Anyone have them? Reviews, impressions?

 

i have them wren. they are actually needed with the rear camber arms in majority of cases of lowering. they actually adjust the toe setting back into spec when lowering the car. the lowering causes the toe to not be adjustable back into factory spec. this way you can lower your car, set the camber where you like & then get the toe into spec. i recomend them if you are lowering your car more than 3/4"......i was also told by kinetix that there is a lowering point where even the traction arms cannot get you back into spec. basically they work great for cars lowered from 3/4" to 1.75" max. any less they should not be needed & any more you will have to fab somthing to get your toe back in. worked great with my eibachs & they are easy to adjust!

-justin

 

Eh, I don't plan on lowering the car anytime soon because the roads here suck. I was actually hoping they would reduce wheel hop (even though the 275 toyos and sway bars nearly eliminated it). I was thinking they would improve traction. Would they help do anything on stock ride height?

 

allow for more toe adjustment! the movement of the rod when adjusted only moves toe in/out! i wondered myself why they were called traction arms. the camber arms would be more of a traction arm due to its capability to adjust camber to "0" for straight line traction or extreme negative for cornering traction........who knows. mabey they were thinking "tracking" arms not "traction" arms!

-justin

 

i ordered a set for a local friend, they work well and are very well constructed.

 

Are they noisy with the polyurethane bushings?

 

Nope no noise problems whatsoever.

 

how about the front a-arms.....anyone have these and give a review that would be great...thanks

 

yeah i have the front arms too. i was pretty ok as far as camber specs after lowering my car but i really wanted full adjustability since you are limited from the factory. the arms work great. plenty of room for adjustment. i wanted a less aggressive front/rear camber setup so i wouldnt eat my 19" t1s's as often as those with the more aggressive specs........fairly easy to adjust. 1 turn of the bolt mount is approximately .2* so you can get a pretty precise setting from left to right. i only wish i could adjust caster. this limitation on the z is rediculous!

-justin

 

thanks....so would something like the 350evo front a arms be more adjustable than the kinetix....

 

i dont think they have anymore adjustability as far as camber goes but some of the other arms do offer caster adjustment. depends on what you want from your arms & how often you may adjust them. if you go to the track & adjust your camber between track & street often, then the Performance Nissan Upper Control Arms arms would be better. they use blocks wich would alloy for easy setting of camber changes on the fly. i think the 350evo arms are the easiest for actual adjustment but would be hard to change between track & street setting since they just use sliders. with the kinetix arms you can count the number of turns between the 2 settings & as i mentioned the PN arms use blocks wich can bwe added or removed for different settings...........lastly, if you are just looking for arms to get the best camber adjustment possible for even tire wear i recomend the kinetix arms. they are all pretty similiar & do just about the same thing so its up to you on wich you would like to purchase.........you will have to cantact PN but i believe they are making thier front arms with caster adjustment now. plus they offer an aftermarket mount bushing or factory type depeding on your driving style..........hope this helped!

-justin

 

thanks alot myz8a4re....that helped out a bunch...peace out