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ZX88 · 10-02-2006, 06:11 PM

i was searching though ebay and apparently ss autochrome makes suspension parts for 240s now. they have a package which you can get for under $200 does anyone know what the quality of these part are and has anyone ever bought suspension parts fromm ss autochrome? what do you guys think. (PICS)

kit includes

traction rods (set)

s13 rear camber arms

s13 tension rods

s13 rear control rods

and thier diagram

420sx · 10-02-2006, 06:14 PM

u mean FSM nissan diagram? lol.... those spherical's is what costs so much. im sceptical when it comes to ssac stuff

Vatche · 10-02-2006, 06:20 PM

i would never buy anything from these assholes. even if they make it so tempting to buy and so cheap. do u want to trust them with anything? u could be driving one day and end up dieing cuz of these bastards.

DoriftoPnoy · 10-02-2006, 06:25 PM

haha ss autochrome.... i hear so much bad shit about them. personally i've never bought anything from em but i wouldn't want to waste my money when so many have already wasted theirs. Why don't you buy a set and let us know

HKSdrift3r · 10-02-2006, 06:34 PM

i have had their exhaust for over 9 months.. it sounds just as good as it did brand new. It fit pretty damn perfect and has held through the winter without rust. Welds were great too. If i were you, i'd jump on it!

aa87 · 10-02-2006, 06:38 PM

Exhaust vs suspension arms are two different things, if a suspension arm craps out, then your not as screwed as say a hanger breaking on your exhaust. Id wait for a few guinea pigs to try it out first

**ThatGuy** · 10-02-2006, 06:39 PM

Eidt: What he said^

Big difference between an exhaust and the components that keep you chassis attached your wheels and on the road.

Slidin240Wayz · 10-02-2006, 06:40 PM

I will have a nice reponse to this question when I get home to my pictures.

Lemme ask you a couple of things.

Do you like receiving brand new rusted parts?

Do you like living?

Are you a sub-par person?

Can you save money?

Do you want children in your lifetime?

Get the point. Save up, buy SPL and enjoy a worry-free suspension. It's really not worth. I'll post pics later.

Carlos

chmercer · 10-02-2006, 06:42 PM

that shit has been on the market for like a year

+1 to the brand new rusted parts, i have seen that

dont buy these

HKSdrift3r · 10-02-2006, 06:43 PM

What would crap out on their suspension components? That material they use looks pretty damn beefy to me and like I said before, their welds have increased in quality substantially. Let him be the first guinea pig.

**ThatGuy** · 10-02-2006, 06:45 PM

^Hahaha, you claim their quality is good, but offer up someone else to test them.
CONTRADICTION!!!!!!

HKSdrift3r · 10-02-2006, 06:49 PM

contradiction because I have no need to upgrade my suspension! Im all up for trying out their turbo mani's though!

slow92_s13 · 10-02-2006, 07:06 PM

its funny everybody hates em'...my friend has a 650hp ca18 with their top mount manifold and their intercooler and its all held up. I've heard good things about those suspension parts too.

Slidin240Wayz · 10-02-2006, 07:20 PM

Honestly, please stop comparing apples to oranges. Apples to apples, these are fuckin rotten as hell. Judge a book by its contents NOT by its cover. Their wall thickness is like .149 inches. When you bang them together, you get a higher note than the 3 tenors. I was peeking at the bottom of their toe rod and I saw a spec of light = bad welds. I will be sending them a nice long email describing my experience with these parts.

Carlos

**mrmephistopheles** · 10-02-2006, 07:20 PM

In case nobody knew, Motoria is a Korean company.
http://www.motoria.co.kr/

lillaozboi · 10-02-2006, 07:28 PM

"think i'll let you ride in a hyundai"
- Han [ FnF - Tokyo Drift ]

HyperTek · 10-02-2006, 07:29 PM

isnt that the same picture that splparts uses?? i know its from teh FSM, but they had teh parts labeled like that too didnt they?

Save up some more and get Bings
http://bings.ca/

Support Canada!!

lord_hypnos · 10-02-2006, 07:30 PM

I'm all for the turbo manifold or the exhaust or that kind of stuff. But fucking suspension pieces? I'd like to live thanks.

Slidin240Wayz · 10-02-2006, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lord_hypnos

I'm all for the turbo manifold or the exhaust or that kind of stuff. But fucking suspension pieces? I'd like to live thanks.

Thanks for playing. You have won!!!

My only other consideration for suspension arms would be powertrix.

I have the TC rods- held up superb and can knock you out cold. Plus they protect their joints.

Carlos

HyperTek · 10-02-2006, 07:43 PM

i wonder how TC sportline would fare up to these

Adikt · 10-02-2006, 07:45 PM

I bought the SSAC suspension kit towards the end of June. I've daily driven it along with 2 drift events. Then I went to a drift event yesterday and was comin around the bank noticed something wasn't right. Pulled back in the pit and took a look.

Adikt · 10-02-2006, 07:46 PM

If you're cheap and you have a death wish buy them.

BTW in the whole time I had them I've driven about 2k miles on them and never hit anything

HyperTek · 10-02-2006, 07:59 PM

you should try contacting them so they can improve thier product or bitch at em to replace it.. but they might try to say "not for racing application or you probably hit something"

Looks like thier arm cant stand binding.. maybe thats what happened..

ZX88 · 10-02-2006, 08:06 PM

yeah so im going to say fuck it after seeing that pic.

Adikt · 10-02-2006, 08:20 PM

I don't think it was binding. I greased up the balljoint before I put it on and when I checked yesterday it still moved very easily.

aznpoopy · 10-02-2006, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HyperTek

you should try contacting them so they can improve thier product or bitch at em to replace it.. but they might try to say "not for racing application or you probably hit something"

Looks like thier arm cant stand binding.. maybe thats what happened..

binding does make things break. but the joint is clearly not frozen (or even remotely rusty) in that picture. bind can also be caused by contact... but just looking at the picture, i don't see anything that the rear traction arm could possibly hit.

stuff tends to break where it is weakest. you'd think the weak section would be the threaded section or along a weld. but i guess the arm itself is the weak link? scary.

undesiredshoe · 10-02-2006, 08:28 PM

i bought a damn nismo copy shift knob off ebay and now i have carpal tunnel syndrome....never would have happened if i had just bought the real nismo shift knob

ryan hagen · 10-02-2006, 09:22 PM

i ve had a ssac t25/ka24de turbo mani and had it glowing red many times no problems, alot of people bitch about ssac from a couple years ago still, but motoria makes some cheap stuff, my friend has one of their exahusts.

every one has their own bad story or their friends bad story, or their friends friends bad story. the motoria shit looks really bad though, that arm being so thin if it got dented at all the dent would probally cause a weak point for all the stress to go into till it broke

SPL parts isnt much better, i got their bumpsteer eliminator tierod ends, i had to run a die over them cause they cut the threads and then chromed them. what a pain, the crome turned into little sharp needle like things and then the threads rusted right away, shit will have to come off with a torch someday if it comes off at all, their owner said he didnt know what i was tlaking about and hadnt ever had that probelm before, it was a several week wait for them(back order) then finding the right die and ordering it sucked as well. there were no directions or diagram, and it came with 6 things that i couldnt tell if they were spacers, cones, or some kinda dampening weights. couldnt figure out how or where they went, but its all together, i dont recomend SPL links/arms although the brake deflectors are cool, i like my couple kazama peices the most, and the heim joint is perfect after 3 1/2 years.

other bad stuff, older power trix arms, all mine have bad heim joints after 1 1/2 years and 10k miles, they rusted and squeeked so i blube them but they are all bound up now

Slidin240Wayz · 10-02-2006, 10:31 PM

Crazy to hear about the tie rod ends. I hope Kuah will take this into consideration. I mentioned the new powertrix arms because the heim joints are protected now. Sellers, please take this stuff to heart.

Here are the pics I promised. I did not want what happened to adikt happen to me.

Hellloooooooo rust

After I cut that ish open

Here is how UNSAFE the walls are

And take a look at the inside

I have an extra powertrix TC rod that I will cut open as well to compare.

People, please take this as a sincere warning. Purchase safe automotive aftermarket performance parts for your car and have them installed correctly the first time.

Now what vendor wants to hook me up with some suspension arms?!?!? I need my car up and running in less than 2 weeks.

Wishing you all the best,

Carlos Doria

McRussellPants · 10-02-2006, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slidin240Wayz

Crazy to hear about the tie rod ends. I hope Kuah will take this into consideration.

He already does, every in-house link he sends out he has Corey run a tap over before it ships.

I done seen it with my own eyes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan Hagen

SPL bumpsteer hate

Kuah has had numerous problems with the tie rod ends, so has everyone else, Kazama's outters bend the aluminum buckles and the rod bearing dies hella quick.

Kuah has gone out of their way to make it cheap to upgrade to the Version 3 outters. Which have yet to have problems. Call him agian or find the thread on here about how to get the V3 shanks.

lol, about no instructions, theres an installed picture on the SPL site.

Moving on,

at the Motoria Link, .134 wall thickness, hahahah, gotta make it thin so that you can use less melted spoons to ERW into tube.

10-02-2006, 06:11 PM	#1
ZX88 Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: ATX Age: 36 Posts: 2,946 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	ss autochrome.. new products? i was searching though ebay and apparently ss autochrome makes suspension parts for 240s now. they have a package which you can get for under $200 does anyone know what the quality of these part are and has anyone ever bought suspension parts fromm ss autochrome? what do you guys think. (PICS) kit includes traction rods (set) s13 rear camber arms s13 tension rods s13 rear control rods and thier diagram

10-02-2006, 06:14 PM	#2
420sx Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Texas Age: 42 Posts: 3,960 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: 420sx Feedback Score: 0 reviews	u mean FSM nissan diagram? lol.... those spherical's is what costs so much. im sceptical when it comes to ssac stuff __________________ hydropgrahics! ls1......

10-02-2006, 06:25 PM	#4
DoriftoPnoy Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SoCal 818 Posts: 715 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	haha ss autochrome.... i hear so much bad shit about them. personally i've never bought anything from em but i wouldn't want to waste my money when so many have already wasted theirs. Why don't you buy a set and let us know __________________

10-02-2006, 06:39 PM	#7
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 45 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Eidt: What he said^ Big difference between an exhaust and the components that keep you chassis attached your wheels and on the road. __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

10-02-2006, 06:40 PM	#8
Slidin240Wayz Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Everywhere Age: 40 Posts: 5,427 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	I will have a nice reponse to this question when I get home to my pictures. Lemme ask you a couple of things. Do you like receiving brand new rusted parts? Do you like living? Are you a sub-par person? Can you save money? Do you want children in your lifetime? Get the point. Save up, buy SPL and enjoy a worry-free suspension. It's really not worth. I'll post pics later. Carlos __________________ Support Zilvia by purchasing a sticker!

10-02-2006, 06:34 PM	#5
HKSdrift3r Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Central Jersey Posts: 347 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	i have had their exhaust for over 9 months.. it sounds just as good as it did brand new. It fit pretty damn perfect and has held through the winter without rust. Welds were great too. If i were you, i'd jump on it!

10-02-2006, 06:38 PM	#6
aa87 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Shreveport, LA Age: 37 Posts: 1,116 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Exhaust vs suspension arms are two different things, if a suspension arm craps out, then your not as screwed as say a hanger breaking on your exhaust. Id wait for a few guinea pigs to try it out first

10-02-2006, 06:42 PM	#9
chmercer BANNED Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: texas! Age: 39 Posts: 3,288 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	that shit has been on the market for like a year +1 to the brand new rusted parts, i have seen that dont buy these

10-02-2006, 06:43 PM	#10
HKSdrift3r Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Central Jersey Posts: 347 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	What would crap out on their suspension components? That material they use looks pretty damn beefy to me and like I said before, their welds have increased in quality substantially. Let him be the first guinea pig.

10-02-2006, 06:45 PM	#11
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 45 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	^Hahaha, you claim their quality is good, but offer up someone else to test them. CONTRADICTION!!!!!! __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

10-02-2006, 06:49 PM	#12
HKSdrift3r Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Central Jersey Posts: 347 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	contradiction because I have no need to upgrade my suspension! Im all up for trying out their turbo mani's though!

10-02-2006, 07:06 PM	#13
slow92_s13 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bristol, TN. Age: 40 Posts: 48 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	its funny everybody hates em'...my friend has a 650hp ca18 with their top mount manifold and their intercooler and its all held up. I've heard good things about those suspension parts too.

10-02-2006, 07:20 PM	#14
Slidin240Wayz Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Everywhere Age: 40 Posts: 5,427 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	Honestly, please stop comparing apples to oranges. Apples to apples, these are fuckin rotten as hell. Judge a book by its contents NOT by its cover. Their wall thickness is like .149 inches. When you bang them together, you get a higher note than the 3 tenors. I was peeking at the bottom of their toe rod and I saw a spec of light = bad welds. I will be sending them a nice long email describing my experience with these parts. Carlos __________________ Support Zilvia by purchasing a sticker!

10-02-2006, 07:28 PM	#16
lillaozboi Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Apopka (Orlando), Fl Posts: 91 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	"think i'll let you ride in a hyundai" - Han [ FnF - Tokyo Drift ] __________________

10-02-2006, 07:29 PM	#17
HyperTek Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 13,224 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	isnt that the same picture that splparts uses?? i know its from teh FSM, but they had teh parts labeled like that too didnt they? Save up some more and get Bings http://bings.ca/ Support Canada!! __________________ Keep it Classy

10-02-2006, 07:30 PM	#18
lord_hypnos Leaky Injector Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mason, Ohio Posts: 72 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I'm all for the turbo manifold or the exhaust or that kind of stuff. But fucking suspension pieces? I'd like to live thanks.

10-02-2006, 07:43 PM	#20
HyperTek Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 13,224 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	i wonder how TC sportline would fare up to these __________________ Keep it Classy

10-02-2006, 07:45 PM	#21
Adikt Zilvia Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Chicago Age: 38 Posts: 278 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I bought the SSAC suspension kit towards the end of June. I've daily driven it along with 2 drift events. Then I went to a drift event yesterday and was comin around the bank noticed something wasn't right. Pulled back in the pit and took a look.

10-02-2006, 07:46 PM	#22
Adikt Zilvia Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Chicago Age: 38 Posts: 278 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	If you're cheap and you have a death wish buy them. BTW in the whole time I had them I've driven about 2k miles on them and never hit anything

10-02-2006, 07:59 PM	#23
HyperTek Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 13,224 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	you should try contacting them so they can improve thier product or bitch at em to replace it.. but they might try to say "not for racing application or you probably hit something" Looks like thier arm cant stand binding.. maybe thats what happened.. __________________ Keep it Classy

10-02-2006, 08:06 PM	#24
ZX88 Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: ATX Age: 36 Posts: 2,946 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	yeah so im going to say fuck it after seeing that pic.

10-02-2006, 08:20 PM	#25
Adikt Zilvia Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Chicago Age: 38 Posts: 278 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I don't think it was binding. I greased up the balljoint before I put it on and when I checked yesterday it still moved very easily.

10-02-2006, 08:28 PM	#27
undesiredshoe Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wisco Age: 36 Posts: 787 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	i bought a damn nismo copy shift knob off ebay and now i have carpal tunnel syndrome....never would have happened if i had just bought the real nismo shift knob

10-02-2006, 09:22 PM	#28
ryan hagen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: rhinelander wisconsin Age: 42 Posts: 1,465 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	i ve had a ssac t25/ka24de turbo mani and had it glowing red many times no problems, alot of people bitch about ssac from a couple years ago still, but motoria makes some cheap stuff, my friend has one of their exahusts. every one has their own bad story or their friends bad story, or their friends friends bad story. the motoria shit looks really bad though, that arm being so thin if it got dented at all the dent would probally cause a weak point for all the stress to go into till it broke SPL parts isnt much better, i got their bumpsteer eliminator tierod ends, i had to run a die over them cause they cut the threads and then chromed them. what a pain, the crome turned into little sharp needle like things and then the threads rusted right away, shit will have to come off with a torch someday if it comes off at all, their owner said he didnt know what i was tlaking about and hadnt ever had that probelm before, it was a several week wait for them(back order) then finding the right die and ordering it sucked as well. there were no directions or diagram, and it came with 6 things that i couldnt tell if they were spacers, cones, or some kinda dampening weights. couldnt figure out how or where they went, but its all together, i dont recomend SPL links/arms although the brake deflectors are cool, i like my couple kazama peices the most, and the heim joint is perfect after 3 1/2 years. other bad stuff, older power trix arms, all mine have bad heim joints after 1 1/2 years and 10k miles, they rusted and squeeked so i blube them but they are all bound up now __________________ 1990 hatch ka24de gt2871r

10-02-2006, 10:31 PM	#29
Slidin240Wayz Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Everywhere Age: 40 Posts: 5,427 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	Crazy to hear about the tie rod ends. I hope Kuah will take this into consideration. I mentioned the new powertrix arms because the heim joints are protected now. Sellers, please take this stuff to heart. Here are the pics I promised. I did not want what happened to adikt happen to me. Hellloooooooo rust After I cut that ish open Here is how UNSAFE the walls are And take a look at the inside I have an extra powertrix TC rod that I will cut open as well to compare. People, please take this as a sincere warning. Purchase safe automotive aftermarket performance parts for your car and have them installed correctly the first time. Now what vendor wants to hook me up with some suspension arms?!?!? I need my car up and running in less than 2 weeks. Wishing you all the best, Carlos Doria __________________ Support Zilvia by purchasing a sticker!