A friend and I are working on importing some high quality tie rod ends and steering rack spacers for the FC and FD from a company called Supernow!. Any FC drifter learns fast how much the steering angle on the car sucks. My friend put them on his car and the transition from lock to lock is very smooth and greatly improved. The ends themselves are a made from a heim joint and a threaded piece with two lock nuts on top and bottom. So rather than having just one cotter pin you have two lock nuts. The tie rod ends works wonders, and I have heard nothing but good about them. If anyone is scepticle Tony Angelo is running them on his FC right now as a few others, and they love em.

They make 3 different kinds:

1. Tie rod ends (basically a waste)
2. Tie rod ends with spacers
3. Racing type (fully adjustable)

Right now I am trying to work out the pricing for them from SuperNow and the shipping cost to the US. Email me at sikokillr@aol.com or reply here if interested.

 

Still awaiting pricing, but heres some food for thought.

These pics are the difference between the SuperNow tie Rod ends and the stockers..... All the pics have the steering wheel at full lock.....

Without......





With....

 

Looks nice I would be interested in a setup like this for my FD since I now have steering rack and rear control arm damage.

 

im running these on my fc and are very nice. lets me hang it out way more!

 

Ok, I FINALLY got some type of pricing, although I am not happy with them and trying dilegently to work out some type of better deal with them. Right now the prices look like this:

All prices include shipping from Japan and will arrive in your house 10-14 days. The prices are also rough estimates due to changes in exchange rate.

Street Type
FC3S $235
FD3S N/A

Street with Spacer
FC3S $255
FD3S $275

Racing Type
FC3S $310
FD3S N/A

Racing Type with spacers
FC3S $330
FD3S $365

I would appreciate it if you are seriously interested in these to email me so I can present them with how many we might be purchasing at one time to get a better deal. My email is

sikokillr@aol.com

 

fyi, kazama makes a set of tie rod ends for the FD for like $160/pr

 

Its funny you brought that up, I was just on there sight last night and did not see anything about FD stuff, they have an FD on the front page but I could not find any parts. DO you got a link?

Besides they may not be the same, becasue I know the ones they make for the S13/14 are just the ends, which strengthen up the steering response...

 

http://optionimports.com/kapitieroden.html

i'm not sure how much they increase the steering angle, but they're quite a bit cheaper than the other ones

 

the Kazama tie rod ends dont increase steering angle..

 

Thansk! thats what I thought...

 

it states wider steering angle on that page

 

how can you get more steering angle with the tierod ends? the supernow kits come with spacers that let the rack travel more before it its the stop....

the kazama peices dont include the spacers.

 

just quoting what they say. i'm not an engineer

 

I would be down for a set. They sound pretty cool.

 

I don't understand how it let the rack travel more.
Once you done alignment, the angle will still be the same right? Please elaborate...

 

its explained in that thread on fa... alot of unrelated stuff but they get to how it works...

http://forums.freshalloy.com/ubbthre...=&fpart=1&vc=1

 

In short you are extendning the travel of the steering rack (with the spacers), while keeping the alignment stock (if you want it that way). The pics above is my car without the ends on and a friend of mines with them on, but alignments are straight on both. It also allows you to adjust/remove bumpster with spacers that conenct the hub/bolt/rod end.

 

What effect will this have on the alignment of the car. Is the toe at center going to be all screwed up?

 

The spacers allow more travel of the rack before it hits the stop. You'll have to reset your toe settings after you install them.

I'm gonna make a set of these for my car.

 

Auto R & D has these coming in soon:

http://www.autornd.com/Merchant2/mer...691SUSGPSPORTS

 

i feel the best rodends in the world are made in the next town over from me.. Aurora Bearing Co.. That seems just crazy expensive for tierods! Look at what you get!!!

 

Don't hate me.... but 2 30cents 3/10th inch thick spacers will do the same job.

 

Hey Todd,

Where would you put the spacer? This is for FD.

Reza

 

Ok 1. remove the steering rack boots.
2. loosen the inner ball joints which are simply threaded into the rack.
3. put spacers on the threaded shank part.
4. thread the inner ball joints back into the rack.
5. reseal the rack boots.
6. shorten outter ball joint adjuster to compensate for the thinkness of the
shim. (Toe it in how ever much the thickness of the shim. ie 300/1000th
thick shim, toe it in 300/1000th on the adjustment.)
7. drift with mad angle.

Now with FC racks I shimmed it 300/1000th of an inch which lets me use all of the travel the rack has. Any thicker won't do anything and with 300th there is only 3 1/2 threads into the rack which is pusing it.

 

I plan on making an order in the next we, let know if you are interssted!