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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by littled62
Eastern Performance has the mono tubes on sale for $270 with free shipping, I put mine in along with the 944 rear shocks and its like going from a Chevy Vega to a Caddy and the wife is happier
I was looking last night and found a s set for 300 ish probably gonna go this route. Good guys to deal with.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 06:10 PM
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When u say seals for drain screws do u mean the crush washers at the bottom of the legs at the axel?
Yes, Depending on the lower legs you get you might need them.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 06:42 PM
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Yes, Depending on the lower legs you get you might need them.
Yeah I had planned on getting two of them and the fork seals next time at my local HD I'm gonna do the chrome swap off ebay from ricks.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 07:22 PM
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You might just want to pick the HD Fork Rebuild kits for them instead of getting individual seals. This will give you everything you need to rebuild a set of forks, you'll need two kits.
 
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Just added PM lower forks with 1" drop monotubes. I can't speak for the drop in springs but I love these!

 
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by gdoc89
Just added PM lower forks with 1" drop monotubes. I can't speak for the drop in springs but I love these!

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Can't see u r pic some reason can anyone else see it?
 
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i can see it, its beautiful! but usually i dont see many pics on here if im at work on the cpu. they like to block the good stuff
 
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Originally Posted by littled62
Eastern Performance has the mono tubes on sale for $270 with free shipping
fyi its just #32-2500 - the stock height ones for 270$, not #32-2501 the 1''-2'' lowering mono tubes, those are 306$
 
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i can see it, its beautiful! but usually i dont see many pics on here if im at work on the cpu. they like to block the good stuff
Must be the phone I'll check it out on the computer
 
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Old Feb 16, 2014 | 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by northeimcustom

fyi its just #32-2500 - the stock height ones for 270$, not #32-2501 the 1''-2'' lowering mono tubes, those are 306$
Yeah I'll probably call tomorrow and place my order so I can get the hdf discount I seen phat performance had them cheaper but out of stock....
 
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