I measured up the SPL's to stock length. There is no "eyeballing" the lengths anyways because there was only 1 length that could properly fit back into the stock location on the car. Any non-stock length adjustments on the endlinks would have needed to have been made on the car. However, it took only a week of driving for them to bust loose again, and yes again they have came loose on me after tightening the 2nd time. Overall they're great, but the tightness simply doesn't stick. I'm going to fabricate extra securing bolts so nothing flies loose again, this is highly annoying.

And Nope, the SPL fronts are not out yet, they are currently under development and I do not believe they will come out anytime soon.

 

Did you try some Loctite?

 

TC Design is off at Moton this week so his end links won't be ready until next week. I'll post here when they're on my car.

Dave

 

I took some pictures for you guys so you could see the difference. These have a lot more range in motion than the stock ones do, and the adjustment looks rock solid. Yet, I will find out this weekend at Sebring - let you know when I get back.

 

Hey guys I couldn't wait any longer so I went to the dealer and purchased a new set to get me by for now. I have one question, when ordering the factory links the parts rep. told me that there where two different typed of links, one for the 03 and the other for the 04 and up, I ordered the 04 and up thinking that they might be beefier or somehow different then my wimpy 03 ones but they looks exactly the same. Does anyone know the difference between the two? Also I read somewhere that there where beefier OEM end links that can be purchased, if so what is the part number or what car do they come off of. When discussing this with the parts guy he said I can take them back if that wasn't what I wanted, cool guy. Let me know soon if not ill just throw these on until the solid ones become available. Thanks!

 

I like the design of the length adjustments but the ball-joint looks identical to the stock ones. How much firmer are they compared to stock?

 

Here is the feedback from driving 7 hours at Sebring this weekend:

Buy these now!!! They improved the cars handling by putting my lapping times into 2:29 at Sebring! And those kind of times are what the pro racers do in the GT3 Cup cars! They also didn't move by them self nor do they feel the slight bit warn. I could run down any car on any turn on track - even the Panoz's, GT3 Cup, and the Spec Miata's!

 

Read up on it, you want a some type of Hemi-joint on your end-links.

Don't know what you mean by firmer? The bearing has more range of motion than stock, feels about the same resistance as stock, but the design looks to be about 2x as strong as stock.

 

Are you talking about the Powergrid adjustable sway bar links? Did you install both front & rear links? What are the rest of your suspension setup so it'll give me an idea based on your experience with these end links?

 

Yes - I am talking about the the Powergrid.

My set up is as follows:
- Tein Flex
- 350EVO A-Arms
- Kinetix traction/camber bars
- Hotchkis sways set a M/M
- Toyo RA1's 275 front 305 rear
- 18" SSR GT7 Wheels
- Camber: -3 front -2 rear
- Toe: Zero all the way around

 

A few more questions... Any "clunking" sounds? How low is the car?

 

Man, those are some wide tires on both the front & rear! You must have one heck of a grip! What are the specs on your 18" rims? Just curious to see if you have any rubbing.

 

Yep, MoodDude does have a nice set up. I run a 285/30/18 front, and a 315/30/18 rear On 18x9.5 and 18x10.5" Axis reverbs.

MoodDude, I would love for you to come a bit further west and come run some of our West oast tracks with us, could be fun.....

 

Holy cow! Those are some wide a$$ tires! Can you post some pics of your Z?

 

Hmm.... this is something I should look into. I've been getting a popping or small clunking sound coming from my suspension, especially the rear. The more I read about how other people are experiencing the same thing I am, the more I wonder if I should get new end links.

I just started reading this thread today, thanks to someone else linking me. I liked the links that Z1 posted on the first page, but I also like what I read from mooddude's experience on the track.

Is anyone waiting for something better to come out, or do most people concur on one brand? Maybe someone should set up a poll. I'm curious as to which set is the best bang for the buck. I don't want to go cheap since this is obviously an important safety issue.

 

What were your lap times before the links? Do you really think that end lines alone really made you that much faster??

Still waiting to pick mine up from TC.

 

None that I can hear and my hearing is pretty good.

 

No rubbing issues and I have a ton of grip, but you need a lot of horsepower to run them!

If I remember the rim specs - 18x8.5 front and 18x9.5 rear w/ 33 offset (or is it 35?)

 

Would love to come out west - especially the new Utah track, it is just so far away and there are so many great tracks out here.
I will be at Barber this weekend (my favorite track) and VIR next month for the first time.

 

I really didn't time myself last time at Sebring since that was my first time there and it take a full weekend to learn that track!!!

Yes, it did make me faster. Why - because it got me my perfect 50/50 cross weights and that is night and day vs 51/49!!