Pele

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2 or 3 Months here... I shoulda held out.

luiml73

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are you serious?

Max7

Took 4 months to get my kit.

rx7mms

I have had a problem with two things. First, the bottom brace blocks the drain plug. The other issue that has come up is the tack weld at the main brace...the weld broke during assembly. Has anyone come up against this? CP said the drain plug is an easy fix by cutting off three threads and to smooth the head. My mechanic is frusterated and at this point, CP said to send it back and they will send another down. The first one took almost three months to get here.

Thanks. Mike

smnc

Thanks for all the info. I'm getting mine done in a couple months, and now I'll know what to look for.

I also forwarded this thread to Chris from CP so he knows what the problems and concerns are.

luiml73

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well My light kit arrived today, and it only took 3weeks. I hope the same happens when I order my steering kit.

Mr BiG G

dude stop dikking around wit those lazy jackasses...why dont u adjust the toe urself...like go wit the same amount of turns on both sides and fix it....or take it someplace else

rotorizit

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I too would like to comment on the cp rack and pinion. I bought the stage one kit last year at the revolution 2004. I paid $500 dollars for it. However, Chris neglected to tell me that there is a $20 customs fee for shipping to the US. After taking about four months to recieve, it sat in my closet for about 6 more months, and yesterday I decided I would install it. It seemed to be a simple enough install, designed for bolt in application. Wrong! What should have only taken several hours took 2 days. The 1st problem I had was that the rack wouldn't fit. The mounting plates on the frontward brackets that are designed to be bolted to the crossmember had clearance issues with the surronding metal on the crossmember. I had to cut about 1/2 inch off of the bottom off the plates and trim off the upper corners. Once i had the steering column &rack installed the steering wheel would only make 1/4 turn. It turns out that the universal joints on the steering column were bottoming out. So from there i had to find a place where they wouldn't bottom out to bolt the rack and pinion. This required making new brackets, since the rack was about 2 inches below where cp racing "says" it should be. I then realized that the outer tie rods wouldnt fit. The rack kit has right hand threaded studs, which all outer tie rods are left hand thread. I this situation i had to use the inner tie rods with the right direction threads. Of course they were longer than the outer rod ends, so i had to cut an inch off the threaded sides to allow for enough travel to get a good alignment. Luckily, at my buddy's garage, if we dont have the tool or part we need for the job, we just make it. Now with that all said and done, I do like rack kit better than the old reciprocating ball bearing crap. I agree that the feedback is better than stock and there is almost no noticeable freeplay. Also that the ratio is not much off an improvement. I dont want to diss Chris or CP RACING, I just wanted to inform the rest of the crowd of my install results and what i thought of the kit. Maybe also to inform Chris of the install problem. Because, if you think about it, RX7 club is about the best R&D info center you can find for the rx7 and aftermarket parts. I hope you stage two guys didn't have as many install problems as i did. Also I hope CP racing will continue to come up with new products for the FB. All of our feedback will help them produce better and better products all the time. I just sucks that we are the lab rats.