# Post a PIC of your latest purchase.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672
**Category:** Shift518 Off Topic
**Created:** [February 14, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672 "2008-02-14T13:56:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17621 "2013-03-19T06:40:50Z")
> [@Any other ridiculous stories at bars?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-other-ridiculous-stories-at-bars/52019/70):
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> that should ride like a dream! lol He should leave it the fuck alone and use it to get to work and back, save up for something that has a shot at being a worth a damn to sink money into. :skid
it rides like a bag of dicks as it is
> [@Talk about being left handed....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/talk-about-being-left-handed/51990/19):
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> No lowered truck rides good unless you go as far as renginerring the entire suspension
truf.
> [@Chobalt vs Me](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chobalt-vs-me/51937/43):
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> my first truck was a 97 hardbody extended cab 4x4, 5 speed, 4 banger. great truck
i want an extended cab. or at least bucket seats.
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17622 "2013-03-19T06:46:49Z")
> [@FS: Honda & Turbo Parts](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-honda-turbo-parts/51882/17):
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> TAKE. OWN. ADVICE.
My shitbox’s havent moved or recieved a cent. the good projects have attention now. Infact I finally made a profit off one of my personal projects. I took my own advice about 2 years ago!
> [@Talk about being left handed....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/talk-about-being-left-handed/51990/19):
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> No lowered truck rides good unless you go as far as renginerring the entire suspension
depends on too much to even go into this here! lol but yeah, any way ya slice it you drive around on 1 inch of bump travel and it will ride like a brick shit house! But hey its maaadddd low!
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17623 "2013-03-19T06:50:10Z")
> [@Any other ridiculous stories at bars?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-other-ridiculous-stories-at-bars/52019/72):
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> it rides like a bag of dicks as it is
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> truf.
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> i want an extended cab. or at least bucket seats.
if it rides like shit stock, replace the probably blow out shocks at all 4 and replace bushings and balljoints as needed.
And those things bagged out front with good shocks and proper bags, canti-4linked out back with good shocks… at ride height actually fell better than stock. Its all in how ghetto/proper you do it.
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### Author:  [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17624 "2013-03-19T06:51:32Z")
> [@IF u know NIKUK and Pat(psychopjv) Have them call me ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-u-know-nikuk-and-pat-psychopjv-have-them-call-me-asap/52036/3):
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> if it rides like shit stock, replace the probably blow out shocks at all 4 and replace bushings and balljoints as needed.
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> And those things bagged out front with good shocks and proper bags, canti-4linked out back with good shocks… at ride height actually fell better than stock. Its all in how ghetto/proper you do it.
im not going to bag it. i _may_ drop it about 2 inches all the way around with some caddilac srx wheels, if i can get a set cheap enough.
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17625 "2013-03-19T06:58:59Z")
> [@FS: 1995 eclipse gsx $3900](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1995-eclipse-gsx-3900/50292/3):
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> im not going to bag it. i _may_ drop it about 2 inches all the way around with some caddilac srx wheels, if i can get a set cheap enough.
do a spindle up front, dont fuck with the springs, and DO replace the shocks if they are shot or cheap shit units. Just do a block out back to match and also replace the shocks. Check your bump stop, if its 5 inches long, cut it down to 3. if your constantly smashing it, you will fell it. in that case notch it.
it should ride better than it does now, if it really rides like dick.
and those lug patterns dont match btw. SRX wheels VS your truck
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### Author:  [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17626 "2013-03-19T07:16:28Z")
> [@FS: 2004 Aspen White STI - SOLD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2004-aspen-white-sti-sold/50875/78):
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> do a spindle up front, dont fuck with the springs, and DO replace the shocks if they are shot or cheap shit units. Just do a block out back to match and also replace the shocks. Check your bump stop, if its 5 inches long, cut it down to 3. if your constantly smashing it, you will fell it. in that case notch it.
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> it should ride better than it does now, if it really rides like dick.
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> and those lug patterns dont match btw. SRX wheels VS your truck
yeah i was gonna just torsion key drop it till i wanted to do the spindles.
and i checked the lug patterns. you’re right. i figured like most GM 6 lugs that it was 5.5 on 6, but the SRX is 4.5 on 6 for some reason.
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17627 "2013-03-19T07:22:25Z")
> [@Any other ridiculous stories at bars?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-other-ridiculous-stories-at-bars/52019/75):
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> yeah i was gonna just torsion key drop it till i wanted to do the spindles.
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> and i checked the lug patterns. you’re right. i figured like most GM 6 lugs that it was 5.5 on 6, but the SRX is 4.5 on 6 for some reason.
all the key does is take preload off the front. Softens it up, weight of the vehicle brings the truck lower. What that will also do is make it more likly you will hit a dip, pot hole, etc, where normally the stiffer spring rate would have supported the truck and it would be fine… you will bottom out alot easier.
Same as torsion bar lift “kits”… it spins it up stiffer to put more preload on the suspenion. the weight on the front end didnt change so it lifts it up. This makes it ride like a brick becasue the suspension doenst compress as it should over bumps. it also stresses the bar and makes it more likly that it could crack.
Spindle up front. it will drop it 2 inches, and NOT effect spring rate… ie it will ride the same as it does now.
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### Author:  [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17628 "2013-03-19T07:23:43Z")
> [@Toyota....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/toyota/52017/34):
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> all the key does is take preload off the front. Softens it up, weight of the vehicle brings the truck lower. What that will also do is make it more likly you will hit a dip, pot hole, etc, where normally the stiffer spring rate would have supported the truck and it would be fine… you will bottom out alot easier.
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> Same as torsion bar lift “kits”… it spins it up stiffer to put more preload on the suspenion. the weight on the front end didnt change so it lifts it up. This makes it ride like a brick becasue the suspension doenst compress as it should over bumps. it also stresses the bar and makes it more likly that it could crack.
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> Spindle up front. it will drop it 2 inches, and NOT effect spring rate… ie it will ride the same as it does now.
methinks i’ll worry about putting shocks and replacement body parts on it first.
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17629 "2013-03-19T07:38:59Z")
like I said originally. Fix it to drive it as a solid runner, get to work and save for a worth while investment. I dont like telling people what to do, but I will share my “opinion” when I can to save people from hopefully making the same mistakes I did!
$250 gets you spindles, that wne you want to sell the truck back as stock, or wreck it, you can sell back on ebay used for $150+ in a week. $30 for the block and new longer PROPER ubolts out back. -$300 will lower it enough to be noticable and not ride like a bag of smashed dicks, and more importantly its all sellable when your done with the components.
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### Author:  [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17630 "2013-03-19T08:38:53Z")
I’ve been putting these off for a while now because I really wanted to get some stuff paid down, but decided to say screw it and picked up some goodies for the bike.
Vance & Hines twin slash cut staggered pipes:
Cobra Fi2000 PowrPro Auto-tune programmer:
As soon as these come in the bike is going under some pretty good surgery. The ugly a$$ (and crappy sounding) audio system is coming off, the RFID keyless ignition is going in along with the programmer and the exhaust, and the entire bike is getting a full detail to get her ready for the season.
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### Author:  [@dc2nick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dc2nick)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17631 "2013-03-19T09:03:29Z")
Hell yea dude. I wanna get that cobra power tuner and Cobra pipes for my bike too. But I might have to wait a year
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### Author:  [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17632 "2013-03-19T15:54:56Z")
My new place in Latham…
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### Author:  [@JSEnclosures](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JSEnclosures)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17633 "2013-03-19T16:21:47Z")
Nice man.
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### Author:  [@sbardy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sbardy)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17634 "2013-03-19T16:23:06Z")
> [@Hurrican Dolly](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hurrican-dolly/52041/3):
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> My new place in Latham…
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> 
got your address off crmls…
will be ringing and running.
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### Author:  [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17635 "2013-03-19T16:31:55Z")
> [@For a custom title](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-a-custom-title/52043/20):
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> got your address off crmls…
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> will be ringing and running.
:rofl
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### Author:  [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17636 "2013-03-19T17:09:47Z")
> [@For a custom title](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-a-custom-title/52043/20):
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> got your address off crmls…
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> will be ringing and running.
That shit’ll get you shanked around my part of town.
Or at least get a fat kid chasing you.
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### Author:  [@blkwgn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blkwgn)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17637 "2013-03-19T17:42:06Z")
> [@Hurrican Dolly](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hurrican-dolly/52041/3):
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> My new place in Latham…
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> 
Nice man!!
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### Author:  [@blkwgn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blkwgn)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17638 "2013-03-19T17:45:01Z")
Today’s ebay purchases:
Canon 17-40mm f/4L
Canon 135mm f/2L
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### Author:  [@capitalcrew](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/capitalcrew)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17639 "2013-03-19T17:47:02Z")
Junk.
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### Author:  [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/post-a-pic-of-your-latest-purchase/235672/17640 "2013-03-19T19:11:00Z")
dicked me over hard
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