Ichiba rear camber arms almost killed me

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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 02:15 PM
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If they are made by the same manufacturer (which I personally doubt) they use far better components on the SPC>Ichiba. SPC has what looks like poly bushings and a better constructed ball joint. Ichiba have rubber bushings and a **** poor ball joint. I spoke with the SPC rep at SEMA. He stated that Ichiba and Godspeed are the same brand manufacturer.

By the way, for those that want to pitch a b!tch email sales@ichibausa.com with all the necessary information pertaining to your purchase and where it failed.
 
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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 02:22 PM
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Ichiba does have good products.

Their spacers are pretty decent and their 5 lug conversion for 240s is great!

Their suspension parts suck though.
 
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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 04:16 PM
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Wow man, glad you're OK. Good luck on finding a decent set of arms.
 
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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 04:21 PM
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Buy Battleversion arms.

Alex is the best there is.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by 4DGS
Ichiba does have good products.

Their spacers are pretty decent and their 5 lug conversion for 240s is great!

Their suspension parts suck though.
Gotta disagree here. The nuts on my V2 spacers rounded off as they're too soft. And 2 of the studs on my V1s stripped and won't hold a lug nut as well as my toe bolts doing the same damn thing.
 
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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 05:38 PM
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here is a video about a similar rear camber arm, looks like either ichiba or godspeed (same Sh*t different *ss)

 
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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 06:23 PM
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OMG !! i have ichibas and im runing -5.5º with them !! im taking them off soon and ordering SPC this week

im not taking any chances !!!

glad your ok buddy !!
 
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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 08:08 PM
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No spring in that rear corner?
 
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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 08:10 PM
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i saw an exact replica of this thread on my350z i believe which made me pay the extra bucks a while back for spc
 
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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 10:07 PM
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No spring in that rear corner?
true coils wouldn't have the spring in the bucket
 
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 01:24 AM
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I have SPC's front control arms and rear camber arms and they are worth every penny. I have had the rear camber arms for two years and I have had no issues at all!. I have had the fronts for just about a year now and I have had no issues as well.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 06:16 AM
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What kills me is I still see people on here buying Ichiba suspension crap, smh................
 
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 08:22 AM
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I had brand new set (front & rear) of crap-chibas decided to sell them and install SPC's instead. So glad I went with my gut feeling.

Glad to hear you didnt get hurt. I would definitely seek legal advice on this since there are so many others with similar issues.

Goodluck
 
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Xet
true coils wouldn't have the spring in the bucket
Rookie move on my part. Never used coilovers, so never saw them in the video.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 04:53 PM
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Rookie move on my part. Never used coilovers, so never saw them in the video.
can't actually see more than the bottom of the strut in the video, true coils are just the most likely reason the bucket is empty
 
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