Secchi TC rod VS Nismo TC rod. Which one should I pick?!

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So I decided to change my TC rod. So I found out I can get Secchi and Nismo with the same price. So which one should I go with? Tell me what yiou think!


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Go with pillow ball joints, not with rubber bushing.Like SPL, Battle Version, Kazama, Tein...

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I was thinking about that last night. And I decided to go with secchi. Because it's adjustable and use pillow type not rubber. thanks tho!

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Do you have pics of this "Secchi" tension rod? Never heard of it before.

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94_240sx wrote:Do you have pics of this "Secchi" tension rod? Never heard of it before.
and the Nismo ones are crap... well not necessarily crap, but not worth the money. You better off just getting energy bushings in replace of your stock ones.

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adrians_s13 wrote: and the Nismo ones are crap... well not necessarily crap, but not worth the money. You better off just getting energy bushings in replace of your stock ones.
Agreed! I have Nismo T/C rods so I can testify to that. I only paid $85 for mine and I can say that paying $200 and something for a set of T/C rods that look like stock is not a good idea especially when there is so much more to choose from. Twins...the only difference is the color and a better bushing which you can buy new for $30. You can just clean up your old T/C rod and have the Nismo bushing pressed in. If I knew then what I know now!

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here's the link! http://projectnissan.com/shopp...=1335

Tell me what do you guys think!

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mchkc240 wrote:here's the link! http://projectnissan.com/shopp...=1335

Tell me what do you guys think!


Those are Project Nissan tension rods. Seems like they just renamed them. The company is in my area, and I know the owner. There's a company called TopSpeed in the area also and basically those rods are from TopSpeed and made in Taiwan, IIRC. I know a guy who's been ruuning them forever without any problem on his 240, but also I've seen one side snapped on a guy's z32. He said he hit something and it snapped. Finish is not that good, so green paint will peel out badly though. Courtesy Nissan carries Project Nissan(Secchi) tension rods and RUCAs, and they said overall reviews are not that bad.

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only thing nismo ive seen worth a **** is the powerbrace

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RB20DETodd wrote:only thing nismo ive seen worth a **** is the powerbrace
well.... they have pretty nice shift knobs


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