Finally no more clunking and popping

Installed SPL endlinks and it solved my problems.





Thanks Kuah!

 

are those the new design? mine are like yellow/gold or something. that clunk is annoying, i feel ya

 

Where did you get them?

 

I got mine today also from SPL parts! can't wait to get them installed!

 

http://www.splparts.com/

You can get them there - however since I live in Austin I just drove down and met with Kuah and picked them up.

Great service.

 

These are quality parts. Very beefy and well put together.

I ordered the next day they were available. Too bad I still do not have my Z back from the shop. (it's been 5 months!).

I'm just wondering if we must use all of the spacers or if they are optional. Any know?

 

They are optional it just depends on your setup and sway bar - i ended up using the spacer with my nismo bars.

I believe it's explained here: post #164

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....t=spl+endlinks

 

From the top picture - doesn't look like the nyloc nut is fully engaged, do you have them upside down? Also, looks like the design requires you to remove the end-link to make adjustments to it?

What is all that grey stuff?

 

Thanks for the business Michael!

BTW, please put some blue loctite on the nut where the endlink goes to the lower arm, we test fitted the endlinks with normal flange nuts and forgot the nylock type nuts are taller, it appears that if you use the extra spacers the nylock part is not engaged. If you need the loctite just swing by and pick up a pack. We will start including the loctite with our front endlinks.

Yes the front endlinks have to be disconnected to be adjusted. We tried making them double adjustable but I couldn't make the endlink short enough to satisfy my concerns about possible interference with other components as well as potential binding issues.

 

We installed these on a Z about two weeks ago, and I was impressed. Very nice pieces. The owner of the car is on these forums, MySpivey, and I haven't heard any complaints from him about these units. Nice job, SPL.
Will

 

The grey stuff is dirty roads (it's been raining recently).
And yeah that's how they are suppose to go. The nut didn't engage all of the way because of the extra spacer I used.


Kuah I ended up putting red loctite all off of the bolts/nuts during installation just incase so I'm all good - thanks for the heads up though.

 

$148 seems a little high per pair.

 

Holy Crap! That clicking up front is from my stock endlinks!?! That make a lot of sense! Now to do some research to see if they are worth getting...

Now is that clicking and poping a bad thing?

 

Always impressed with Kuah's work and products from SPL Parts. Good guys!

 

Thanks Will (Resolute) and Justin!

Sorry about the pricing, it did come out higher than we hoped, but we had to custom make too many components for these 350Z/G35 endlinks. We made the "bolts" (if you have seen one in person you know these are not off the shelf bolts), the spacers, the buckles, and for the rear endlinks we had to cut the rod ends to length. The nuts and rod ends are off the shelf parts, everything else came off a CNC machine. We engineered and made these specifically for the 350Z/G35...

 

Thank God I got one of the first sets. I only paid about $200 for both front and rear!

 

I'm sure it can't be good. I've heard from somewhere on here that the stock endlinks can fail and pop out (with stiffer sway bars) eventually.

 

How about including the correct size bolts?

 

As mentioned earlier, the bolts are not off the shelf bolts, they are custom made, we can't change the length without manufacturing a whole new batch. There is plenty of thread engagement on the nut, the nylock nuts are just taller than the regular nuts. We'll see if we can source some nylock nuts that are regular height...

 

I've got them on my G, and I like them. Everything just feels a bit "tighter" when I turn.