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For those who are anxious to know if they eliminated the wheel hop let me say, "Hell yeah they did!" Man what a BIG difference! I have never been able to spin the tires with so little effort. The wheel hop is totally gone. Maybe the drag bags combined with the Pedders rear drag springs is why. So I'm not sure how well they will work with the stock springs. But anyway. The install wasn't too bad. The hardest part of the job was getting the bags into the springs through the coils. Those Pedders are stiff as hell so that wasn't too easy to do. Once I compressed the bag enough and got the majority of it through the widest opened coil, I spray the coil and bag with some silicon spray and it slipped right in. The bags fit perfect in the Pedders. The kit comes with 2 valve stems and a tee which connects both line from the bags. Only one valve stem is needed because of the tee. Maybe the kit just have a extra one in it. The instructions say to drill the rear valance and mount the valve stem on it. I didn't do that. I just drilled a small hole through the trunk and mounted the valve stem there. It's totally out of sight and the kit comes with small rubber washers that will keep water from leaking into the trunk. So with my small portable air compressor, I can just air up the bags at the track, from inside the trunk, without anyone knowing. At 25 psi, the rear is jacked up pretty high. I lowered the pressure to 15 psi and hit the streets. 15 psi seems to be perfect. Like I said, the tires spun with ease with no wheel hop at all. Plus the ride isn't compromised by the bags being at 15 psi. The instructions recommend 0 - 20 psi for normal street driving and 25 psi for drag racing. At 25 psi you can definitely put wider wheels and tires on with no rubbing issues. Below are some pics I took after the install. Like an idiot I didn't think of taking the pics while the rear was up on jacks. Oh well, they still came out okay. Enjoy!
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Shot from the rear
Shot taken thru the wheel

Valve stem with the cap off. Located in the trunk.

Cap on the valve stem

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Shot from the rear

Shot taken thru the wheel

Valve stem with the cap off. Located in the trunk.

Cap on the valve stem
