Recent content by Ken Wolkens

I just bought a White 2013 GS with only 6000 miles on it. Only had it for 4 days. So far the only annoyance is the chrome bezel around the shifter. Here in sunny Florida it glares in my eyes and I have to hold my hand over it. Other than that the car is great and a joy to drive!

Thanks. That's the finished color. It's actually SEM Hot Rod Black satin black single stage urethane.

Yep. Even though my car was completely rust free everywhere else, the bottom hem flanges of both doors had just enough rust for me to replace the doors instead of having to mess with them down the road. Those flanges are the weakest link of any door but at least I won't have to deal with mine...

For those that are curious... The doors fit the openings very well and lined up with the fenders that were removed to protect them from damage during the upcoming engine swap. The body lines and details are crisp plus all of the guts bolted right in without the need to elongate any of the...

My issue with the 7.5 is that it's an open diff and has 2.xx gears. The cost to swap those combined with the cost of the disc swap for the 7.5 led me to this idea. Fabrication is no problem for me as I used to do it for a living. Will do on the posting of the rear swap. I'm not the first...

I hear you but this is just a street driver and a 9" is overkill for my power level and wallet. (I have a kid that's going to go to college so I'm trying to stay on some kind of budget.) The issue is mine's a 7.5 as it was only a V8 with the T option so it did not get the 8.5 from the factory...

Here's the wheels. FR500's with Anthracite centers and polished lips. Yes, I know they are Mustang wheels and have goofy offsets and bolt patterns but I'm doing bad things on this project. Hint: I have a rear axle from a 04 Mach 1 that's going to find it's home in the Regal and the front...

Longball, Once the post went up everything started to make sense and for some reason the search gods were smiling on me and everything became available. I figured I'd keep adding what I was finding. Heisenberg eh??? Say my name. :LOL: Thanks for the compliment on the paint. If you think...

Hey T, Thanks for commenting. Yep, I get what you are doing with the taller fronts for the track. I'll do some math on the 245's you mentioned since they will better fit the 9" wide wheels I plan to use. BTW, I think your pic is throwing me off because of the lack of the front spoilers and...

Ok from what I can figure out I've got to go with 26-26.5" tall tires so they look good up front. Looks like I may have to go staggered fitment. Crap...so much for rotating.

Texas T has 215/70/15 for track use on the fronts. At 27" they look to tall for a DD though.

Here's Mike's car with 265/50/15's that calculate to 25.4" diameter in the rear. I'd prefer the wheel wells to be filled in a bit more so it looks like I might want to be somewhere between 26" and 27". If someone has pics of a stock height with these sizes that would be great.

The rears in this pic are 275/60/15 which calculates to 28" and are a bit big for my taste. BTW, this is my favorite car on the site.

I just picked it up from the paint shop and with out weight on the car it really exaggerates the puny look of the stock size tire.

I've searched the threads, read the stickies but still need some advice. Here goes... I can't lower my car because my driveway not only is on an angle but the curb is rather tall. It's bad enough that my daily driver a Ford Fusion just clears without scraping. That said, I plan to go with...