Which company produces the best product for the money? The Cusco setup looks nice but the Ichiba looks identical for less than half the price. Then you got the Kinetix for about the same price as that. So what one is the best for the money, I will not be going slammed so max adjustability is not needed. Will be going on 03 sedan with bc coilovers.

 

I suggest you do some looking around on your own. Your questions have been answered many, many times.

BTW what are you referring to regarding the traction bars? Sway bars perhaps?

 

kinetix call them traction bars, its the 2nd bar back with the camber bars, cusco also has them. i've been looking around the last couple weeks, seen reviews on each but no comparision. trying to see if anyones had experience with more than one and why they chose the one they went with instead. or a shops opinion on which one is better for the money.

 

best bars period are by SPL, but thats more for bragging rights and racing. You'd probably be content with the Ichiba setup as they are mocks of the Cusco, so is Megan. In fact if you want something more servicable, I would go with Megan as you are more than likely able to get better customer service in the states if something were to go wrong...assuming you get the parts from a licensed part distributor for Megan.

For what you are going for, you wont need any more than rear camber arms and maybe front camber arms. I would hold off on the front arms until you are told otherwise by your alignment shop, a lot of people do not need them.

 

Thanks for the input. I'll probally buy a a-arm/camber bar package as thats within my budget for the Ichiba and such.

 

Ok, on another note.. It says that I need Nissan Part # 40173-AL500. For verification, on picture below would that be 40173+A?

 

no clue, makes sense though, it looks like its the upper bushing/ball joint for the OEM A-arm. Check Rock-Auto for another reference. Although I would think that any front camber arm would come with one already attached. Depending on the condition of your current one you could just probably re-use it, but its a probably a liability statement on their part to recommend a new one. best of luck!

 

Yeah you ID the part correctly. Some arms do not come with that part, IMO buy them as cheap insurance.

 

IMO you can't get the best front arms, discontinued long ago. Performance Nissan Unitech front arms. They used the same adjustment system as the latest Ver2 SPL arms, but had greater postive adjustment. Which the SPL ver2 arm has less of ver the ver1 arm.

I own the Cusco arms, which looks like Ichiba cloned as mentioned. They offer one positive adjustment, one that is the same as oem and around 4 more that add more negitive camber. As things are now, I can adjust them pretty easily. All I do is pull a tire, unbolt the A-arm from the upright and I can get access to adjust them, pretty easy IMO.

I would not touch the SPC front arm's because of comment's from owner reviews.

Keep in mind that the Cusco and Ichiba arm's retain the rubber isolation around the bushings that mount them to the car. So they will have better NHV control vs the SPL arms which use sperical bearings which is of course is metal on metal contact. That being said I do think the SPL's plate adjustment system makes them the best arm on the market. But they don't have a advantage on positive adjustment vs other choices and if your not likely to need to add camber for track event's frequently, you won't benefit form the plate adjustment system. And you don't have the chance of added NVH with the Cusco or Ichiba arms.

Do not buy traction arms, also called toe arms, aka a adjustable radius arms. They will not help traction and you do NOT want to attempt to adjust toe from their. You end up with other unwanted geometric changes. Factory does not adjust toe that way for a valid reason.

In the rear IMO the SPL rear camber arms are the best. I have them along with SPC toe cam bolts. You can also adjust rear toe with the SPL adjustable mid link, but that's a lot of $$.

 

Looks like I'll go with the Ichibas as i'm on a budget... Last set of front tires got inside treads worn down past the tread blocks... a few hundred miles and i'll be seeing the wires...

 

I just got my Ichiba's installed today, so far no probelm. I will keep you updated, my springs need to sit for about a week before they settle.