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Stillen Front Camber Vs. Kinetix Front Camber?

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Old 05-23-2006 | 06:28 AM
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Stillen Front Camber Vs. Kinetix Front Camber?

whats the big difference between the two and which one is better?
I've looked online and the price for stillen is 849 and kinetix is 370./
 
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Old 05-23-2006 | 10:59 AM
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Wow that's huge price difference. I am interested in finding out, hopefully someone will chime in. You may want to post this also in the coupe forum and my350z.com because I think all three cars use the same chamber arms.
 
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Old 05-23-2006 | 11:24 AM
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The Stillen is better engineered and so are the 350evo arms.
I believe they offer more range for adjustment compared to Kinetix solution.
The Kinetix solution doesn't offered a threaded adjustment to dial in camber, they use Spacers(Washers).
So if you have to adjust camber you have to take off the ball joing assembly off and add or take off a washer to dial in camber.

Spc is coming out with a Front Camber Solution comparable to Stillen and 350Evo arms by the end of July but at the price of what the Kinetix arms will cost you.

I have also been looking for a Front Camber Solution and will wait for SPC to release theirs before making a commitment.
 
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Old 05-23-2006 | 01:45 PM
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Are you guys looking to dial in your camber for a performance benefit or to save on tire life? In terms of tire life, on all the lowered cars I've owned, the correct toe was WAY more important then camber. These are for cars that were dropped 1.5" - 2.5"
 
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Old 05-23-2006 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Glex25
The Stillen is better engineered and so are the 350evo arms.
I believe they offer more range for adjustment compared to Kinetix solution.
The Kinetix solution doesn't offered a threaded adjustment to dial in camber, they use Spacers(Washers).
So if you have to adjust camber you have to take off the ball joing assembly off and add or take off a washer to dial in camber.

Spc is coming out with a Front Camber Solution comparable to Stillen and 350Evo arms by the end of July but at the price of what the Kinetix arms will cost you.

I have also been looking for a Front Camber Solution and will wait for SPC to release theirs before making a commitment.
Is 350EVO still making them??
Don't see them on the web site any more.
 
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Old 05-23-2006 | 10:31 PM
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Is 350EVO still making them??
Don't see them on the web site any more.
Yes, they still make them, but they are currently on backorder.

They removed them from their website because so many people were buying them and then finding out that none were available.
 
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Old 05-23-2006 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by gq916
whats the big difference between the two and which one is better?
I've looked online and the price for stillen is 849 and kinetix is 370./
I bought the Kinetix set and I was VERY disappointed with the build quality, fit/finish. I ended up not even installing them and I sold the set on eBay. Supposedly, Kinetix has improved quality control, but I will never buy anything from them again.
 
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Old 05-24-2006 | 07:50 PM
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I am going to buy the Kinetix rear arms. I have heard good things about them. But some people have had problems with the front arms.
 
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Old 05-30-2006 | 02:38 AM
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I bought the Kinetix set and I was VERY disappointed with the build quality, fit/finish. I ended up not even installing them and I sold the set on eBay. Supposedly, Kinetix has improved quality control, but I will never buy anything from them again.
so what kit do you have?
 
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Old 05-30-2006 | 08:02 PM
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so what kit do you have?
I don't. I just deal with the negative camber and uneven tire wear.
 
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Old 06-04-2006 | 02:36 AM
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I don't. I just deal with the negative camber and uneven tire wear.
hmm--I will probably do the same for a yr after getting my set-up. I only drive about 6500 mi. per yr--so hopefull it will buy some time.
 
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Old 06-04-2006 | 02:56 AM
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I don't. I just deal with the negative camber and uneven tire wear.
I'm with you Cru. Just got my alignment done yesterday....couldn't get the camber back to factory specs but toe was perfect.
 
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Old 06-04-2006 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Texan1
hmm--I will probably do the same for a yr after getting my set-up. I only drive about 6500 mi. per yr--so hopefull it will buy some time.

If you only drive 6500 miles a year I would not spend the money on a kits. The tire savings would not make up for the price of the kits and install.
 
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Old 06-18-2006 | 11:39 PM
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The SPC kit seems to be good. I was looking on ebay and they are selling for $219 plus shipping. Also Import Auto Performance has them for the same price. Is there any new updates from anyone about the SPC kit. Pricing is good.


I was alos looking at the TCsportline camber kit on ebay. Heres the LINK. It looks nice and it has the teflon pillowball joint that people say gives some better suspension responce. Not sure that the crome finish would hold up though.
 

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Old 06-19-2006 | 12:12 AM
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I used the kinetix upper control arms for the front and the SPC control arms for the rear w/ the toe bolts. Dropped the car on Tein S-techs and all the numbers are back to spec. I don't know why people have such a problem with the kinetix upper control arms? I installed them myself, and just eyeballed the setting, and then brought it in, and the guy doing my alignment was surprised that everything was already pretty much to spec. He just had to do some minor tweaking to my toe settings. I don't think you can beat the price and they offer a larger degree of adjustability than some of the pricier kits.

also, you don't add any washers to the kinetix arms for adjusting??? it's a threaded adjustment...



 

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