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Old 12-15-2011, 04:43 PM   #1
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Bennett – That’s cool! Let us know how it works when you get your truck running.
Thankyou i will. I wanted to run the blade style bar but it mounted where my exhaust is so this was my only choice for a rear sway bar. I'm hoping it works out good.
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Old 12-10-2011, 07:54 PM   #2
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I'm interested in seeing how that sway bar works out. How's the clearance with the mufflers installed? Keep up the hard work!
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Old 12-10-2011, 11:08 PM   #3
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I'm interested in seeing how that sway bar works out. How's the clearance with the mufflers installed? Keep up the hard work!
There is plenty of room between the exhaust and the sway bar, I forgot to take a picture of it lol. It's basically the same as the CPP rear bar but mounts on top of the trailing arms instead of the bottom for better ground clearance. I'm hoping that this bar along with my Hotchkis front bar will make this truck handle on rails
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Old 12-14-2011, 11:43 AM   #4
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There is plenty of room between the exhaust and the sway bar, I forgot to take a picture of it lol. It's basically the same as the CPP rear bar but mounts on top of the trailing arms instead of the bottom for better ground clearance. I'm hoping that this bar along with my Hotchkis front bar will make this truck handle on rails
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Adding sway bars to my truck was one of the best improvements I did to it of course besides a/c and power steering my sway bars were from classic perform and my truck handle like it was on rails zero body roll on it...
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Old 12-15-2011, 04:51 PM   #5
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Adding sway bars to my truck was one of the best improvements I did to it of course besides a/c and power steering my sway bars were from classic perform and my truck handle like it was on rails zero body roll on it...
Al I'm hoping it will handle like it's on rails when I get done. I just hope I didn't kill my handling by putting the huge chunk of iron in the front lol. I hear you on needing the a/c, more so for you in Florida but it gets pretty hot in humid here in Jersey in the summer.
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Old 12-14-2011, 10:26 AM   #6
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nice progress , your rolling !!!!!!
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Old 12-15-2011, 04:46 PM   #7
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Old 12-15-2011, 05:10 PM   #8
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Project is coming along nicely! Looking great and some NICE stuff too
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Old 12-16-2011, 09:03 PM   #9
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Thanks, I'm just trying to keep up with all the amazing builds on here
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Old 12-20-2011, 12:38 AM   #10
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Project is coming along nicely! Looking great and some NICE stuff too
X2 ,,,,,,,,,,,keep up the good work (and pics)
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Old 12-20-2011, 09:12 AM   #11
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X2 ,,,,,,,,,,,keep up the good work (and pics)
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Old 12-18-2011, 06:26 PM   #12
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Great buld thread. Keep up the awsome work.
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Old 12-18-2011, 09:26 PM   #13
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Truck looks great! basically the same route im plannin on goin. Keep the pics comin, i get alot of info before i make the same mistakes haha.
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Old 12-19-2011, 07:53 AM   #14
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Truck looks great! basically the same route im plannin on goin. Keep the pics comin, i get alot of info before i make the same mistakes haha.
Thanks, I definitely made some mistakes with this build but it's all part of the learning experience.

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Old 12-28-2011, 11:26 PM   #15
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wow looking really nice! I dig the Viper red!! but I may be biased lol.... I went back and forth between Viper and Victory for a while.
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Old 12-29-2011, 07:09 PM   #16
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wow looking really nice! I dig the Viper red!! but I may be biased lol.... I went back and forth between Viper and Victory for a while.
Thanks, yeah I went back and forth between Hugger orange and Viper Red. Went with the Viper Red cause I am biased as well, Red is my favorite color lol. Yours looks great Red, can't wait to see it done.
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Old 01-04-2012, 01:37 AM   #17
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Great build and beautiful work!
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painting my latest project viper red...love that color!
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Wow! Very nice work , Keith ! Im diggin the rear sway bar setup ! Would you happen to have a link to the frame mounts for the bar ?
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are all viper reds the same or did they change through the years?
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are all viper reds the same or did they change through the years?
Pretty sure I have seen several blue ones and a yellow one. Sure there were more than one color.
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Old 02-05-2012, 11:57 AM   #22
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Old 08-20-2012, 01:36 PM   #23
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Hey Folks...
I was looking at this Build Thread and it seems we have forgotten who's build thread this is.

Lets keep Bennett--G4L thread his...
He has done a lot of great work and is willing to share his build so lets try and keep this his thread.
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i would have to agree that the viper red is one of the best reds out there !
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Wow that looks great, hope mine comes out that nice. I definitely made the right choice.

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are all viper reds the same or did they change through the years?
They all look the same to me, bright and shiney lol. I don't know if they are all the same or not.


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Thanks, I absolutely love the color and can't wait until it is painted.
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