Al503, I'm not quite sure what your talking about, but after browsing through some pics of your car I must say it looked much better at stock height. I know you will need the extra ground clearance for those WRC races you are wanting to enter as well. If you go back to stock height you won't even need those A-arms and you can sell them to me. Of course since its a private sale you should only expect to get about $250 shipped for them.

I keep a fairly close eye on the boards and didn't remember seeing any bad press about the Kinetix A-arms. After doing some research, it seems as though there are some fitment issues, but at this point I will just have to see how it goes. For those of you wanting the Cusco A-arms, Z1auto will get their next shipment around the 3rd week of February. I am not sure if anyone else carries these, but I couldn't seem to find them anywhere else.

 

Yes, there have been some fitment issues with the Kinetix set. Some members on this forum have complained about rubbing of the wheel well and excess noise. Also, they are not very easy to adjust, from what I have been told. I hope they work out for you though.

As far as build quality goes, just from the pics I saw of the Cusco A-arms, they appear to be built much better then the Kinetix set.

 

Not saying the Cuscos won't stand up to tracking. All I'm saying is that the 350 Evo's are most likely superior in maintaing suspension geometry just in the fact that they use spherical bearings over rubber bushings. But for a more budget minded person such as myself who occasionaly goes road racing and doesn't need the best setup, I think the Cuscos are perfect for me.

 

someone posted before about the cusco's not having much positive camber adjustment...??? can those of you who were luckily enough to pick one up early can you guys post the results after the install..... and dont forget pics pics pics!!! =)

 

imo... the Kinetix A-arms looks a bit homemade.

 

I have the front kinetix needs modifation
but no noise and cambers are back perfect specs
make sure use mobil 1 sys. grease for the ball joints(LET IT SETTLE IN)
and the upper arms need to be file down
there two bumbs on the upper front arms
I have 1000 miles on front kinetix arms no problems
rides great

 

Adam from Z1 said the Cusco's use urathane bushings. Since this is the case, I really don't see the point in Kinetix vs Cusco discussion. Now that they are out, I would buy the Cuscos if I were watching the $$ spent.

 

Agreed, I believe I will try the Cuscos as well.

 

:thumbsup:

 

Well, I got the cusco arms in today. I was thinking about putting them in tomorrow but all of the instructions are in japanese (I think) so I don't know what the torque specs are for the allen screws.

I'll e-mail Adam and find out if he knows ore can find out.

 

any updates/pics on these cusco arms?

 

Sorry, they're still sitting in my trunk. I know, I know, I'm laggin'

You guys should hit up jdkman up, he's already has them installed.

 

JDKMAN....post post post !!! =)

were u able to get it back to spec????

 

I'd like some info as well... since I got the car aligned yesterday and the camber is at -1.8 deg (compared to my rear's which are exactly where I wanted them at -1.6 deg - SPC camber arms/toe bolts worked to perfection) - the toe-in front/rear is perfect, so the only # that's off is my front camber...

Is -1.8 deg of camber enough of a problem to have to worry about getting the Cusco's?

 

Fellas, I finally got to install my arms last Sat.
And I attempted to align my wheels today.

No go... I went to a specialist(does suspension only) and he still couldn't get my front wheels back to factory specs.

Let me just say that I'm very disappointed in this product. I'm even more bummed because I spent nearly $500(including install) on something that didn't do s hit to save my tires from inside wear.

I hope Cusco does something to remedy my situation.