Suspension parts on ebay...

[yokota180sx]

hah, if only you knew my friend

[slik_s13]

sell them to someone else that doesnt know **** about sus parts. haha. thats mean

[wa-chiss]

fill'em with sand. Or better yet water. Liquids don't compress. Then weld in a cap for the water or sand.

[RCA]

fill'em with sand. Or better yet water. Liquids don't compress. Then weld in a cap for the water or sand.

Hmm I was also thinking molten aluminum. This is getting complicated.

I was also planning on purchaseing some Battle TC rods and compareing them. Any suggestions for test I should run?

[yokota180sx]

are you actually serious?

im stil unable to get past the fact you bought ebay sus links

[RCA]

I am sorry.But I bid on them, then I posted this thread. After reading the responces I was hoping some one else would out bid me.

No one else was that stupid. So I am stuck. I spent $225 for all of these. I started looking into Battle parts and it looks like $1800 for the same parts..

So moral of the story is... You get what you pay for.

But I want to make some good out of this retarted decision. I want to figure out what the Egay parts can do VS real parts.So throw me some suggestions so I could make some comparisions...

[yokota180sx]

i can tell yuoBreak fast

hollow tubes with welds will not stand up to the saily driving abuse these parts take

seriouslywrite it off as a loss, and throw them awaydo not install them

[AceInhole]

Sorry for bringing up a month old topic. Just thought it was a funny thread.

Anyways:

Quote »hollow tubes with welds will not stand up to the saily driving abuse these parts take[/quote]Do you really think any other company is using a solid tube?

Are you afraid of using OEM suspension parts due to them being sheet metal U-channels?

The welds are probably stronger than the OEM parts. It's the cheap rod ends that I'd worry about, but it's not exactly an expensive (or complicated) part to begin with.

[naed240sx]

sure I guess... but why would you want helical? vsld > helical

god i hope that was a joke

[silnismo]

Sorry for bringing up a month old topic. Just thought it was a funny thread.

Anyways:

Do you really think any other company is using a solid tube?

Are you afraid of using OEM suspension parts due to them being sheet metal U-channels?

The welds are probably stronger than the OEM parts. It's the cheap rod ends that I'd worry about, but it's not exactly an expensive (or complicated) part to begin with.

First off, OEM arms have no welds on there for max strenth. ill take oem 1 pc steel stamped control arm over these ne days.

Reason why these arms suck so bad is b/c of POOR material used, also the more welds, the more place it can brake for these arms. Their welding is crappy, to say the least.

VLSD > HLSD, hahahaha that was funny tell another joke.

[RCA]

First off, OEM arms have no welds on there for max strenth. ill take oem 1 pc steel stamped control arm over these ne days.

Its more like lets save a whole lot of time and have these sus parts stamped. I am sure they are stronger but its more about time and $ saving.

Reason why these arms suck so bad is b/c of POOR material used, also the more welds, the more place it can brake for these arms. Their welding is crappy, to say the least.

Well I can not defend the material. I also have my douts about the material. But the Tie Rods were awesome. Even if you buy the set for the tie rods its worth it.

And yes the more welds the more places it could break. But these welds are rows of nickels. The welds look great.

VLSD > HLSD, hahahaha that was funny tell another joke.

I realize that people on 240sx.org want to flame people SOO bad that they end up talking out of their A$$ just so they can do it. I was pissed when I read adrians_s13's comment, but what can you do...

PS the endlinks are aluminum and very well put together

UPDATEI tryed to fill the Toe Rods with insulating foam but after filling them I put on the endlinks. This didn't allow air to enter which didn't allow the foam to dry correctly. The foam didn't form but just turned into the oils that it is made from. And the oily substance got on the threads of the end links and now makes it impossible to turn/adjust. I threw them out. The traction rods with filled correctly and feel awesome. I will be doing it to the rest of them

[koukicody]

god i hope that was a joke

[naed240sx]

Dude, why ohh why are you filling suspension arms with foam?

It will not do a damn thing for strength.

[AceInhole]

Rust prevention? They don't seem to be overly exposed to the elements. At most I'd throw some seals-it heim seals on them, with anti-seize on the threads.

It's not like these arms will see bending stresses, so there's really no point in them being solid. Further, I'd rather have an arm bend (rather than damage other components, or break off entirely) in the event of an accident/ impact.

From an engineering standpoint, these aren't even major load bearing pieces. The majority of lateral load will be through the lower control arm. I honestly wouldn't worry too much about material and welds, unless these things are welded that much worse than the subframe mounts they attach to.

Regardless, whenever using heim joints to replace rubber bushings, maintenance is the key. I haven't heard of or seen a control arm fail anywhere other than at the heim (Cusco/ SPL included) due to negligence.

[RCA]

UPDATESo I threw out the parts. They worked fine in the car. I put about 800miles on with them. No problem. I did some "attemped" drifting in my jobs parking lot for about 30 min. They didnt give or break but then again I could only g 40MPH and with an open diff. sliding is pretty hard.

Yea my birthday is comming up and so is christmas, so I am convincing everyone I know to buy me suspention parts.I sent them this website as a registury...

http://www.pdm-racing.com/prod....html

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