Well, I mocked up my Phantom front end kit this weekend and wanted to
report my first impressions. First off, Rene does a great job of
labeling and organizing the parts so that it is easy to understand what does what and what goes where. The included instructions could benefit from a few more pictures but were for the most part straight forward and easy to understand. The components are top quality and well engineered with the exception of the front caliper brackets. When compared to those supplied in Jim Turner's rear disc kit, the Phantom front caliper brackets look and feel pretty wimpy. I may end up having some more heavy duty ones fabricated. My only other complaint would be the incosistancy in hardware as some of the lock washers and nuts were not zinc plated like the rest. I know this may seem picky but small details like this should not be an issue when paying a premium price for a product of this nature. Otherwise, with the exception of a little grinding on the rackmount bracket the kit fits like a glove. I opted for the dropped spindles and will be installing Shockwave air shocks up front to contol my ride height. In my opinion, this kit was well worth the money spent when compared to other avenues of front end modification. Rene has a good product and was a pleasure to do business with. Now if I can just get this car finished up so I can test this setup under driving conditions...stay tuned!
Check out these pics of the installation:
report my first impressions. First off, Rene does a great job of
labeling and organizing the parts so that it is easy to understand what does what and what goes where. The included instructions could benefit from a few more pictures but were for the most part straight forward and easy to understand. The components are top quality and well engineered with the exception of the front caliper brackets. When compared to those supplied in Jim Turner's rear disc kit, the Phantom front caliper brackets look and feel pretty wimpy. I may end up having some more heavy duty ones fabricated. My only other complaint would be the incosistancy in hardware as some of the lock washers and nuts were not zinc plated like the rest. I know this may seem picky but small details like this should not be an issue when paying a premium price for a product of this nature. Otherwise, with the exception of a little grinding on the rackmount bracket the kit fits like a glove. I opted for the dropped spindles and will be installing Shockwave air shocks up front to contol my ride height. In my opinion, this kit was well worth the money spent when compared to other avenues of front end modification. Rene has a good product and was a pleasure to do business with. Now if I can just get this car finished up so I can test this setup under driving conditions...stay tuned!
Check out these pics of the installation:
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