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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 10:44 AM
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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by sssmasss
what brand you have in mind? I am thinking of BC or D2? i have 1600 to spend. The front upper camber control arms, rear camber arms, rear toe arms will be SPL Branded. That is because of OP situation and many others.

The camber kits will cost me around 700 bucks or even more. So i only have around 900-800 dollars left for coilovers.
Well, I can only speak from experience for my coilovers as I've never owned any others. I have BC Racing on my car for almost two years now. I love them. For daily driving, they can be set incredibly comfortably yet handle very well, or if you're going to take it to the track, bump it up 10 or 15 notches and it literally feels like I'm on rails. For a cheaper coilover setup, I couldn't be happier.
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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by xxxlino
dang we should have a thread of failing components. to inform us of failed brands with actual pics.
+1!

I was debating on getting ichiba but I took advice from another member (after researching too) and went with SPL front control arms. SOOO glad I made that decision. Seeing all this fail makes me question my SPC rear arms too!!
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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 01:43 PM
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There are several people in this thread speculating that SPC is junk. You should know that SPC = Eibach. You shouldn't jump to conclusions on one brand (SPC) based on the failure of a completely separate brand (Ichiba). I am running SPC rear camber arms without issue.
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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by AllstarE4
There are several people in this thread speculating that SPC is junk. You should know that SPC = Eibach. You shouldn't jump to conclusions on one brand (SPC) based on the failure of a completely separate brand (Ichiba). I am running SPC rear camber arms without issue.
good to know
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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 02:22 PM
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those Ish1tba's look like godspeed..





same factory??

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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 03:49 PM
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That is terrible..... a law suit will clearly make a point to these shitty companies and stop them from selling this junk. I am surprised that no one has sued anyone of these companies for faulty parts that hold no standards. I know a few law firms that would love to go after these companies but they need hard evidence of failures and multiple people for a class action.
Most cheap parts are marked "OFF ROAD ONLY" to avoid law suits and DOT regulations.
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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 05:08 PM
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The only reason I was running them is they had a legal inner metal sleeve (thickness) for the class I race in (and they were adjustable). I didn't put them on because they were "cheap"....I toss a set of $1450 hoosier A6's after 30 autocross runs and have motons on my car. I just put the stock ones back on. The camber arm lasted a year on 315 A6's...
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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by rotchcrocket04
Well, I can only speak from experience for my coilovers as I've never owned any others. I have BC Racing on my car for almost two years now. I love them. For daily driving, they can be set incredibly comfortably yet handle very well, or if you're going to take it to the track, bump it up 10 or 15 notches and it literally feels like I'm on rails. For a cheaper coilover setup, I couldn't be happier.
oh no it is my dd. i dont track anyways. i just want to slam my car. hehehe thank you
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 01:23 PM
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What do you guys think about Cusco camber arms? Heard anything bad about them?
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 10:08 AM
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For real, these are garbage. We need to do something about it. I got mine in today and looked and laughed. The rubber boot thats in the middle of the `horse shoe` not sure what its called. Is hella thin. It looks like you could tear it with your hands. Just called them said i want to return your crap, now looking into buying the kinetix after i install my coils, rear camber and toe....How bad will my front be without getting the `fuca`. It`ll be a little before i order them.... Thanks
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by 1991ls13
For real, these are garbage. We need to do something about it. I got mine in today and looked and laughed. The rubber boot thats in the middle of the `horse shoe` not sure what its called. Is hella thin. It looks like you could tear it with your hands. Just called them said i want to return your crap, now looking into buying the kinetix after i install my coils, rear camber and toe....How bad will my front be without getting the `fuca`. It`ll be a little before i order them.... Thanks
the only way to tell "how bad" is to get an alignment done and see how your specs are on stock arms. every car is different depending on your drop.
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 11:20 AM
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^ k thanks
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 1991ls13
^ k thanks
i think if you slam it, expect your camber to be between 2-3 degrees on stock arms. everycar is diffferent. but then again if you drive your car a little, having camber wont eat up your tires. i only say that because mine is a weekend car.
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 12:18 PM
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Ya, I`m just going to put the coilovers on with the rear camber kit and toe. Drop it roughly 2" see how everything looks. Then go from there
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by finalfantasy316
What do you guys think about Cusco camber arms? Heard anything bad about them?
Cusco is a good brand. never heard anything bad about them.
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 1991ls13
Ya, I`m just going to put the coilovers on with the rear camber kit and toe. Drop it roughly 2" see how everything looks. Then go from there
Negative camber won't destroy your tires nearly as fast as an out-of-wack TOE will.

Getting a full alignment done (with corrected arms installed) is the most reasonable thing to do. If you MUST ride on the stock arms for awhile, at least get the TOE checked out when you bring it in for the rear.
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 03:54 PM
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Absolutely the perfect answer i was looking for. Will do. Thanks. Kinda off topic i guess. Anyone have a pic and specs on camber with at least a 1.5 drop in the front with no fuca?


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here are the FUCA i got today from ebay. OMG they looked just like the megans. Then when i got them and took a closer look. Holy hell.

The rubber boot is falling off the joint where it suppose to cover. Then you can see that the other rubber piece is already tearing apart. These places are a joke!. Not to mention, when i opened the box, they had absolutely no cushion or bubble wrap. Nothing, along with wholes in the box etc.




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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by AllstarE4
There are several people in this thread speculating that SPC is junk. You should know that SPC = Eibach. You shouldn't jump to conclusions on one brand (SPC) based on the failure of a completely separate brand (Ichiba). I am running SPC rear camber arms without issue.
I have a set of the Eibach rear camber arms, and I was also wondering what the brand relationship was, because they look just like the broken one listed. I wasn't super worried since I have had them on the car for a good bit, but it is nice to know.
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by 1991ls13
Ya, I`m just going to put the coilovers on with the rear camber kit and toe. Drop it roughly 2" see how everything looks. Then go from there
You will need adjustable control arms up front. I am only on Eibach Pro-Kit springs with just a 1" drop and was at -2.1* and -2.3* in the front. The Kinetix front arms are possibly the most popular budget arm and I've been running them without problems.

Originally Posted by 1991ls13
Absolutely the perfect answer i was looking for. Will do. Thanks. Kinda off topic i guess. Anyone have a pic and specs on camber with at least a 1.5 drop in the front with no fuca?


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here are the FUCA i got today from ebay. OMG they looked just like the megans. Then when i got them and took a closer look. Holy hell.

The rubber boot is falling off the joint where it suppose to cover. Then you can see that the other rubber piece is already tearing apart. These places are a joke!. Not to mention, when i opened the box, they had absolutely no cushion or bubble wrap. Nothing, along with wholes in the box etc.
Again, try the Kinetix. See if you can get your money back on those and put that cash toward Kinetix.

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I have a set of the Eibach rear camber arms, and I was also wondering what the brand relationship was, because they look just like the broken one listed. I wasn't super worried since I have had them on the car for a good bit, but it is nice to know.
Ya you shouldn't have to worry about the Eibach stuff. The only downside to buying Eibach branded parts are that they are more expensive than the SPC.
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