Weston's Copperhead build thread!

Woohoo congrats! LOL the closer you get to your new axle, the closer I get to mine! Haha all my parts are in except for the drag link ;-D
 
It's shipping Tuesday, I already signed the paperwork, pulling it tomorrow!

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Just finished pulling the front axle. Tot make room for the PR44.
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Yep it's done, rear axle tomorrow.

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Making some progress,

PR44 installed
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Painting the wheels
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I think I'm going to leave the rings black
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So while I was installing my new rear I realized that its setup for the evo long arms and the lower control arm bracket is moved almost 90 degrees forward on the axle. So now I need lower arms that are 3 inches shorter then the factory ones. My question is by not going to long arms will this change the geometry when the axles moves up and down? 16.5 inch arms are probable not something someone carries. I'm thinking about cutting/sleeving and shorting the factory lower arms. Any ideas? I don't want to change the brackets on the axle because they are set up for the coilovers I have with really nice solid brackets.
Long arm upgrade isn't really in the budget either...


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JK_b/c_yolo said:
So while I was installing my new rear I realized that its setup for the evo long arms and the lower control arm bracket is moved almost 90 degrees forward on the axle. So now I need lower arms that are 3 inches shorter then the factory ones. My question is by not going to long arms will this change the geometry when the axles moves up and down? 16.5 inch arms are probable not something someone carries. I'm thinking about cutting/sleeving and shorting the factory lower arms. Any ideas? I don't want to change the brackets on the axle because they are set up for the coilovers I have with really nice solid brackets.
Long arm upgrade isn't really in the budget either...


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You can't use the hi clearance brackets with regular arms. You need to get the factory brackets welded on.
 
That's what I'm afraid of. I wonder if i could use them for a temporary on road solution only to get through the holidays then just buy the long arm upgrade. They are located in the correct direction of the factory lower arms.

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JK_b/c_yolo said:
That's what I'm afraid of. I wonder if i could use them for a temporary on road only tot get through the holiday the just buy the long arm upgrade. They are located in the correct direction of the factory lower arms.

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No. I have an axle in my garage with those brackets. It doesn't work and I have talked to ORE about it.
 
Looks like Weston will be going to high clearance long arms. Gotta love the unexpected upgrades. :)

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JK_b/c_yolo said:
Looks like Weston will be going to high clearance long arms. Gotta love the unexpected upgrades. :)

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Did they get back to you about the partial kit? Or you doing the full kit? You really only need the arms and the upper mounts.
 
crippledpetey said:
Did they get back to you about the partial kit? Or you doing the full kit? You really only need the arms and the upper mounts.
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I'm still waiting, everyone who can make the calls are at SEMA.

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You really have to be careful on this forum about buying parts from people with less than 1000 posts. I bet he didn't even give a wave!!


--rccrwlr.
 
Rccrwlr said:
You really have to be careful on this forum about buying parts from people with less than 1000 posts. I bet he didn't even give a wave!!


--rccrwlr.
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I would have way over 1000 posts if I stalked everyone's wave posts like bobby :cheesy: guess I'm just another noob on the forum :) its ok then I'm not expected to know much :thumb:
 
That's just my southern hospitality! I can't help myself.


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