Tie rods

[Soulja]

Tein Rods and ends, vs Kazama ends. Can be picked up for about the same money.

Are tein TR ends pillowball, or old fashioned grease balloons?

[EnzoRWD]

im wondering the same things, as i can even get the tein rods and ends for less than the kazama ends... hmmm-Enzo

edit: would it be better to use the kazama ends on the stock tie rods or swap out the whole thing for the tein? i do road racing, so steering accuracy and feedback is key.

[EnzoRWD]

?? anyone have tein rods and care to shed some light on this??

[Soulja]

Actually, If you want, you can get the tein tie rods, and get the s14 kazama tie rod ends.

[180fan]

or pull your existing tie rods and weld piping over them. The ends...er no el cheapo way around that I can see.

[EnzoRWD]

yeah im thinking tein rod set for 160, then kazama ends for about the same price. i assume if the kazama fits the stock rod it fits the tein rod?-Enzo

[Soulja]

You can get the teins without the ends, its usually about 75. You just need to get the s14 kazama ends to fit with the teins.

[chmercer]

the tein ends arent pillow ball tho, right?

[SRdave240]

No, they are just beefier that the stock ones. I just ordered a set from Projectsilvia. I will let everyone know how I like them after the install. My steering is all squirley right now cause both inners and outters are bad.

[EnzoRWD]

who sells just the rods? i havent been able to find any...and with the s14 kazama ends, it will fit an s13??-Enzo

[Soulja]

Options auto salon. http://www.optauto.com

[llamabeta]

The Tein have the normal grease ball joints. They are beefier though an include spacers for the rack. You can't use the lock clip if you use the spacers.

I installed them immeaditely when I picked up my 92 S13. The boots were split and the rods looked extremely fatigued. So I picked up these from phase2. Really tough and good looking product.

CAUTION!ALWAYS use TEIN Strengthened Tie Rod together with TEIN Strengthened Rod End. The following combination will NOT work: Genuine tie rod with TEIN Strengthened Rod EndTEIN Strengthened Tie Rod with genuine rod end

Note on the spacers from Tein:

CAUTION!By using the spacer A, included in the kit, the steering wheel cut off angle will be increased. However it might cause tires and fenders/wings to hit each other or the other parts of the vehicle, depending on the size of the tires and/or wheel. When this happens, simply removing the spacers could solve the problem, but there will not be any increase in the angle. Please use the spacers at your own risk.

I DO have these installed. You do feel the increase in angle. I do have stock wheels and tire sizes though. I have not had any problems. When I change out my wheels I'll see what happens.

[book-ends]

The other, best and most expensive option is JIC Magic super beefy tie rods with the Kazama ends attached......amazingly enough I was just thinking about doing this.....not JIC, but tie rod swap out in general.