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LSX454 swapped 95 BASS burb.

Little lower, little cooler, bigger sounds.
I have found, as stated by someone before, that I can very quickly get in trouble with my rear brakes locked out.

When the rear grabs good and starts pushing the front tires, I don't realize it right away and try pushing the brakes harder... Which does nothing lol.
And twice now it's gotten me farther sideways and in precarious position before I realize it and release brake and gas to get ahold of it.



One time almost ended very badly..... :whistle:
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This run could have been much better I think.
But I was scared lol.
Kept thinking a cop was gonna pop around a corner, and it was 6:15 am in the dark on a stretch of highway known for deer crossing.

So, surprisingly, with the time it got, I was NOT floored. It was more like a fluctuating 85-95%
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I'm not sure what thread I posted these in....
But Im pretty sure I posted them lol.
If you know... Let me know so I can go delete it. :doah:

I guess it's time to change these finally . :thinking:IMG_20261105_162833610_HDR.jpgIMG_20261105_162838831_HDR.jpg
 
And ... I think I created a fan club.
Dropped my oldest off at a friend's.
His buddy started crawling around the burb checking it out.
So I decided to give him a show. Lol.
Unfortunately, he did the vid on snap chat and didn't save it. :dunno:
Oh well lol.
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So doing all this rim painting, center cap BS, bought a set of spacers so I didn't have to cut my A arms, bought another set because those were 1/4" too thick, and finally..... Ready to put them on.

Just to do burnouts with tires I had....
And after getting about $200 deep into this to put on "CHEAP" :rolleyes: tires.... I see one of them has cracks all in the tread and it's 6years old:doah:

I do NOT intend on doing a long azz crazy burnout on that tire after all the fender work I did lol.
NOPE.
But I'm determined now.
So :dunno: gonna buy a tire I guess.

I have one that was the spare in the van. It's still 5 years old, but no cracking. It has half tread missing in an angle pattern, like it was a badly aligned front.... May I'll throw that and the other that was intended for the rear, up front. The ones I had on the front are only 3 years old.

The ones I'd slated for the rear look like they are slightly wider even though they're the same size numbers.
That extra width up front might kill it.
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The dry one was on front and rubbed HARD on any bump.
I got 1/4" thinner spacers to clear them. Which would be enough.
Putting that top tire up front even with the thinner spacer may still rub just as hard though.
 
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About to eat the $200.
And sell all of it (spacers, 16's, and center caps) on CL to see what I can recoup of it.
Just go back to the 20"s and be done . :haha:
Maybe after I burn the next set off of those, I'll just get 255's instead of 285 like what's been on it. :waytogo:
 
I stuck the 5 yr old spare on for now.
I want to drive it and see if the new spacers actually work.

And probably do a burnout :whistle:


Can't decide... Center cap, or no cap....:thinking:
I'll probably do both for a bitIMG_20261111_135809355_HDR.jpgIMG_20261111_135830577_HDR.jpg
 
The no cap way look good when it's the whole side profile, and a little dustier. Lol.
I'll have to get side picks both ways.
By the pics, the cap does win.
 
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