Noltec Vs Nolathane

[tarmac]

For my race car, what do people suggest, Noltec or Nolathane - pure track car running slicks, r33 gtst. I heard noltec are weaker than nolathane ?

Thanks

[2pee]

No recent experience of Nolathane. I'd avoid Noltec like the plague....not isolated incidents of them crumbling to pieces, even unused in the pack.

If there's no compliance required to get the suspension to work, some turned nylon, if not sphericals would be a better option imho.

[tarmac]

Sweet, thanks . Think whiteline is looking like the go.

[Duncan]

noltec = whiteline plus these days, and I've used their bushes for years in the race car without problems. whiteline have been OK. Also used superpro and whatever the purple ones are (these have been the shortest lasting)

but if it is a pure track car on slicks really you should be running rose joints not bushes

[todoom]

I would go super pro all the time i have them all throw my car and i can not complain i have had no problems and they ride like standard ones.

[tarmac]

Duncan : .. Im in the dilema or choosing between rose joints or bushes - from reading through these forums ive gathered that rose joints dont seem to last at all? Rose joints would be my preferred option but I believe sydneykid(i think) mentioned they only get a few races out of each set, which i find hard to believe. What are your experiences?..

I also think your getting nolathane confused with noltec, the local BNT here mentioned the nolathane have been taken over by whiteline, and noltec is different.??

Thanks for the replies

[Risking]

Rose joints and sphericals are the only way to go.

Yes they do have a limited life span and wear out in some areas more thab others.

typically if you buy budget ones they last a season give or take,if they don't break first.

They also tend to push the inner sleeves out.

the good Teflon versions are twice the price and last a bit longer but don't normally spit the inner sleeves out the side of the spherical. They will still break but take alot more punishment.

Depending where you use them they will normally break before they wear out.

[tarmac]

Ok cheers.

So im on a limited budget-ish,

In terms of arms at the moment the only set I have are castor and HICAS locked. Other mods include locked subframe, whiteline front/rear sway bars, coil overs, full rollcage.

Which arms would you be looking at doing next . And where would you place lower control arm bushes or rose joints in the order of urgency. I really need a better diff however am thinking of locking it for track racing for now, the single 1 spinner VLSD is shite house.. What are your thoughts? Running full sicks, 17"/ 245

Cheers

heres some in car vids, may give you a better idea how it rides , laps get faster from about a 1.30 on in the vid . Theres alot of weight still in there which im taken out over the next week too . 256rwkw.

Edited July 27, 2010 by tarmac

[BI6TIM]

Use nothing but SuperPro polyurethane for bushing! Noltech and Nolathane are the same thing with a different name and colour, both owned by Greg Nollan, BOTH RUBBISH!!!

Whiteline Plus is not Noltech either. I have been trialing some whiteline plus bushes in my skyline for one of my suppliers at work. So far so good but they've only been in the car just over a month and I only drive it 2 or 3 times a week.

I know for a certainty that SuperPro goes the distance as far as length of life and performance over that life. SuperPro is the best bet!

[Duncan]

sorry, very slow.

tarmac, arms are very cheap for chinese stuff, check out the JJR ones from Just Jap. They will last 6-12 months and about 600 a set front and rear.

bigtim....lots of opinion stated as fact. have you used any of the items you are talking about over the long term? more than one set of anything? greg certainly does not own noltec any more, they went broke 2 years ago, and their stock and IP was indeed sold to whiteline who are now selling it as WL+. And they are a much more serious line than the basic whilteline stuff which is targetted at hard street use, not light track use.

[Duncan]

do you work for superpro? their stuff is the worst of the aftermarket brands I have used?

[SysLink67]

Duncan,

So in terms of quality, resistance to wear and for hard use on the street would the whiteline WL+ be the best choice?

Cheers

Rob

[Risking]

Super pro I would not use in my lawnmower!

We wore a set out in a single meeting.

Duncan is correct about the owners/realationships between conpanys.

[bradsm87]

One topic I'm very interested in is the difference between Whiteline Plus and Nolathane if any. They are both owned by Redranger and they are CLEARLY the same moulds used for bushes.

I've never seen Nolathane used by pretty much anyone serious or pretty much anyone outside the Commodore crowd.

Nolathane is cheaper for a bush that's moulded in the same mould but can it be possible for the quality of material to be different?

Also is it true that Pedders bushes are just re-badged Nolathane?

Edit: I just called Redranger and The Nolathane and Whiteline Plus products are exactly the same thing, just a different colour. Why don't more ppl in the import crowd use Nolathane products more?

Edited August 23, 2010 by bradsm87

[toddlls]

One topic I'm very interested in is the difference between Whiteline Plus and Nolathane if any. They are both owned by Redranger and they are CLEARLY the same moulds used for bushes.

I've never seen Nolathane used by pretty much anyone serious or pretty much anyone outside the Commodore crowd.

Nolathane is cheaper for a bush that's moulded in the same mould but can it be possible for the quality of material to be different?

Also is it true that Pedders bushes are just re-badged Nolathane?

Edit: I just called Redranger and The Nolathane and Whiteline Plus products are exactly the same thing, just a different colour. Why don't more ppl in the import crowd use Nolathane products more?

+1 to what I found out too

[gslrallysport]

I also think your getting nolathane confused with noltec, the local BNT here mentioned the nolathane have been taken over by whiteline, and noltec is different.??

No. Duncan is correct...

Redranger (who have ALWAYS owned Nolathane) merged with Whiteline, but the ownership stayed with Redranger. When Noltec went under their bushes went to Whiteline (as Whiteline Plus) and their alignment products (ie. strut tops) went to Wilkinson.