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Old 03-14-2004, 05:50 PM
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Just finished working on my LS1 Driveshaft

Here's how she turned out...

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That looks slick!!! What's so special about LS-1 driveshaft over regular aluminum one for our cars?
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LS1 is 3", includes a Damper, and is balanced pretty well. Can't wait to put it in...almost ashame to hide it under there...
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Ah ok, that sounds cool then, what is the size the stock one?
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I believe it's 2.5"
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HOLY POO POO :hail:
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Good job, looks slick. So I assume you just put it on the car and jacked the rear end up and held some sandpaper on there, ay?
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How'd you know man? Steel Wool goes a LONG way!! :lala:
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Thanks for the compliments....what else do you guys think??
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Wouldn't you need to take it to be re-balanced?
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Reason being?
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sweet, never thought about doing that.
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Just courious....how long will that shaft look like that? I think it looks amazing but how long will the luster last?:hail:


Hah...yeah, kinda funny. But...don't be a perv.

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Just courious....how long will that shaft look like that? I think it looks amazing but how long will the luster last?:hail:
lmao Does this post strike anyone else as funny for some reason?
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looks good man
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Figured maybe after sanding some material off you would throw the balance off.

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Old 03-15-2004, 12:59 AM
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Thanks for the compliments.

There is no where near any amount of material that came off that could possibly throw it out of balance. It's so minimal, no reason to think about it.
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Anyone use Zoop seal? Is it worth it? Can you buy smaller tubes of it, not just the kit I saw for like $150? Anything similar that you can get w/o ordering?

Thanks everyone!
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direct bolt on right?
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Yep...direct bolt on
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I saw the heading and was like hmm I wonder if you can polish that... and holy crap you did! Looks awsome!

And as far as Zoop seal I've never used it but its apparently magical and doesnt come in smaller containers, but that thing will probably loose its luster fairly quickly and I imagine it would be a pain to do it again when its on the car.
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Originally posted by grngryoutmyway
I saw the heading and was like hmm I wonder if you can polish that... and holy crap you did! Looks awsome!

And as far as Zoop seal I've never used it but its apparently magical and doesnt come in smaller containers, but that thing will probably loose its luster fairly quickly and I imagine it would be a pain to do it again when its on the car.
Why would it be a pain to polish on the car? Just throw some polish on a rag, put the car on jack stands, and throw it in drive.
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