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I'm not in any hurry. They will get here when they get here. Every time I get something new for my Impala, I feel like a little kid around Christmas time.
lol I know the feeling they are beautiful hoping my brother will help me get them on today
 

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Dick Miller is the man.

We had a tough winter here, all my DMR stuff is still unopened in the boxes and tubes he shipped it in. :(

On my 96 I had a full Dick Miller setup, it was insane.
 

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got mine. nice finish and light. glad i jumped on the group purchase.
 

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On my 1987 Brougham. A bit of a pain to install without a lift, glad I did it while doing my 8.5 axle swap. I have to trim the exhaust shield and install it.
Also the left side was reluctant to install. I heated to about 230 fahrenheit in the oven and then banged it a bit.

I bet it took a lot of iterations though with the fabrication jigs to get them so tight.

I would have liked to gusset the L shaped flange but did not have the welder. It is too bad cause I won`t remove them now that I know how they install.

I also had to pull a bit on the fuel and brake hard lines and re-shape them a little. Since they would also rub on the braces, I put some rubber hose around these lines.

Here it is what they look like on both side.
Nice product...cheers!





 

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Nice...

Got mines today! Hopefully can get them installed before the ECIRS season opener on Sat.

Thanks for setting up the GP lt1ssb!
 

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On my 1987 Brougham. A bit of a pain to install without a lift, glad I did it while doing my 8.5 axle swap. I have to trim the exhaust shield and install it.
Also the left side was reluctant to install. I heated to about 230 fahrenheit in the oven and then banged it a bit.

I bet it took a lot of iterations though with the fabrication jigs to get them so tight.

I would have liked to gusset the L shaped flange but did not have the welder. It is too bad cause I won`t remove them now that I know how they install.

I also had to pull a bit on the fuel and brake hard lines and re-shape them a little. Since they would also rub on the braces, I put some rubber hose around these lines.

Here it is what they look like on both side.
Nice product...cheers!








thanks everyone for the pics and comments especially like these pics on the earlier style B-body, can you please email me these I want to add these to the thread I will make. Still waiting on heip since my right side is f### up
 

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Got mines today! Hopefully can get them installed before the ECIRS season opener on Sat.

Thanks for setting up the GP lt1ssb!

welcome sir lets get some performance fb if we can
 

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installed, driving impressions

Got 'em installed yesterday by "The Alignment Guy" in Minneapolis. Who I highly recommend if you need suspension work done around here: 1 man shop with a pro setup. Reasonable rates and high attention to detail, he's used to working on funky/hobby cars and beaters.

Anyways, I put on the Buick frame brace and the DMR braces at the same time and now when you exit a hard corner the car's ass-end doesn't feels so wiggly.
 

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I believe I have two I purchased the first time around. I am getting rid of the Impala and didn't use it, and the one for the wagon I don't think will work. I have not confirmed that, but I would let one go.
 

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they dont fit the wagons. to make them work you need to cut them and put in a filler pc, to make them longer
 
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