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If you are ever in the market for another exhaust setup, might want to look into Black Widow Exhaust.

Anyways, about your sway bar, reason one side striped and not the other is because of the tension i am sure.

My experience with ubolts, tightened them a tad bit passed snug since they will continue to "bolt" until you run out of thread or strip. But throw some blue locktite on it so they don't back out with the vibrations.
 

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A few shots of the new Raxiom Vector tail lights installed.

All worked good but wire grommet is not the same as OEM and requires mod to made it stay in place.

Sequentials work with turn signals and hazards. No sequential on brake application. Installed led reverse lights also.

Kudos to the wife on installing these, guided her while I was in California via phone.

These are the revision 2 Raxiom Vectors from American Muscle so they are the latest revision available.
 
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I drew them up tight and "snugged them". I did a lot of research and with the way the sway bar loads it shouldn't move at all. I don't think you can torque them the way you want to, they just aren't gong to ever stop turning. I smacked the mounts with a mallet to test the theory, they didn't budge.
Call whiteline, they are known to send out replacement hardware for free in these situations.
 

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I drew them up tight and "snugged them". I did a lot of research and with the way the sway bar loads it shouldn't move at all. I don't think you can torque them the way you want to, they just aren't gong to ever stop turning. I smacked the mounts with a mallet to test the theory, they didn't budge.
Call whiteline, they are known to send out replacement hardware for free in these situations.

Thanks for the info, I will give them a call and see if they will send a replacement.
 

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those tails look like an optima illusion. Its like their playing tricks on my eyes
 

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Wel it has been some time since my last post and all I have been doing is driving/enjoying the car.

I have changed direction on supercharging,and have emailed Jason a few times on the DOB setup.

This is the route I will be taking.

I will be sourcing everything for the install myself sans the intake which I will get from DOB.

Install will be performed by me and I will either use Lito or Carl Chastain in LV for tuning.

Another cosmetic change is coming but I don't have it all hashed out yet. I will be eliminating any vinyl graphics from the car.

After driving some months with my current GO Fast mods I have the Need for more.

I have no desire to go full boogy on hp as this will be street driven 99% of the time. I am still unsure if I will forge or not.
 

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Have decided to just bite the bullet and throw the extra coin at the car.

I am already over budget on my build but NO REGRETS.

Dob w/M122
T56 Magnum XL swap
Forge the block sans the crank and upgrade the oil pump gear.

Trans swap will be 1st then the block & SC

I don't have an engine builder yet, I would like to stay local to the Vegas area for the engine build but I don't have experience with the locals here.

Wife isn't thrilled with the extra coin going to the build but I am too far in to stop now.

I always tell her " It's only money "
 

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More cosmetic changes to the car as I have decided to dump the raxiom vector tail lights & shr honeycomb panel.

Waiting on the roush spoiler to get back from the paint shop as I am going with Torch Red this time, the hood is also going in for paint and will also be all Torch Red, I am eliminating all the Black painted areas on the car.

I will be swapping out the front and rear bumpers with the CS bumpers from Ford. The accesory kits are unavailable because of some vendor item shortage. I am waiting for the front kit but purchased the rear bumper seperately instead of the kit.

If the front kit goes obsolete the parts are about $265 more if purchased individually.

I am going with Magnetic as a secondary color on the front and rear bumpers as well as the grille and 1/4 window trim & fuel door. Bumpers will be painted in the CS scheme.

OEM taillights deep smoked with Web Electric sequentials. waiting on the taillights from the paint shop.

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Magnetic painted fuel door installed and will be my secondary color.
I had originally went with Alloy but the metallic is fine where the Magnetic metallic is coarser , almost a perfect match to the wheels ( it lacks some gold sparkle ) but is Very Very close to the Kingston Graphite wheels.

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Color shifts with light like the wheels.
 

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A few teaser pics of the new bumpers / tail lights / rear CF panel / OEM rear emblem / roush wing ( torch red ).

LaminX Headlight and Fog light tint as well as tinted front signals and tinted rear qtr side marker lights.

Hood is going in for paint next month (all torch red this time) as I am prepping the hood for Quik-Latch hood pins ( GT version ) before paint and that will complete the paint transformation on the car.

I have the front CS bumper lower grill preordered from SHR, hopefully Marcelo gets enough preorders to make a run of them.

Last time home I got the AF gauge hooked up and installed.

Full set of pics in and out next month as well as interior pics.

Will be posting full video as well.

Promised the wife no more mods till we buy our house, waiting for the right house at the right time for the right money.

2 to 3 car garage is minimum we are looking for as I NEED the room and shelter from the blistering summer sun and the remaining mod work.

Should have used the OEM exhaust gaskets when I did the Kooks install early last year..I heard a slight leak before the AF gauge install and gauge confirmed the leak ( lean at idle ) will swap those out if I have time next month.

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