Is this ebay ruca same as SPL ruca?

[xagna]

Searching in the ebay, I found this. It is sold by ssautochrom and is from Korean maker named motoria as most of ssautochrom's ebay products are.

Looking at the pictures, I found these really close to SPL's ruca. Knowing that SPL outsources its products to East Asia, I am wondering if this Motoria s13 ruca is the one sold by SPL.

ebay motoria s13 ruca
http://www.stockreco.com/aaaa10365.jpg

SPL's pro ruca
http://www.splparts.com/Parts/S13/Suspension/Multilink/SPLProRearUpperArm.jpg

[Ritz S14]

Right where the stud is welded/connected to the heim joint, looks pretty brittle. Don't know if the SPL ones are like that.

[OptionZero]

i thought SPL= C-west, not ebay brand.

[gmckey]

similar design apparently, possibly the same. but I highly doubt it. materials are most likely very different. it's not really that hard for an ebay company to duplicate a chrome look.

[McRussellPants]

i thought SPL= C-west, not ebay brand.


Kuah picks the best stuff from alot of the japanese manafacturers. C-West is not one of them (do they even make suspension links?).

Anyway. I had a friend that bought the SSACs because they looked like SPLs. Basically they send you something completely different - it was made of mild steel, had the nastiest rod end short of having a zerk fitting, and some stupid turn buckle thats nothing like SPLs.

[OMGWTFBBQ]

I think it just comes down to strength and build quality. I know the S14 ruca is made by Cusco, unsure for the S13 though...
personally I wouldnt get any from ebay, thats me though

[chmercer]

the motoria control arms are a knockoff of the stillen ones, which are a stupid design to begin with. just to echo others, shitty rod end, chrome dipped mild steel, super wide thread pitch, etc.

SPL control arms are not made in korea. SPL links are straight from japan, from chromoly steel, with racing grade heims. no bogus 2 dollar hardware store heims like ebay.

edit - the s14 ruca IS cusco.

[Dousan_PG]

spl does use cusco arms. striaght from cusco its no secret. kuah told me why. its one of the best designs. why fight it? its a great arm. i think ihave cusco on mine? yeah ithink
anyways. spl parts rule, high quality, never had one fail on me. 3 years and counting. too many track events. always daily driven. 100% reliability.
thats worth every penny.

[DoriftoSlut]

Yeah, agreed. Kuah has told me that those ebay arms are in no way affiliated with SPL Parts. They are cheap imitations.