Damn it, where's the damn pics!?

 

Just waiting for Abercrombie to send me my parts. Then I can finally have pictures.

So in the mean time, I just painted everything sparkly dookie-*** brown.

 

Got my tie Abercrombie TR ends/rack spacers in today. Quality is pretty nice. The only thing is I think I got sent the wrong tie rod ends, they're not extendos. They're the same length as my supernows.

 

those are def cut way too short. check my build thread

 

Thats what I was thinking. Sucks, because it took a week to arrive when that **** was "2 day" shipping. A week is an eternity when your car is on jack stands. Guess I gotta send them joints back.

 

build is dope so far. gives me inspiration for my vert

 

I guess they didn't even send me tie rod ends for an FC because that **** was way to big for the knuckle.



I got my swift springs on in the front. Apparently I had to grind collars and **** for them to fit (said PBM) but they fit perfectly fine. Cant wait to feel the ride on them mugs.

 

**** my tie rod ends look the same I hope they aren't wrong too I haven't actually fit them in the knuckle yet

 

How much
We're those swifts

 

Yeah, the other thing is they seem super loose at the ball compared to the super nows.

I paid a little less than $300 for all 4 swifts.

 

If the bore size is the same between the 2, then just swap the stud over that is correctly tapered. What are they 1/2" bore right?

 

For my Abercrombie rod ends I had to drill out the hole in the knuckle just a tad bit. I think it's because they're actually the ones he designed for an s13 and their hole is a little bit bigger. Besides that they felt fine, heim joint was stiff as a board.

Which springs did you go with? They look the same length so I'm assuming you did it for the rates?

 

looks like a 7 degree taper as well. you could purchase or borrow that bit and have the correct taper for the stud...

 

I received an email from them saying that I need to take 1.5" bit and run it through the knuckle to make them fit.
And I got the "short" version of tie rod ends I guess because I ordered it with rack spacers.

 

Pretty loose butthole.
Tie Rod Test video

 

im a little pissed cuz i wasnt told anything either about having to drill it out. are you supposed to use a straight bit? im having a hard time finding tapered ones

 

Comic - I just went with 7" springs and 16/14k rates.

Premium - Yeah, im not down to drill into the knuckle. It didn't say any of that on the site. He said just to use a 1.5" drill bit, didn't specify. You got his knuckles also, right? If so, my guess would be he already tapered it for you?

 

16/14 sweet jesus

i bought his entire kit but the knuckle doesnt seem like it was drilled. right now the stuffs in 2 different places so ill check it out and report back

 

hes running gp kit, 18's, and low static ride height. if you wanna tuck rim and not rub under compression, ya gotta get those high spring rates.

and the tapered bit is gonna run you $50-100.... i dont see the point of running a tapered stud if the spindle isnt correctly tapered. better off running a machined stud that is 12mm or 1/2" like the stock fc one.

oh well drill that **** and lock washer

 

take the studs out of the supernows and throw them in the other ones.

 

alright you got me curious so i checked my **** out. it looks like he drilled them when they were being modded.



so i would say either drill out your knuckle to a 9/16 hole or see if you can just swap the stud from the supernow ones in

 

Ah, thats what I figured. I got my supernows to work so im just keeping those, plus these were a little too loose for my liking. And if I did drill out the knuckle, that'd kind of only leave me with being able to run abercrombie rod ends. I like variety.

Them knuckles look flossy as **** though.

 

Traded the Advans for some 9j ones. Got everything sorted out for the most part.

 

Holy bejeezus camber.


When I got mine, I just took like a 3/8" drill bit and used it to shave a little off the sides of the hole, then when I put the tie rod end in there it was a tight fit, so I just used a lock washer and loctite and it's tight as a 12 year old's butthole. Haven't had a problem since and it's seen a few events and a ton of street action.

 

I'm useing oem s13 tie rod ends on my knucles and they fit just fine.
Since his rod ends are custom he probably made them thicker so they wouldnt flex from improper instaltion..