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Originally Posted by 3kidsnotime
This is a serious thought I have been tossing around in my head, But the original Idea of this project it to show people what they can do so we are going to have a poll on it, I want people to vote on this but I also want reasons posted so I can evaluate the outcome of this poll, Now here is the hard part if I dont get some logical reasons to evaluate I might over ride this poll in the intrest of the project I will not say what I want to do but I will leave it up to you the voters to explain why. This is our options we can do just simple front suspension bolt ons the every day guy can buy and put on the car, the combination of these parts are expensive and the out come is good far better than oem. The second option is this we have a c-4 corvette front clip we can graft on the frame complete with brakes, the car will out handle the bolt ons, total cost of the front suspension with all costs are 700.00 way cheaper than all the bolt on goodies, But this is going to be a large amount of labor, down side we have to build custom headers front wheels are also going to have to have a custom off set. I want thought out input on this and I want to hear them all.
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I think these are the key points right here. Again, it's another trade off. I think we need to keep the goal clear. Are we doing a project that any guy could do in his driveway or are we going to assume that the average guy knows how to properly square a frame section and weld it safely? Being forced to buy custom offset wheels may remove some low cost options as far as selection for new or possibly used wheels. Plus, how much are custom headers going to cost vs. bolt-ons? Though, the C4 graft looks like an all-in-one shot that's a pretty slick set up, there's a lot of secondary costs involved that may jeopardize other parts we want. After all is said and done, which set up costs less and does the more expensive option really have a dramatic advantage? Can we justify the price difference basically? I tend to think that the C4 option closes a few doors that we may need open as we approach $15K.