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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 05:12 PM
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Thumbs up J-AUTO's new website for bushings and suspension upgrades!

First off, just want to say thanks to everyone who has recommended my services to others, done business with me by either bringing in their cars for work or purchased parts from me. Your support keeps my small business growing little by little which in turn helps support the RX7club.com through my paid vendor membership. Thanks!

I just launched my website www.j-automotive.com but it's not 100% finished as I need to finish adding products to it. Please bear with me on this but I've got great products, that wont break the bank, coming very soon to keep our RX-7s kicking butt out on the street and track! The bulk of my customer's own FD's but I currently stock parts for FC's such adjustable toe links and camber bars. New products are coming and am planning on stocking suspension upgrades for older RX cars too

Feedback is greatly appreciated. For anyone looking to have their RX-7's serviced, please keep in mind that at this time, all work is done by appointment only.

Thanks,
Juan
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 07:07 PM
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GOOD **** JUAN! Good looking out. We appreciate your services..
I'll keep you in mind once my Tax funds come thru to help my 3rd gen ride as smooth as it should.
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 11:57 PM
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Good stuff, and I wish you the best of luck, Juan!

Thanks for helping me out with parts, some of them last minute!
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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 06:34 PM
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Nice site Juan! Good luck, it's nice to see how big the Rotary community is in the states compared to Okinawa.
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 12:48 AM
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nice site man! Easy to navigate around. I'll share it on the socal rotards fb group
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 02:04 PM
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Congrats Juan! Looks good but you don't have my C6 anywhere on there
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 12:05 AM
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racist shop...only got love for FC and FD lol
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 05:49 PM
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Thanks for the kind words and compliments on the website. It was a steep learning curve and took me about a month's worth of part time coding and design work to have a functioning website

Originally Posted by dvo
nice site man! Easy to navigate around. I'll share it on the socal rotards fb group
Thanks! Word of mouth referrals work wonders for me

Originally Posted by DJDINO
Congrats Juan! Looks good but you don't have my C6 anywhere on there
Bring that grocery hauler over here for some upgrades and I'll get some good pictures of it on there

Originally Posted by Siraniko
racist shop...only got love for FC and FD lol
Don't worry, archaeologists just unearthed the technical suspension papers for RX-3's I'll have some bushings for your cars in stock pretty soon!
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 08:09 PM
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nice!!! about time Juan!!
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 07:15 PM
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good stuff!
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Old Sep 7, 2012 | 12:12 PM
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Whats up!
I recently discovered your site, I see lots of fun toys I want to order!
I was curious about picking up both your toe links / camber bar for my FC, you mention not recommended for use with poly bushings on both these products. I've never seen that kind of warning before, what is your reason, and what should I use? Just keep with stock bushings?

(Trying to do a total suspension overhaul: poly bushings, AWR camber adjustments, toe adjustments... I want to get as fully customizable as I can.)
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Scrapp
Whats up!
I recently discovered your site, I see lots of fun toys I want to order!
I was curious about picking up both your toe links / camber bar for my FC, you mention not recommended for use with poly bushings on both these products. I've never seen that kind of warning before, what is your reason, and what should I use? Just keep with stock bushings?

(Trying to do a total suspension overhaul: poly bushings, AWR camber adjustments, toe adjustments... I want to get as fully customizable as I can.)
The camber bar works well with all bushings with the exception of solid subframe and diff bushings. It needs the bushings to be able to flex so it can adjust camber. Rubber bushings are good for this application (they flex) while derlin bushings will render the bar useless as they're solid (hard) and wont flex.

Adjustable toe links also need the bushings to flex so the control arm can move freely. Spherical bearings for the rear control arms is ideal when using our toe links. You can get by with stock rubber bushings as well but spherical bearings is the way to go. Polyurethane bushings are stiffer than rubber and wont flex as much when you adjust toe settings. In other words, your control arms wont move as they should because the harder polyurethane bushings will cause binding issues. Poly bushings in the rear control arms are a great upgrade if you keep the stock toe links/lateral rods.

Cliff notes:
- Camber bar wont work with solid bushings. Rubber diff and subframe bushings is recommended.
- Adjustable toe links work best with spherical bearings on the rear control arms for smooth operation. OEM rubber bushings also work. Polyurethane bushings dont work and cause control arm binding issues.

Hope this helps
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Siraniko
racist shop...only got love for FC and FD lol
who's the first one to take a hammer to all the 7's in the wreckers?
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Juan
First off, just want to say thanks to everyone who has recommended my services to others, done business with me by either bringing in their cars for work or purchased parts from me. Your support keeps my small business growing little by little which in turn helps support the RX7club.com through my paid vendor membership. Thanks!

I just launched my website www.j-automotive.com but it's not 100% finished as I need to finish adding products to it. Please bear with me on this but I've got great products, that wont break the bank, coming very soon to keep our RX-7s kicking butt out on the street and track! The bulk of my customer's own FD's but I currently stock parts for FC's such adjustable toe links and camber bars. New products are coming and am planning on stocking suspension upgrades for older RX cars too

Feedback is greatly appreciated. For anyone looking to have their RX-7's serviced, please keep in mind that at this time, all work is done by appointment only.

Thanks,
Juan
Look forward to your FC parts !!
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Old Sep 22, 2012 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by waltersaegir
Look forward to your FC parts !!
Awesome!
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Old Sep 24, 2012 | 02:06 AM
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Juan is legit guys! Awesome service and prices!
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Old Sep 26, 2012 | 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by dvo
Juan is legit guys! Awesome service and prices!
Thanks!

I shortened my website url a little bit and it's now www.j-auto.net. The old url still works if you have it bookmarked but it just forwards you to the new url.
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Old Sep 28, 2012 | 05:44 PM
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This is dope, I was just trying to find a good source for bushings on my FC. You're my man for the job!! See you there soon
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 01:21 PM
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Thanks
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 01:31 PM
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Site looks good!
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 01:15 AM
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Hey Juan,

How long does it take you to change out the pillow ***** and/or bushings on an FD? What's your availability?

-ty
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 11:25 AM
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Juan hooked it up with a complete bushing kit for my FC super great services and shipping!
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 09:00 PM
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Dude you should just start a lsx swapping service. Sell that shiat like hot cakes. You'll be rich

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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 07:46 AM
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Just sent u a message
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by mdpalmer
Dude you should just start a lsx swapping service. Sell that shiat like hot cakes. You'll be rich
Being that today is Thanksgiving, can I call you a turkey for this comment Mr. Palmer



Juan does that and the true rotary enthusiasts will boycott his bizness fo sho
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