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[Kyle_Eagleton]

love the transformation it has made !

Thanks man. Same to you and your Merc! That transformation is on point now.

Huge transformation... and for the better. Baddest Saturn I've ever seen.

What cemetery is that? I can take a guess, since I worked in nearly all of them in the Pittsburgh area. Just curious.

I appreciate that.

Actually, it's about 1 hour north of the city in the small town I live in, New Castle. I stopped in for some photos and to fix the flags by the graves of vets. They fall over a lot as I'm sure you've seen.

[Chuckdee]

I love seeing slammed, unique cars and yours is a prime example of a well done job. When I saw a pic of this on I love Driving Slow's page about a week ago, i was like "damn that shit looks good" Keep up the good work, I'll be looking for this at h2oi!

[Kyle_Eagleton]

I love seeing slammed, unique cars and yours is a prime example of a well done job. When I saw a pic of this on I love Driving Slow's page about a week ago, i was like "damn that shit looks good" Keep up the good work, I'll be looking for this at h2oi!

Thanks! It'll definitely be there!

Surprisingly I never saw that post on ILDS haha

[Ollie]

Spacers might be pretty hard to pull off and still keep everything low. The whole car is plastic, and people have failed horribly at heating fenders to manipulate them. I could always try radiusing them I suppose. The wood is just cheap shit from Lowes

Looks good dude.

Just some friendly input.. you don't want to manipulate the look of the fenders. You never want to flare when you're tucking. Obviously not an issue here since they're plastic but just an fyi. First get the front laying frame, then just get in there and cut everything so you have nothing but an outer fender skin, add spacers to get your wheels 1mm from the outer skins aired out, and done.

[Kyle_Eagleton]

Looks good dude.

Just some friendly input.. you don't want to manipulate the look of the fenders. You never want to flare when you're tucking. Obviously not an issue here since they're plastic but just an fyi. First get the front laying frame, then just get in there and cut everything so you have nothing but an outer fender skin, add spacers to get your wheels 1mm from the outer skins aired out, and done.

Thank you!


And thanks for the input. It's my first time significantly lowering a car, and I didn't pick an easy platform. I appreciate any advice others may have.

Just a few questions/concerns on my part, in regards to what you suggested. Without manipulating the fenders wider, and by pushing the wheel outward, how will I not end up raising the max drop hieght? I believe (and I have to take a look again to be honest) that the portion of the fender I could tub is closer to the inner part of the car. The outer is just plastic as it curves downward. I'm not really sure if I can just simply tub and space out and still be able to attempt to lay frame.

Also, something I do need to consider is the stroke length of the front struts. The rears are plently low, and have space to go lower if there was more room for the wheels. But the front's fully aired out are at their max drop potential. I would definitly need to cut the adapter tube welds (if your familiar with these universal struts and how they are assembled), and move it down. I'm would assume that would be fine to do, as long as the bag is removed. But I fear of cutting/re-welding too much will damage the inside compenents of the strut (factoring in all of the extra tack weld and test fit effects that will need to be done).

And finally, I need to decide if I can simpley cut the pinch weld, remove a slice (in a banana kind of shape) out of the metal body/frame/fender behind the plastic skin outer fender, or if I should cut a complete section out, and try to do what mini-truckers do. With the latter, I don't think that room is there. I have about 7 inches at most to play with. I think my best bet would be to do the first idea, and somehow weld in more metal to reinforce it. The rears should be simple to take care of. The front is roughly 1/4 inch higher than the rear, and I think the front's are at most a 1/2 inch off the ground (from the unibody).


Of course, any excuse to get out in the garage and start hacking things up is perfectly fine with me. Fabrication is something that I am really enjoying.

[Goettler412]

I can't help but remember how shocked I was when I pulled up into Cody's garage and this was in there, haha.

Looks dope, love it dude.

[Kyle_Eagleton]

I can't help but remember how shocked I was when I pulled up into Cody's garage and this was in there, haha.

Looks dope, love it dude.

Thanks man, didnt know you were on here too. That's great! How's yours coming?

[Goettler412]

Thanks man, didnt know you were on here too. That's great! How's yours coming?

Plumbing next week, actual struts in the week after. Slow and steady, haha.

[w201e34]

looks great kyle! we need to hang out again so i can see it in person!

[244Brick]

Man you are a pioneer!!! AWesome car dude

[Kyle_Eagleton]

looks great kyle! we need to hang out again so i can see it in person!

Of course dude, come out to Indiana some night too!

Man you are a pioneer!!! AWesome car dude

Haha oh nah, just doing my own thing thanks for the compliments!

[rice4life]

I remember asking you about those mad tyte JDM girls on your car a while back. I think it would be kind of cool with them back on there hahahaha.

I love the futuristic spaceship vibe its got going man, great work!

[Kyle_Eagleton]

I remember asking you about those mad tyte JDM girls on your car a while back. I think it would be kind of cool with them back on there hahahaha.

I love the futuristic spaceship vibe its got going man, great work!

Haha thanks! Yeah that was a little to anime for me

[Kyle_Eagleton]

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Just a few more photos from local meets



Curtesy of Derrick Davis:

[Kyle_Eagleton]

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Derrick Davis's photos again.