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Jared, ask them if we can send a stock spring and the front end weight and have them roll up a 2" lowering spring. It may be a dumb idea but it might work. Kenny

I have a clicking noise in the front end on turns, also feels like the engine rocks back and forth when starting or stoping. A former tranny shop owner said CV joints are going bad. Is this likely and are the joints rebuildable or do I need to buy new drive axles? GMPartsdirect says discontued without replacement so any leads are greatly apperciated. Thanks guys, Kenny

Has anyone had any luck doing repairs/customizing to the plastic front fenders? What kind of plastic are they made of?

Are the lowering springs lighter and/or shorter than the stock springs? My suggestion is to put the struts in without any springs, set it down on the ground, and measure everything. Unless you already did that at the beginning of the project and I missed it. Then take a set of stock springs and cut off 1/4 coil [use a chop saw and do not worry about how they fit in the strut], install, measure, remove, and repeat until you have the 2 inch drop. It may well take four or five tries to get the required drop. NOW send that spring to intrax and have them make a new spring that is that tall but has the ends in the right places to fit the strut. I have only seen coil-overs to replace standard shocks and springs not for struts. Hope this helps, Kenny

Did GM use the 3.8/3800 in any of its pickups?

Springs NOT politics. Kenny

Any possible interference from the front sway bar?

nic, check both ends of the battery cables if you can. I had a black cable corroded nearly thru but a foot from the battery, not at the end. Looked good, tested bad, a real pain to find. Hope you find your problem real soon, Kenny

How much suspension travel do you have now, and how far will the stock setup move? Are you sure nothing is hitting, rubbing, or at its travel limit? Have you tried the set up without the spring on the strut to see if the car will settle down that far? Did you measure the strut length with the stock spring and with the lowering spring and get 2" difference? Just winging it here but who knows, Kenny

Sounds like you need to take the reatta to Intrax and "let" them use it as a test platform. Have them spend their time and money to figure out their own product. I always hated being a beta tester for some company that didn't do their homework. Any chance the lower control arms are bottomed out on the rubber bump stops? Kenny

Price?

I say not to worry about it. This stuff gets pushed out when you turn in the pistons during a pad change.

Happy Birthday, hope you have a great day. Kenny

Shouldn't that be StarBORED? LOL, Kenny

How 'bout a drive thru the pine barrens? Maybe find the Jersey Devil?

Remember, starbird did the Batmobile for '60s TV. Good taste WAS NOT required.

Via con Dios, and enjoy Mexico. Kenny

What, no pictures????

If I do this it will happen here on the Jersey shore, if someone else hosts, somewhere between here and Richmond. maybe. Gas is down to $2.07 this morning and dropping like a stone. Everybody speak up! Kenny

Anybody here in the East interested? Fall colors, terrific Italian food, even better sea food, and the tourists have gone home so less traffic and more parking. Nov.4+5 maybe? Kenny

Frank, looking forward to the pictures. I'm near Bradley Beach, NJ.

Welcome aboard. Add plugs and wires to your shopping list. At least the reatta is all metric and not a mix like most cars of that period. Check for a vacum leak at the pcv valve, the gaskets dry out and are a pita[popular acronym] to replace.

That looks as bad as the excess gap. Wonder how far he can turn the fronts without rubbing? 17x8 seems to look best without clearance problems. Saw a reatta with 13x10s and rubberband tires, slammed the car to the ground and looked really stupid, but that was the style. Just my opinion, Kenny

Does this car have an airbag on the passenger side or juston the driver side? What is wrong with putting a child seat in the passenger seat if there is not an airbag? Maybe I'm just an old rancher who always drove pickups, but where else are you supposed to secure him? Is it NOT SAFE or just NOT PC to carry any but a consenting adult in the passenger seat? Could be why my daily driver has two wheels and one seat. Just my opinion, Kenny

Did this start before or after all the brake work? Maybe something got bumped or moved a hair while working on the struts.