Subframe spacers install pics

[boost infested]

i am sure everyone knows how to do it already. flame away

[Tictakman]

whats the benifit to these? how much and where too... thanks for the picsZak

[Touchdown038]

How's the performance difference?

[boost infested]

Pre-loading the stock bushings results in much more responsive handling and also greatly reduces wheel hop. :ylsuper

ebay.... buy it now for $84

[stillmatic]

Are those the Techno Toy Tuning T3 subframe bushings from the zilvia group buy?

WHAT THE SPACERS DO:They pre-load the stock rubber bushings so the body does not float separately from the sub frame. Stock, the body “floats” about an inch before the suspension even interacts with the driving conditions. This “floating” or vague, sloppy feeling is magnified with upgraded suspension modifications. Installing the spacers will prevent the body from “floating”. This gap between the body and sub frame is also the reason for wheel hop. Because the sub frame is mounted loosely, the sub frame is allowed to bounce up and down.

Pre-loading the stock bushings results in much more responsive handling and also greatly reduces wheel hop. By retaining the stock rubber mounts, it will also maintain a decent ride quality.

[Tictakman]

nice, thanks

[boost infested]

yes they are Techno Toy Tuning.

[doh240sx]

yeah, i have them too, it's great, downside is that you get more roadnoise..., but this has to do with the turbo forum how?

[fiznat]

cool man! how long did it take ya? I'm thinking about doin this this weekend...

[TurboKA37]

ive got the whiteline subframe bushings. same thing as those but they are made out of polyurethane. i can definatley tell they have compressed the stock bushings a lot. with the whitelines it tooke me about 45-60mins by myself. and all you need is a jack & stands along with a few socket sizes

[TrunkMonkey]

yeah, i have them too, it's great, downside is that you get more roadnoise..., but this has to do with the turbo forum how?

more power = more wheel hop? it's a stretch...some of us are too ka turbo die hard to even bother to look at the rest of this great site .

-demetrius

[Tictakman]

why the different material? is one better than the other or just saving money?

Zak

[TurboKA37]

i imagine polyurethane ones are a bit easier to make and whiteline already makes a wide range of polyurethane bushings so prolly more cost efficient for them. polyurethane has some flex to it but i imagine it cant be that much once they squeezed into place.

[brent240]

SPL also sell these! They take paypal and will even email you some very simple directions. It took me about 20 minutes to do mine. They are a piece of cake.

[Silent Drifter]

I was gonna get these off ebay too how you like em so far?

[boost infested]

i like it!

[brent240]

they are a great and cheap suspension mod..

brent240

[llamabeta]

I have the Kazama's on mine. Install took 25mins for me. You can definitely feel a difference. It takes away that resettling that the subframe does when cornering. Great improvement. Only thing is roadnoise is increased when in gear and off throttle. High speeds it is fine as well. After I put them on I went out to check on the road noise. Local PD was none to pleased I was going 95 down I-10. Too bad he didnt have his radar on.

[RobDET]

I'm lookin on ebay... Can't find 'em. Do you guys have a suggested search?

[TurboKA37]

i found some of the whiteline ones for sell at a great price here:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...04699these are the ones i have(they go for $85+shipping from PDM)

[RobDET]

i really want metal ones...

[brent240]

Get them from SPL. They are really nice. They also take paypal.

[E Dogg]

does anyone know if subframe spacers will work on a HICAS car?

[RobDET]

Probibly HICAS uses the play in the bushings to do the steering but i can't imagine that it uses subframe play. If all the HICAS stuff is mounted to the subframe then the spacesrs should work

[E Dogg]

my hicas not connected because I dont have power steering, but I left all the hicas stuff attached rather that buying an eliminator kit

[89240sxdude]

u people r nutz! why would u pay 85 buks for a few little pieces of metal. by the looks of it u can make those out of a piece of pipe that u can get from a scrap yard for free and be just as effective if not more effective than those. u guys can waste your money on whatever u want but i just think its retarted. on the other side of the whole thing, i never thought that making those stiffer would help. Ill have to try my idea, hell maby ill post some pics too. thanx guyz

[E Dogg]

personally id rather spend 85 then waste almost a whole day trying to fabricate somthing like that, theyre not just O shaped pieces of metal- look at the step pattern on the one spacer..

[89240sxdude]

well if your not skilled enough to fabricate two pieces of pipe then hopefully youll be able to put those in without your rear end falling out at 80mph

[Exar-Kun]

hey, please contribute something constructive, also sub frame spacers are quite usefull for compressing the stock bushings, and making them from a peice of pipe will not work, since you would ahve to fabricate the exact bushings dimensions and stepping caused by there the bushings sit in the sub frame, so please dont say it's "easy"and a waste of money.

if you cant contribute more than "oh man, you guys are idiots, I can do that" dont post, and also if you're so confident you can make them, out of alluminum and conforming (SAFELY) to the sub frame bushings and their steps and such so not only does it clamp the bushing, but also slips into the hole where the bold goes into the frame of the car....why haven't you? you could have made a ton of money....-chet

[E Dogg]

Exactly.