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Originally Posted by mechanicalmoron
No, you are the people that feed BS and get sent money.
I mean, this is all your answer to the OP pointing out the same part number for the bushing in these parts, currently for sale - your answer is porsche-grade masturbatory horseshit that denies and/or ignores the points you're pretending to counter.
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Here's my retort:
OP complains about GT-R tension rods being pricey. I have no idea what pricing is like from a dealer, but let's use Amayama and the Nismo MSRP as a reference point:
R32 GT-R front suspension:
https://www.amayama.com/en/catalogs/...on-chassis-536
R32 GT-R front tension rod lists as 1x 54468-05U00 + 1x 54469-05U00. The replacement bushing for the tension rod is 54476-05U00 and 2 is required.
A quick search of these parts yields tension rod pricing around ~$160-180 each, so around $300-350 depending on who you buy from. Tension rod bushing is around $50 to $60 each/ These are factory R32 GT-R tension rod part numbers. I don't know nor do I care what else they fit to. I am not pricing it out of Japan bc once you add in shipping the cost savings is offset by shipping costs for the individual parts.
Nismo suspension:
https://www.nismo.co.jp/products/cat....html#page=197
R32 GT-R uses 1x 54460-RS580 which is a pair of left/right tension rods, but it can't reuse the brake air guide. MSRP of this is JPY35000 but based on my import experience most sellers would price this at around $400 for the pair. The tension rod bushing that Nismo offers is 54476-RS580 which you need 2x of. Each is JPY6000 MSRP which would put a sell price of around $70-80 USD each.
So... not sure where I'm seeing the price difference that OP posted of 1) $200 vs $400 for a set of tension rods for GT-R, and 2) where the tension rod part numbers are the same... OEM and Nismo are different part numbers. The Nismo bushings can be used to replace the factory bushings in the factory arms (since the factory and Nismo arms are the same dimension), some people go this route instead of buying new arms outright. That's what I did with my S13 tension rods, since the bushings were shot after 30 years.
...or am I still feeding you BS?