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Re: New shorty to forum
riocool #549748 March 19th 2012 10:03 pm
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Verry nice.


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Re: New shorty to forum
Lordmodelbuilder #549878 March 20th 2012 1:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Lordmodelbuilder
I noticed your van has dual exhaust. Is it a true dual system or does it have a cat on it? I know the 1977 half-tons in Cali had a cat on them. Thanks,Brad


It is a true dual exhaust, with No Cats ever it has passed smog once when I bought it so I guess its ok. This thing had a few new items when I bought it Tires, Exhaust, shocks and that was about it. I was holding off on the tips until after I lowered it in case I had to move the pipes up or down but as it turned out they were fine.

By the way I had installed the wrong picture earlier, here is the correct one with the 225-70 installed.

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I don't see anything on here other than Calif. Emission Cert.?
Man! That sticker is dirty in that picture, was taken when I first looked at the van, it's cleaner now. lol

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Re: New shorty to forum
riocool #575698 July 24th 2012 2:00 pm
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Have not been here for a while, but would like to share some information regarding wheel and tire set up for anyone looking to lower their vans. I recently lowered my van and installed 15X7 rally's up front(had 15X8's) on 225-70's but had a problem with the front tires rubbing on med to large bumps. I rolled the front fender lip and still had an issue with it rubbing but now it was not tearing into the tire, just rubbing. It would make a sound that would freak anyone out that happened to be with me, "What was that!". So I found some 15x6.5 and installed them to see if that would solve the rubbing issue and I have great news to report so far so good no more rubbing. Here are a few pictures with backspacing measurements which are different from 7's to 6.5's. I didn't even know they made 6.5's but they do or did.

15X7 on 225-70-15 tires BEFORE Passenger side

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AFTER with 15x6.5 same tires gained about 3/4" between B.S and rim width.

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Before Driver's side

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After driver's side

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Wheels side by side

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Backspacing 7"

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Backspacing 6.5"

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Hope this is helpful, I like my van even more now, if that is possible? yay Keep cruising van

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Re: New shorty to forum
riocool #575720 July 24th 2012 4:06 pm
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That looks very nice, great job so far!


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Re: New shorty to forum
riocool #575794 July 24th 2012 10:35 pm
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it looks GREAT man ! keep us posted . . . .


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Re: New shorty to forum
riocool #575798 July 24th 2012 10:49 pm
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riocool #575817 July 25th 2012 1:49 am
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I like it.


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Re: New shorty to forum
riocool #575828 July 25th 2012 6:23 am
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Looks Great


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Re: New shorty to forum
riocool #576942 July 31st 2012 5:17 pm
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Nice work. looks really good


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