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[menendez1293]

Originally Posted by kjkjr27

LMFAO I want that lawnmower!

I know right. I probably would actually volunteer to cut the grass. Here's an article that talks about it

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...ph-lawn-mower/

[kjkjr27]

Well that sucks that it is a one-of o well haha

[lscamaro]

Originally Posted by Wuiquen

pics??? any reviews??? better handling?? I am hesitant on spending money in sway bars as I dont race the car.. so I need reviews to push that hesitation away... lol

Well I've only done the front sway. But I'm not gonna lie, I wish I had done this mod sooner. I have heard a bunch of people rave about sways and although I wanted to believe it, I didn't see how some sways could drastically change the feel of the vehicle. Well I'll be the first to say, boy was I wrong. When I first received my pedders bars, I was astounded by how they felt. When I took off the stock one, I was surprised by the difference in size. After taking them out for a spin though, the difference was amazing. Definitely worth it 1000%. The car doesn't roll at all anymore. The car now stays flat in the corners and the front goes exactly where I tell it to go. It's honestly a night and day difference. I can't wait to do the rear z sway bar. I'll also mention that if you want to do the fe4 suspension conversion and want to maintain your v6 brakes, the pedders bar doesn't rub on the calipers. A lot say that the stock bars won't rub either but I've heard many say they've experienced rub with the fe4 bars. I didn't want to take a chance so I went with the pedders bars. It also helps knowing that Pete will be there to answer any questions you may have. And trust me, I asked him a bunch of questions for this install. But now that I've done it, I could do it again pretty easily.

[kjkjr27]

Originally Posted by lscamaro

Well I've only done the front sway. But I'm not gonna lie, I wish I had done this mod sooner. I have heard a bunch of people rave about sways and although I wanted to believe it, I didn't see how some sways could drastically change the feel of the vehicle. Well I'll be the first to say, boy was I wrong. When I first received my pedders bars, I was astounded by how they felt. When I took off the stock one, I was surprised by the difference in size. After taking them out for a spin though, the difference was amazing. Definitely worth it 1000%. The car doesn't roll at all anymore. The car now stays flat in the corners and the front goes exactly where I tell it to go. It's honestly a night and day difference. I can't wait to do the rear z sway bar. I'll also mention that if you want to do the fe4 suspension conversion and want to maintain your v6 brakes, the pedders bar doesn't rub on the calipers. A lot say that the stock bars won't rub either but I've heard many say they've experienced rub with the fe4 bars. I didn't want to take a chance so I went with the pedders bars. It also helps knowing that Pete will be there to answer any questions you may have. And trust me, I asked him a bunch of questions for this install. But now that I've done it, I could do it again pretty easily.

Nice my next 3 mods are:

1. Trailing arms and outer trailing arm bushings (priority 1)
2. Coilovers
3. Sway Bars.

2 and 3 are in no particular order.

[menendez1293]

Originally Posted by lscamaro

Well I've only done the front sway. But I'm not gonna lie, I wish I had done this mod sooner. I have heard a bunch of people rave about sways and although I wanted to believe it, I didn't see how some sways could drastically change the feel of the vehicle. Well I'll be the first to say, boy was I wrong. When I first received my pedders bars, I was astounded by how they felt. When I took off the stock one, I was surprised by the difference in size. After taking them out for a spin though, the difference was amazing. Definitely worth it 1000%. The car doesn't roll at all anymore. The car now stays flat in the corners and the front goes exactly where I tell it to go. It's honestly a night and day difference. I can't wait to do the rear z sway bar. I'll also mention that if you want to do the fe4 suspension conversion and want to maintain your v6 brakes, the pedders bar doesn't rub on the calipers. A lot say that the stock bars won't rub either but I've heard many say they've experienced rub with the fe4 bars. I didn't want to take a chance so I went with the pedders bars. It also helps knowing that Pete will be there to answer any questions you may have. And trust me, I asked him a bunch of questions for this install. But now that I've done it, I could do it again pretty easily.

Very nice. I think I'm going to do some LSR sways and maybe hotchkis drops. Not sure what order I want to do my mods in though.

Basically I have these left on my list. What order do you guys think i should go? Basically I know Rims and Tires are next since that will cost about 2,300 bundled together and it probably will take me about a year and half to 2 years to save that amount of money since im putting half of my check away every month for my masters (this is all assuming i get a job though)
1) Factory Reproduction ZL1 Rims with tires
2) Sways and Drops (at the same time)
3) ZL1 Sides and Rear splash guards
4) BBK Stainless headers, MGW Short throw, and tune (probably all at the same time too)

[kjkjr27]

That is a pretty good order but me personally I would switch 3 and 4. I wish I did my headers way sooner than I did because they are just plain awesome!

[menendez1293]

Originally Posted by kjkjr27

That is a pretty good order but me personally I would switch 3 and 4. I wish I did my headers way sooner than I did because they are just plain awesome!

I might just do that. I probably wont do a tune right away since i can live with the CEL. I only drive the camaro but no more than twice a month so clearing the CEL with the code scanner every time it comes up wouldn't really annoy me to much. I just need to find some SS mid pipes near by and then have them welded on to my MRTs

[kjkjr27]

Originally Posted by menendez1293

I might just do that. I probably wont do a tune right away since i can live with the CEL. I only drive the camaro but no more than twice a month so clearing the CEL with the code scanner every time it comes up wouldn't really annoy me to much. I just need to find some SS mid pipes near by and then have them welded on to my MRTs

That's true plus in Fl you don't do state inspections right? So the CEL doesn't really matter as long as you know what it is...hopefully no real problems come up that might be ignored due to the constant CEL. I would def save up for the IPF tune...I think when I get my tax refund for next year I'll look into the IPF tune.

[menendez1293]

Originally Posted by kjkjr27

That's true plus in Fl you don't do state inspections right? So the CEL doesn't really matter as long as you know what it is...hopefully no real problems come up that might be ignored due to the constant CEL. I would def save up for the IPF tune...I think when I get my tax refund for next year I'll look into the IPF tune.

Correct Fl is a no inspection state so i really don't even need cats. Since I don't plan on living in the state forever i will get cats though plus they come with the BBKs. And yea the CEL would be a little annoying but worth it at the same time.

Edit: Luckily I do have a hand held code reader so i can just check and clear it any time it comes on when I finish driving.

[kjkjr27]

Originally Posted by menendez1293

Correct Fl is a no inspection state so i really don't even need cats. Since I don't plan on living in the state forever i will get cats though plus they come with the BBKs. And yea the CEL would be a little annoying but worth it at the same time.

Edit: Luckily I do have a hand held code reader so i can just check and clear it any time it comes on when I finish driving.

Yea I bought an OBD scanner when I was having problems passing inspection. Def comes in handy...much easier using that than bringing out my laptop loading EZflash and such.

[Lil' Nasty]

That's awesome feedback Lscamaro...rode with sycraft at the sunshine state rally and LSR makes some great suspension. His car rides on rails...but as for me I think I'm going to start saving up for half of the IPF Kit then finance the rest.

[lscamaro]

Originally Posted by kjkjr27

Nice my next 3 mods are:

1. Trailing arms and outer trailing arm bushings (priority 1)
2. Coilovers
3. Sway Bars.

2 and 3 are in no particular order.

Thanks for reminding me I still have my trailing arms to do! Almost forgot about those! I like the list.

Originally Posted by Lil' Nasty

That's awesome feedback Lscamaro...rode with sycraft at the sunshine state rally and LSR makes some great suspension. His car rides on rails...but as for me I think I'm going to start saving up for half of the IPF Kit then finance the rest.

It's weird me saying this considering I was a big "more power" kinda guy but I'd honestly do suspension first if I had to do it all over again. Just the front bar makes the car feel so different because u don't have to feel like your driving a boat anymore. When u tell it to turn, the car turns. Honestly makes it feel like you're driving a smaller car than you are. Can't wait for the rest of the bits I have left to put on.

[Lil' Nasty]

Oh I understand...I plan on buying LSR's suspension package when the time comes instead of buying it piece by piece versus what I was originally going to do.

[lscamaro]

Sweet, you'll absolutely love it. If I'm ever in Florida, I'm gonna need a ride once u get that ipf system in