YAMATO garage suspension arm review

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

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Will be installing these RUCA and toe arms (s14) monday or tues hopefully. i didnt have the funds for the higher end control arms so wanted somethign cheaper and still a good quality, so far i am impressed with these, the only thing i can see as possibly being a problem is the hole in the bottom on the arms (last pic) and the hardware being a little sticky (threads not amazing)
i dont have much experience with hein joints but they seem to be a good quality (not SPL but still good)

there still not installed so if you need any other pics then ask!
ill be installing these with a set of solid subframe bushings, poly rack and diff bushings, and some tien inner and outer tie rids so probably wont be able to comment much on the performance gain, but i would say it will be on par with any other arm in this price range.

[NAKA]

Yo Mama suspension arms? Don't you be talking about my Mama! LOL.

Good luck with install. One step closer in changing it from a DD to a trailer queen.

Alan

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

exactly! this time next year im hopeing it will be a trailer queen

[Memme]

How much were they?

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

I think like $170 a set? but there was a special on zilvia. ill look it up one second.

279.00 shipped (that was with the special price too, i cant even remember the special they were having lol)
shipping was super fast too.

[chituntang]

I got mine on Zilvia 204 shipped with tension rods!!!

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

I got mine on Zilvia 204 shipped with tension rods!!!
204 shipped for what? whats your side of the review :wave:?

[maxed1]

Looks just like my Megans

[down_shift]

all comes from the same place.

[chituntang]

That's the price for RUCA and front tension rods shipped!!!

They had a buy one get one free sale at zilvia last week...

They will be here tomorrow!!!

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

customer service seems to be a great point on this one too, there never slow to respond and the deal was flawless

[The Marty]

OK seriously, why do you ask for opinions and then go with your original plan?

It's not even worth asking.

[I RON DON KEY]

heim joints look crappy

[zebrafantastic]

heim joints look crappy
x2. Welds look pretty boogie too. But still better than stock. My thinking is if you can afford the super expensive names like SPL, BV, Kazama go for it but I really doubt unless you have ALOT of driving/drifting/racing experience you wont notice much of a difference. This being said w/o really much knowlege of aftermarket arms. It's like a regular pencil and a mechanical pencil. One's nicer but both do a fine job.

[Elizabeth Reed]

x2. Welds look pretty boogie too. But still better than stock. My thinking is if you can afford the super expensive names like SPL, BV, Kazama go for it but I really doubt unless you have ALOT of driving/drifting/racing experience you wont notice much of a difference. This being said w/o really much knowlege of aftermarket arms. It's like a regular pencil and a mechanical pencil. One's nicer but both do a fine job.

...how do u figure?

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

OK seriously, why do you ask for opinions and then go with your original plan?

It's not even worth asking.

because im 19 and get paid on commission. funds are great one month and shit the next, i needed something to get me by.

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...how do u figure?

i got them to fix my alignment so i can stop chewing through tires, i guess thats why? lol

[zebrafantastic]

...how do u figure?

Figurative opinion. If ebay arms are better than stock (which i believe they are) then these must be.

[I RON DON KEY]

and your arms will probably fail, because of the joints.
they looked exactly the same as ebay ones, when i got them.

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

and your arms will probably fail, because of the joints.
they looked exactly the same as ebay ones, when i got them.

you will probably get herpies. we can do this all day :p.
no one has really written a review on these, thats the purpose of this thread, no drama plz. time will tell if (when) these fail. hopefully ill have better ones by then.

[I RON DON KEY]

jus get new joints and you'll be fine

[Elizabeth Reed]

Figurative opinion. If ebay arms are better than stock (which i believe they are) then these must be.

thats definitely an opinion... i dont see how shit ebay parts are better than stock... :rolleyes:

[zebrafantastic]

If they do the job and they offer adjustability which oem doesnt, yeah I'd say they are better until proved otherwise.

[Elizabeth Reed]

disagreed

[zebrafantastic]

I wont lie. Ill never buy ebay suspension shit. Because its shit. But if it was free I'd def take it over stock. That about sums up everything ive tried to say.

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

disagreed
i see both sides. but. oem>ebay (including yamato garage, megan, etc) in strength and durability but fail horribly in adjustability.

[Elizabeth Reed]

^agree to an extent

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

good game.
we shall see how these fair on my dd :)

[Nick Jeezy]

so on a serious note. who has accutally broken a ruca from just driving or tracking their car? not hitting shit.

i havent. i have ebay ruca's and the do the job.
been on there for a year and havent had a problem.

[maxed1]

Same here

[nismonster]

x3

[Ath_S14]

so on a serious note. who has accutally broken a ruca from just driving or tracking their car? not hitting shit.

i havent. i have ebay ruca's and the do the job.
been on there for a year and havent had a problem.

Ebay RUCA, no. Ebay Tension Rods, yes, on multiple occasions (not from putting it into a barrier/wall). Out of the tensions rods I've seen, all of them broke @ the ball joint.

Just my input...in general, be wary of Ebay products.

[maxed1]

Hmmm

[nismonster]

his are toe arms...

[Nick Jeezy]

yeah i can understand tension rods breaking. but not ruca's

i have isis tension rods on my car and they are great.

[Neejay]

yeah i can understand tension rods breaking. but not ruca's

i have isis tension rods on my car and they are great.
yeah, if I don't sell my car within a reasonable time, I think I'm just gonna get the ISIS full arm setup.

[maxed1]

What's your input Wes ?

[Nick Jeezy]

yeah, if I don't sell my car within a reasonable time, I think I'm just gonna get the ISIS full arm setup.

yeah i have toe,tension, and traction isis arms on my car. they are good so far. its been 3 events and 5 months of daily driving it.

[maxed1]

I have all megan parts tension, toe , coilovers and been to several events been off-road a few times and still kicking ass much better than buying a used set of high dollar blown coilovers...Just my .02

[Neejay]

yeah i have toe,tension, and traction isis arms on my car. they are good so far. its been 3 events and 5 months of daily driving it.
gotcha. Yeah, that's enough proof for me. lol My s13 gets driven weekends and maybe a few miles at night throughout the week (not my daily) and I don't drift, so ISIS should hold up just fine.

[JJ Alfano]

I just ordered the 8 piece ISIS kit from Enjuku, I'm kind of excited to squeak around.

[Nick Jeezy]

mine doesnt squeek

[maxed1]

Niether does mine, I think its just the way JJ is

[JJ Alfano]

fuck my life, i paid 400 bucks just because i wanted it to squeak


ISIS suspension package for sale BNIB, $380.

[Nick Jeezy]

huh?
so you paid more for something that is the same thing?

[down_shift]

so on a serious note. who has accutally broken a ruca from just driving or tracking their car? not hitting shit.

i havent. i have ebay ruca's and the do the job.
been on there for a year and havent had a problem.

busted both my Motoria RUCA's (ebay special) on the same day.

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

busted both my Motoria RUCA's (ebay special) on the same day.


ohdamn, hahah!

[down_shift]

I was dirt dropping and kinked them both. cheap wall thickness.

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

I was dirt dropping and kinked them both. cheap wall thickness.

lol! i dont think ill be dirt dropping any time soon haha.