for track only. I believe you can get the Rb package deal of the front and rear sway bars (i think the rears or fronts... something is adjustable) plus the springs for a touch over 500$. new Illumina's for 380ish (if i remember correctly) from shox.com.
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I am about to start my swap in a few days, since I am going to run the stock t2 for a while I am going to start with the fuel delivery. Since I have gsl.. i have to get a complete system working.. from tank to under the hood. Thats where I am allready starting to spend my money. Next will be the brakes. technically though, I will buy the swap before getting down and dirty with the suspention and stuff. I like directfreaks setup. I hope to mimic it to some degree. I want to put down big numbers.. just not at the moment. I just want to be preped for when I do. Better to over do the brakes, suspention and fuel system then have to redo something when your car is nearly complete.
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