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Old Oct 23, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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Question Kbee Performance Suspension?????

who has heard about KBee Performance Suspension? heres a link let me know what you guys think, so far i have heard good stuff from the evo and sti people's but i want to hear it from you guys. holla back!!!!!

Mono-tube design. This maximizes the working portion of the shock to yield super damping force characteristics.

Nitrogen charged to reduce foaming and aeration under even the most extreme conditions.

Each shock is designed to for each application for optimum performance. One-size-fits all is not part of our dictionary

Attached to the vehicle using custom designed polyurethane bushings for higher performance and longer life.

Electrostaticly painted and also use a special coating in key areas to reduce the chance of corrosion.

Topped off with the highest quality cold-wound chrome silicon steel coil springs.

Height adjustable (with threaded shell cases) - Available on certain models

Shortened bodies for more travel - Available on certain models

15 way adjustable compression and rebound damping - Available on certain models

http://www.kbee.jp/english/english.html
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Old Oct 23, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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I heard that KBee Japan suspension is actually Chinese-made but assembled in japan or boxed in japan or something like that to appeal to the JDM mass.....
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Old Oct 23, 2007 | 09:23 PM
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i wonder how much these will cost?
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 07:15 AM
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KB Toys j/k

sounds like youre a vendor soliciting a product with the whole 411 on blast. just teasin you .....well if it truly is Japanese "judging by the actual Japanese address in Tokyo and Japanese version website then it probably is decent-pretty good...

Ive seen the R & D which Japanese companies like Tomei use to develop products and they take their time to ensure they produce the best product out there...

only problem with having a "suspension" company out of the country such as Japan is you'd have to service your part(s) for instance a blown shock or something out of the country back and fourth... which takes weeks to months...


why not buy something out here which is Japanese but based out here, Tein, Cusco, JIC, Apex, Tanabe and if you are baller Zeal are all well reputed and proven Japanese-US based suspension

either or gluck with picking something and the new suspension
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 07:35 AM
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I thought this sounded like a sales pitch as well...
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 09:38 AM
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good opinions, i was just wondering about the product, all i did was get as much info and see what you guy's tought about it. i really never heard about them, but i have heard a couple of people that do have the set up on there evo's and sti's in the los angeles area. hey you guys are right about having to replace parts and having them done here in the U.S. rather then getting them done outside of the U.S. it becomes a big hassle. thanks for the great feed back, well im co with the set up i have, go zeal!
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 09:51 AM
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mentioning cusco in the list of having them serviced here may be true but if there is a fault in the manufacturing then you have to send the busted shock to japan and then they look at it and make the call. my friend has zero-2 c/o and the top piece broke on the front driver side and the rear bottom mount snapped. he had the rear welded back in but since the front piece broke, he doesnt know what to do.
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 07:30 AM
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We will be stocking soon...stay tuned for details.
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 10:01 AM
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cool^^

new suspensions are always interesting....how soon?
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 918 Z
cool^^

new suspensions are always interesting....how soon?
Very soon.
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 01:26 PM
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please let me know when these come in
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 03:41 PM
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i dont have much info besides that they havent came up in the z community yet and been out for a while now....A friend ran some kbees way back on his SR and ran it on GMR he said he liked them and didnt have a problem and this guy abuses anything that was on this car pushing it to its limit even some warrior tires?!?!? ya made them tires grip some how... i would try them if the price was right and if i had my stock suspension on still but im loving my edfc right now...LOL

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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 05:36 AM
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Now available!
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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 07:22 AM
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"We on the swarm"

HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA, f'in great
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