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just wanted to let people know about the drama I had yesterday with my adjustable arms in my r33. I just got the car from pedders after they did the steering alignment I got about a 100m down the road when the threaded bolt on my rear lower control arms stripped straight out causing the traction control and toe arms to bend and buckle leaving the wheel hanging on by just the half shafts just proves to buy the top name brands I got the off a guy on this form so I don't know the brand ill put pics up if I can workout how to just wanted to let people know to be careful I have ordered ikeya everything hopefully else goes good

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Put up pics of carnage so we can tell what brands, style and if they were done right to start with?

I have had cheap arms in my car with 480rwhp and they have been OK, i HAVE broken the welds on the rear traction rods due to the shitty design but they have a design that doesnt allow it to snap off!

More detail and pics please :/

can I put pics up with iPhone?

it was the lower control arms thread that connects to the ball joint bit that literally ripped out that caused all of the problems

I don't think power played much part as I didn't even get to full boost and it happen when I was slowing down at about 20kph

now there is another drama the front lower control arms are hitting the disks now I'm pissed off brand new Dba 4000 in the bin

I sent the guy I got them off a pm to find out the info on them

Good idea... Cheap chinese arms are all pretty similar and they are sold by so many! So find out where they came from and go from there...

Formula Ikeya. Expensive and good.

But this whole thing is one of the reasons why these things are not road legal.

Formula Ikeya. Expensive and good.

But this whole thing is one of the reasons why these things are not road legal.

that's true

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There is no sign of damage on that thread. So either a totally wrong size thread was supplied, and not noted by the installed, or it was not installed properly (ie adjusted out way too far).

Either way it is not a problem with the arm itself.

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