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Martin
Thu Mar 19 2009, 10:53PM
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Drift heaven Magazine. Apr,Pg32~39





"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.



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Baka..!
Fri Mar 20 2009, 12:45AM
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white lao tzu
Fri Mar 20 2009, 01:12AM
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if i ever see hariguchi ill make sure to tell him whats really up
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fran
Fri Mar 20 2009, 01:41AM
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white lao tzu wrote ...

if i ever see hariguchi ill make sure to tell him whats really up

at fd tell him wassup
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ますだ
Fri Mar 20 2009, 02:01AM
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この本買ったよ。
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Dan at MAX USA
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One thing you cant see in the magazine line up that really sets our camber arm apart is the way the arm is clocked.
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Never Lift
Sat Mar 21 2009, 03:56AM
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cool to see some coverage out there
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Martin
Mon Mar 23 2009, 08:51PM
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Dan at MAX USA wrote ...

One thing you cant see in the magazine line up that really sets our camber arm apart is the way the arm is clocked.




so it has axle boot clearance as well.

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white lao tzu
Wed Mar 25 2009, 04:21AM
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i know the guy that made that
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Never Lift
Wed Mar 25 2009, 04:52AM
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there was this cool car that those were designed on. cant remember which one though. heard strippers hang out in the back.
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