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Bill Pemberton

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Beautiful color !! I ordered a twin to yours but my wife reminded me that she did not care if I got a GT 350, but that I needed to make sure it was not ......Blue! Blue Ram truck , Blue Viper, she said not another blue machine in the garage ,ha. No problem now since I have a white Boss.....but redone with lots of blue highlights, ha!

I would tell you to spend your first bucks getting a camber plate ( Sponsor Vorshlag arguably makes the best one for a wide range of movement) , as the car needs negative camber up front. Easy to do in the rear with an independent rear end.

Welcome and where in Indiana are you?
 
Beautiful color !! I ordered a twin to yours but my wife reminded me that she did not care if I got a GT 350, but that I needed to make sure it was not ......Blue! Blue Ram truck , Blue Viper, she said not another blue machine in the garage ,ha. No problem now since I have a white Boss.....but redone with lots of blue highlights, ha!

I would tell you to spend your first bucks getting a camber plate ( Sponsor Vorshlag arguably makes the best one for a wide range of movement) , as the car needs negative camber up front. Easy to do in the rear with an independent rear end.

Welcome and where in Indiana are you?
Thank you! I love orange and I love blue. My camaro was orange and the first time I saw this color I was hooked. When this car came out, I said I would have one, when I saw this color on it I knew which one I would have.
Are the camber plates a bolt on deal or is there cutting involved? I installed a few different types on 5th gen camaros.
I'm in Plainfield, just west of indy. I have a shop and am starting to do a lot more mustang builds so I'm definitely curious of what works and what doesnt on these.
what year boss? I love those cars
 

JDee

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Thank you! I love orange and I love blue. My camaro was orange and the first time I saw this color I was hooked. When this car came out, I said I would have one, when I saw this color on it I knew which one I would have.
Are the camber plates a bolt on deal or is there cutting involved? I installed a few different types on 5th gen camaros.
I'm in Plainfield, just west of indy. I have a shop and am starting to do a lot more mustang builds so I'm definitely curious of what works and what doesnt on these.
what year boss? I love those cars

Vorshlag plates require no cutting, unless you want to open up the strut towers at the top. Vorshlag makes a hole saw jig for that. You can gain more camber doing that. I got their jig and cut the hole, it's pretty simple. Haven't had it to the alignment rack yet to find out what I ended up with. Most vendors plates don't require cutting to install though.
 

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