Ichiba rear camber arms almost killed me

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Old 11-13-2011, 11:43 PM
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Wow! Reading this i think i should change mine out.
 
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Old 11-14-2011, 06:56 AM
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Another thread about how sh!tty Ichiba products are. I've had 4 of their parts and all have failed in one way or another, I wouldn't give that fvcking company a dime of my money. Here's what happened to my RCA's with 15K miles on them.








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Old 11-14-2011, 07:56 AM
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^ Yup that is mainly what I have seen.
 
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I strongly suggest to any one running Ichiba or any knock off brand to INSPECT YOUR COMPONENT'S ON A REGULAR BASIS.
If ur lowered/on coils/on bags or even stock, ......every time ur G is on a lift .....get under that btich and inspect tires /bushings /exhaust /brakes /struts/springs /coils............everything .
Our cars are so modified. Part's fail.its our responsibility to monitor our siht.
A lot of us roll in triple Digit speeds(you know who u r)
When we roll that fast .......everything has gotta be tight!
 
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Pulling mine off and going back to stock arms this weekend. Fronts are already shot. Bushings migrated out, pushing the arms forward, impacting the car structure on hard bumps. Haven't looked at the back yet. Time to get that garbage out fromundah. B2Auto has been good about working with me. Unfortunately I'm 2 months outside of the warranty period. 5500 miles total on them. I've had oil changes last longer than these A-Arms lasted. I'm prolly gonna contact Ichiba to see what they can do to at least refund some money.
 
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Old 11-14-2011, 03:30 PM
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Damn! Glad to hear you walked away from that man. I've never seen a rear arm just snap in half like that. That's some scary ****. Seeing this makes me glad I got SPC's.
 
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Old 11-14-2011, 03:38 PM
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Pulling mine off and going back to stock arms this weekend. Fronts are already shot. Bushings migrated out, pushing the arms forward, impacting the car structure on hard bumps. Haven't looked at the back yet. Time to get that garbage out fromundah. B2Auto has been good about working with me. Unfortunately I'm 2 months outside of the warranty period. 5500 miles total on them. I've had oil changes last longer than these A-Arms lasted. I'm prolly gonna contact Ichiba to see what they can do to at least refund some money.
Lmk what they say about standing by their products. I'm not even gonna bother. I've gone through this shiat with Stillen .........not worth the headache ......UNLESS u get some love from Bitchiba .....Ima not gonna bother.
 
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Old 11-14-2011, 04:25 PM
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I'm only interested to gripe as it's barely been a year and only 5500 miles. Many others might have gotten close to 2 years and double the mileage - I don't know. Regardless, it might be worth your while to gripe as well. It's a suspension component. It should last longer than a friggin' oil change, in my opinion. My stock arms had 29000 miles on them and are still nice and strong. I feel your pain at any rate. When I get the number/contact info for Ichiba, I'll post it up.
 
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I'm only interested to gripe as it's barely been a year and only 5500 miles. Many others might have gotten close to 2 years and double the mileage - I don't know. Regardless, it might be worth your while to gripe as well. It's a suspension component. It should last longer than a friggin' oil change, in my opinion. My stock arms had 29000 miles on them and are still nice and strong. I feel your pain at any rate. When I get the number/contact info for Ichiba, I'll post it up.
Do it main.post it up ......I'll follow through with you!
 
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wow im glad I ran across this thread, I wont be buying any of their products ever

glad your alright man,

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I have read threads saying that the Ichiba rear camber arms are made by the same company that makes the SPC arms (made in China fyi) and painted red. I guess that is not the case.
 
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Old 11-15-2011, 11:31 AM
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^ what!?!
 
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Old 11-15-2011, 11:34 AM
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I think he is saying how in the past most people believed ichibas were just rebranded spcs, not so sure about the validity of that claim now...
 
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Old 11-15-2011, 12:14 PM
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could still be true, just much, much, much lower quality control
 
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I don't want to go back to stock camber, i would be at -3. I guess i can just drive less aggressive and i should be fine. I hope.
 


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