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Old 07-02-2008, 01:27 PM   #1
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Default LG Motorsports suspension R&D

LOL how to destroy a rim.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxTIkgC4-xs

Good stuff/
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Old 07-02-2008, 01:39 PM   #2
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Well there you go. Running over a log. I suppose it proves a point. A bit excessive, but poing taken.
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Old 07-02-2008, 01:44 PM   #3
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Wow.

If I did that, I'd be out an oil cooler, a bumper, two wheels, a front damper, two control arms, and quite likely a rear quarter panel.
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Old 07-02-2008, 02:53 PM   #4
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Default Re: LG Motorsports suspension R&D

that video has been discussed in great detail on corner-carvers. It stems from a customer claiming his LG coil-overs failed.
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Old 07-02-2008, 03:01 PM   #5
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Default Re: LG Motorsports suspension R&D

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a customer claiming his LG coil-overs failed.
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Old 07-02-2008, 07:25 PM   #6
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Default Re: LG Motorsports suspension R&D

heh. my cousin drove over a telephone pole in his grand prix. blew the stock suspension and cracked a rim that was cool to watch though. might as well been driving around NYC to hit a hole to replicate that block of wood
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