new tension rods

[240DRFT]

i need new tension rods, should i get tein, battle version, or SPL?

[240marcuSX]

i have the battle version units and they work for me. except for some unattractive rust. the spl ones look pretty nice too. but im sure the tein ones are good. eenny meeeny miiiiny moo.

[turtl631]

cheapest? thats what i would do...spl looks like the best option to me

[PGBrian]

Tein - i loved them for my s14 because they had the rubber cover and they had the badass brake duct mounting bracket.

Battle Version - i have the old ones. work perfect. if any BV parts break, Alex will replace them for free.

SPL - great quality.

[Nismo_Freak]

Out of those 3 companies, who supports NICO

[PGBrian]

dont know.dont care.

i would rather buy a part that is well backed.

i was gonna buy NAMS stuff for my car, but i figured, if Alex will replace any part for free, i cant go wrong there.

[blu240hch]

I've heard good things about SPL and BV, I went with Tein b/c of all the nasty *** salt and sand of the east coast.

So personal preference comes into play I guess.

[Nismo_Freak]

dont know.dont care.

i would rather buy a part that is well backed.

i was gonna buy NAMS stuff for my car, but i figured, if Alex will replace any part for free, i cant go wrong there.

No company is gonna replace a part for free if you are the one that broke it (ie: drifting into a curb).

We've had our parts break before and we replaced them free of charge. Even if they were damaged in an accident we usually cut them a deal.

[PGBrian]

ok well i'll tell you my story then.

i have Battle VErsion arms on my car.i have Zeal Super Function coilovers on my car.

when i went to the justdrift event a while ago, i was changing my wheels and my buddy noticed my rear upper arm was cracked.i shat myself.so, thanks to PG super tuning network, i had the arm replaced with a s15 arm within the hour.i went out to the track then.a little while later Tony Angelo tells me that there is something in the pits waiting for me.i go back and see a bran new pair of BV upper arms sitting near my tools.Alex P. had seen the broken BV upper arm on the ground, asked whose it was, Tony and Chris told him, he went to his car and got a new set out of the trunk, and replaced them on the spot.free of charge. the arms cracked due to my super stiff srpings and my everyday drive through **** hole california + drifting

so, ALex replaced his parts for free.

[Nismo_Freak]

ok well i'll tell you my story then.

i have Battle VErsion arms on my car.i have Zeal Super Function coilovers on my car.

when i went to the justdrift event a while ago, i was changing my wheels and my buddy noticed my rear upper arm was cracked.i shat myself.so, thanks to PG super tuning network, i had the arm replaced with a s15 arm within the hour.i went out to the track then.a little while later Tony Angelo tells me that there is something in the pits waiting for me.i go back and see a bran new pair of BV upper arms sitting near my tools.Alex P. had seen the broken BV upper arm on the ground, asked whose it was, Tony and Chris told him, he went to his car and got a new set out of the trunk, and replaced them on the spot.free of charge. the arms cracked due to my super stiff srpings and my everyday drive through **** hole california + drifting

so, ALex replaced his parts for free.

Right, that only reinforces what I mentioned above.

His arms cracked as a result of usage, not abuse. Abuse would be you sliding into an Excursion or a median doing 40 mph or something. Get what I'm saying?

BTW, you notice on our website we don't sell the "SPL" S14 RUCA's, instead we sell the Cusco ones... mainly because this is about the only arms we have found that appear to outlast the rest of the car lol. Mainly because most of the other arms on the market in my opinion have too much of an angle at the weld point. Is this where your's cracked?

[PGBrian]

mine cracked along the length of the arm.there are pictures somewhere, but for right now i'm not gonna look.

yeah i understand what you meant.anyways, have you had any problems with the "spl" rear upper arms. they have always looked to be one of the best designs. they aren't as beefy as Cusco, but i really like the oval design.anyways, i'm still rockin the new BV arms and tehy work well.

[Nismo_Freak]

mine cracked along the length of the arm.there are pictures somewhere, but for right now i'm not gonna look.

yeah i understand what you meant.anyways, have you had any problems with the "spl" rear upper arms. they have always looked to be one of the best designs. they aren't as beefy as Cusco, but i really like the oval design.anyways, i'm still rockin the new BV arms and tehy work well.

Well... the SPL S13 arms are the oval arms... those are loads stronger than anything I've seen on the market, including Cusco's S13 arms (similar design, materials, but our rod end is larger from the set I compared to).

As for the S14 though... Cusco is number 1 ... they have a very seemless transfer at the weld point between following the curved portion to the rod end. Frankly the SPL S14 ones are prolly strong enough, but we don't wanna take chances of one cracking or falling apart while someone is driving. We'd rather sell the better part for less profit and know it's good.

[s13sr20chris]

alan, do you offer service components for your stuff? like new bearings or rod ends? are the spl parts metric or sae?

btw i have a set of tein t/c rods on my s13 that are fine.

[Nismo_Freak]

alan, do you offer service components for your stuff? like new bearings or rod ends? are the spl parts metric or sae?

btw i have a set of tein t/c rods on my s13 that are fine.

Yes we have componentry if you need it.

Most of what we sell is metric.