I told you so. The car looks perfect now. Just like the prototype/press car.
Congrats! She looks awesome. So jealous. Do you think my wife will notice if I trade in her Escalade on a new PJ. There are 5 new ones at Rancho Santa Margarita Ford out here!
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I told you so. The car looks perfect now. Just like the prototype/press car.
Congrats! She looks awesome. So jealous. Do you think my wife will notice if I trade in her Escalade on a new PJ. There are 5 new ones at Rancho Santa Margarita Ford out here!
Actually their website is out of date. I got mine from them about 8 weeks ago and that left one. Not sure if it is still there. They shipped it up to N. Calif for me.
O.K. Ladies and Gents!! The PJ is dumped! I put the Eibach Sportlines on and all went well! Here's some before and after shots:
Stock Saleen Ride Height
New Low Ridin' Look
Some more for good measure!!
Bump for pics....
I haven't noticed. It stays as flat in hard cornering as it did before. There is more negative camber (noticeable on the pics also) but this should help out in cornering (kinda like an autocross alignment). I'll have to check if I'm getting uneven treadwear and if it turns out to be a problem I'll throw some camber plates on the struts. These Pirelli's don't last forever anyway, so might as well go with it!
I'll have to get it on some spirited drives when the rest of the sand gets cleared from the roads and get back to ya, or better yet - maybe a trip to Hallett!
My PJ has a little about 2,100 on ODO. Three weeks ago I had a CAI installed and now its in having HD Engine Mounts, Ceramic Long Headers and Stainless X-pipes installed. Also a One Piece Aluminum Driveshaft but it is on a 5 week backorder so that will be installed later.
Here are some pictures:
< Message edited by Bruce0146 -- 5/24/2008 5:19:14 AM >
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Bruce, Hey bro! welcome over from the grabber site.
I dig yer setup. Are those vinyl decals or some stickers?
I like the Saleen numbers, of course! Like you, I toyed with the idea of finding the same sponsor decals from the original parnelli car and having them reproduced for this one just to continue the theme.
Chuck, they are clings (easy on / easy off). Mark at GP.com made them for me. I am still trying to find a place that can make the originals (1970 PJ) from scratch and is willing to do 2 to 4 of each. For now I made I had clings made of ones that the artwork was available. I have a few more coming including the American Flag.
I told you so. The car looks perfect now. Just like the prototype/press car.
Congrats! She looks awesome. So jealous. Do you think my wife will notice if I trade in her Escalade on a new PJ. There are 5 new ones at Rancho Santa Margarita Ford out here!
.....like Marcus said, looks just like the press/prototype, badass!! Night and day difference but not out of place by any means. Marcus, your wife would notice the PJ in the garage, but would she really care??
Lastly, how in the hell did we let this thread slip all the way to the third page?? Unexceptable Chuck!!
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Chuck, they are clings (easy on / easy off). Mark at GP.com made them for me. I am still trying to find a place that can make the originals (1970 PJ) from scratch and is willing to do 2 to 4 of each. For now I made I had clings made of ones that the artwork was available. I have a few more coming including the American Flag.
Bruce,
Let me know if the OG 1970 decal thing comes to fruition. I would be interested in that!
06 + s351, thanks for the compliments - 06- your barricade is just plain mean!
The sportlines have worn in over the last month. I''ve also been driving a LOT more often to work with the PJ. I''m enjoying it - have put an extra 1k miles in a pretty short time, so I''m up to 7k total.
As far as the sportlines, I thought the ride was going to feel the same as the Saleen springs, but it turns out the ride IS more rough - did I say rough? Well there isn''t another word for it, so yes. I''m O.K. with it because the driving I do is mainly highway, but God help me if I lived on a country road somewhere in BFE. I would need a kidney belt.
Now for the important part - handling. The PJ Watt''s works as well as it did. The back end stays put - but again, the more rough ride can cause some searching if you hit some rough pavement mid-turn. I don''t know if this happened before the sportlines went on, or if I''m just connecting it to the sportlines because I''m so aware of bumps. The car is still VERY stable in the twisties... Not GRIGGS stable (nod to Jazzer) but better than anything short of that standard. I''ve got more neg camber in the front which keeps her poised for turn-in, flat at the apex, and connected to shoot out the other end.
I also put the Pioneer Z2 double din system in for GPS Nav / DVD''s / onboard hard drive..... Nice.
Cheers all!
I think I''ll pimp this old worn out thread until it gets to 20 pages and let it slip into sweet oblivion...
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RE: My New PJ Saleen (PICS) - 
Chuck that looks great. I love that lowered stance. it looks like a TransAm Car should. All hunkered down. 
