ss autochrome.. new products?

[projectRDM]

I love posts where people are surprised to see a product that's been on the market for over two years.

As for the quality, the rod ends they use do bind easily, I've seen a few sets like that, it's the cause for the majority of damaged parts. Poor design and lack of a grease fitting were the problems on their first batch, the newer stuff is now servicable but still lack dust boots. There's just no way they'll last in the environment they're designed for.

[wangan_cruiser]

that thing is fckn scary.....i cant afford to loose my whole car because of that kind of part...

[Slidin240Wayz]

We have another winner...YAY!!!

Carlos

[j00ni3]

just use OEM FTW!!!!!! haha...

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Originally Posted by ryan hagen

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.

Sorry about the lack of printed instructions, we post all our instructions on the website and would have directed you to them if you called or emailed us:

http://www.splparts.com/doc/SPLTieRodEnd/default.htm

We have had issues with the plating on the tie rod end shanks, the plating shop put an excessive thickness of plating on the threads. We had not checked the threads but after we received the first complaint about them, we emailed everyone about the problem and sent out replacements to all customers who asked for them. We went through and checked our whole batch, and fixed those that had to be re-tapped.

As for the rust that is somewhat unavoidable due to the crimped metal locking nuts we use, those nuts will always shave off the plating when they are installed. However our shanks and nuts are intended to be only installed once (like some OEM hardware), we offer replacements for a very low cost if you ever need to remove them and re-install.

[drew300zx]

i have the rear camber arms and toe arms on my s14, it sits on 350z 18" wheels with eibach springs, i use it as a daily drive and had them on for about a year now and almost 20k miles and they look almost brand new and i have not had a problem with them, i would buy them agian

[sw20>>s14]

i wouldnt trust their multi link with my life...

on the other hand, i have been praising their strut bars ever since i got mine...excellent OS style design and beautiful welding...pretty damn beefy and rigid for $4X.00 a pc...no play and no preload BS...

thats the ONLY susp component id run from them and strut bars arent even susp...its chassis bracing...and even then, thats the closest ill get to susp components when dealing with ssac...

[silnismo]

any update on those powertrix tension rodS???