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How to widen track for ultra wide body kit?

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Old 01-17-03, 08:34 PM
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How to widen track for ultra wide body kit?

Has anyone looked at replacing the steering rack or spindles in a 1st gen to go ultra wide as for a Mariah GTU type body kit? Saw a thread on another board but all they talked about was a complete hatchet job as per the Fibercan viper kit which is a bunch of Camaro parts.
Rear wheels are easy (rear end swap) but if you want another 8 or 9 inches in the front what can you do? Spacers and offset wheels seem like a scab job. Even to get the 57" track from the FC would be nice. What are our options?
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Ford 9" rear, lol
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the best way I can see of doing it is to ditch the stock front end from the bulkhead forward and rebuild it out of tubes with a nice double wishone setup with new hubs brakes, a steering rack instead of box etc. and a flip front, its a lot of work but so is fitting that wide body
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