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Old May 10, 2005 | 03:39 PM
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No no...paint it red around the holidays and put lights on it...no wait. Someone might mistake your car for a christmas tree and try to cut it down
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Old May 10, 2005 | 03:47 PM
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No no...paint it red around the holidays and put lights on it...no wait. Someone might mistake your car for a christmas tree and try to cut it down
Gotta catch me first.
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Old May 10, 2005 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by BillBost37
I'm not a fan of everything painted the same color either...looks fine black.
I agree with you.....because you can never match white paint, so i did my STB, 3800 engine cover and the Relay cover in a metallic black flake
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Old May 10, 2005 | 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by L27Buick
did u take it off to paint it? cuz if u didnt wouldnt u mess up the alignment?
Actually, the way it looks he just took the middle section out -not the ends that have to have the strut bolts removed to take the ends off. Thus, even if he did move/drive the car with the middle section out it would still retain the proper alignment with just the center STB bar removed.
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Old May 11, 2005 | 01:14 AM
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Red, its just faster, isnt that right?
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Old May 11, 2005 | 11:12 AM
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OLBlueEyesBonne Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 7:55 pm Post subject:

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L27Buick wrote:
did u take it off to paint it? cuz if u didnt wouldnt u mess up the alignment?


Actually, the way it looks he just took the middle section out -not the ends that have to have the strut bolts removed to take the ends off. Thus, even if he did move/drive the car with the middle section out it would still retain the proper alignment with just the center STB bar removed.



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Old May 11, 2005 | 12:04 PM
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How is a STB going to affect Castor? Castor is the rake of the wheels forward/aft?
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Old May 11, 2005 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jr's3800
Its a castor issues, the really isn't a lot for castor adjustment on these cars... As long as the car has sat in one place the castor will not be affected... And in most cases most places usually will not adjust castor on these cars, It usually falls within specc if memory serves... I have seen cars that have no castor adjustment at all.... I think W bodies are like this as well as the 2000+ bonnevilles..
most cars dont have a caster adjustment from the factory.. actually a large majority of cars only have a toe adjustment, no camber or caster without modifying or changing factory components
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