"simple parts but super important" "They all look similar but unique in their own way"
Drifters change their nissan multilink arms for different reasons. "I don't like the stock rubber bushings", "I wanna be-able to do a proper alignment", "when I dropped my car, the stock arms didn't have enough adjustability", "I wanted it to look good". So which brand are you going to choose? These parts only consist of a shaft and a joint but each companies have their own theories about how they should be and what kind of material it should be.
Ikeya Formula RUCAS $320 Toe arms$240 Traction arms $210 Rear Lower arms $830
Ikeya formula believes in having a really strong pillowball ends and a specially designed pillowball case which gives a lot of surface area for the pillow ball threads. They use NMB(which is one of the most respected companies for making bearings)
Kazama auto RUCAS $360 Toe arms $240 Tracton arms $190
Kazama has been selling their arms for 10 years and their reputation pretty much speak for their products. The pillow ball ends hold up good and they have the beefiest upper arms.(48mm) Kazama also put dust boot around the pillow-balls from dust protection.
Yanack RUCAS $250 TOe arms $200 Traction arms $190
Yanack believes that their arms should out last the car. They used materials thats thick and strong, plus they use made in Japan tomson bearings for more strength. Their unique 6 sided body help users for easier wrenching when its time for adjusting.
326Power RUCAS $420 toe arms $420 traction arms $360
326power, Haraguchi him self claims that these arms are the ultimate supper low drift arms. From years of super low drifting, he made these arms, which ables low drift cars to have enough suspension travel without locking up. Haraguchi says"I picked a really expensive ball joints, 3~6 times more expensive that the usual pillow balls, that has more range of motion and the strongest." he also chose aluminum shaft material which is thicker for strength. His RUCAS and toe rods are designed to have the maximum clearance from the chasis and the sub frame.
Section(silkroad) RUCAS $340 Toe arms $290 Traction arms $260
Section believes that you dont wanna have the arms too strong, simple but strong enough. In other words if the arms are thicker, its stronger but in case of a crash you would brake something more important and expensive like the subframe or the knuckles. They desinged these arms for the majority ride hights, which is 3~5 cm lower than stock. They also implemented washers in between locking nuts to prevent locking nut freeze.
KTS RUCAS $190 toe arms $130 traction arms $100
KTS's believes in "low cost performance." By mass producing and selling them on the internet, their cost can be much cheaper. Since the parts are mass-produced, they didn't have to down grade the materials to keep the reasonable price.
Max RUCAS $200 toe arms $200 traction arms $180
Max believes in making parts for super low drift cars. They have a sister shop in USA and their friends and customers only desire to drift in super low drift cars. So their RUCAS and toe arms have special bend and angles to clear from the frame, subframe, knuckle, and axle boots. They also chose thick aluminum body to keep the weight down inside the wheels while maintaing its strength.