Weird upper front arms

[devnull]

I've got two upper front link arms from the same car (S14) and one has a gusset welded in while the other doesn't.

PIX:
Gusseted
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m83/devslashnull/PIC-0059.jpg

Regular
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m83/devslashnull/PIC-0060.jpg

comparison
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m83/devslashnull/PIC-0061.jpg

What's up with this? Is the gusseted one a nismo part or something?

[gprb25]

No ... I'm pretty sure thats not aftermarket.

Looks like sombody was trying to fabricate who the hell knows what..

So you bought the car and it came with those arms on it??

[Dousan_PG]

its stock
probably replaced arms from a crash or something

s15 is all boxed
some times s14 is too, probably kouki?

[gprb25]

Just looked at the title....FRONT arms?

Those are rear traction or camber arms.

Either way, it was someone probably trying an idea they had out to box the piece to make it stronger.

I have a S14 kouki and all my arms look like the first one.

[Dousan_PG]

Just looked at the title....FRONT arms?

Those are rear traction or camber arms.

Either way, it was someone probably trying an idea they had out to box the piece to make it stronger.

I have a S14 kouki and all my arms look like the first one.

then maybe they aer from S15
becuse s15 is all stock boxed in arms
lca, toe and forward
i had a s15 subframe w/ full arms back in the day
exactly like that.

[devnull]

Just looked at the title....FRONT arms?

Those are rear traction or camber arms.


FSM calls them upper front links.

People call them traction arms.

I tend to use both terms.


I bought a complete rear suspension off a modified S14 that had was slammed into while on a freeway. I figured that one side had taken a hit at some time prior and that link was replaced. Thanks for the info.

[projectRDM]

J30s are boxed also.

[Chaluska]

I replaced all the rear arms on my S14, and my toe rods looked identical to those.. might be aftermarket replacement.