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08-06-2007, 09:14 PM | #182 | |
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Yay Im cool because i called a new brand a ricer company, and "US DRIFTERS" dont like ricers... |
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08-06-2007, 09:27 PM | #183 | |
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08-06-2007, 09:42 PM | #184 |
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cent for cent, i appreciate megan. they make cheap parts where i want cheap parts. my downpipe is a f'in tube. i dont care who makes it, but coils would be the last thing i would buy from them, even though they have been reviewed with adequate acclaim. brakes arent the most engineered piece of your car, and its hit or miss if you fuck em up. The brembos on the 350z's lose thier seals relatively often from what ive had to replace at work. And for my use, i wouldnt want an all out race rotor brake package like the AZ car. i would like to heat cycle my rotors and ball out all the way home and park the bitch without having to let the rotors cool down. my boy ruined his willwood rotors on his s2000 like that, coming home havin to piss in a bad way. and whoever brought up the 12 piston rotora's, kill yourself. OVERKILL in the worst of ways. if you buy those, props for havin money, but if you cant make rent next month im gonna laugh at you. 6 pots is completely pushin it for our little cars (relative), if your not a weekend track fiend. i would trust megans bbk. it would be a very short time to tell if they worked or not. If they put the right finish on the bores and pistons and design the seals correctly theres really not much that can go wrong.
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08-06-2007, 09:51 PM | #185 | |
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tool. if you ask me, aluminum spoilers alone just make you a "rice" company.. but hey thats just me, what do i know. do you have ANY idea how many emails per day i get from overseas with advertisements like this "zankou corporation international would like to extend invite to you, our product line. we have LED and HID headlamps with less than 1% defective rate. wholesale cost for HID setup, $50 per kit / $250 list price. blah blah" psssh. the other day one of the advertisements i got had LAWN MOWERS in it... made overseas. fuckin knockoff lawnmowers. ugh! |
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08-06-2007, 09:59 PM | #187 |
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Meh, at a cost of $3000+ I'd spend that hard earned money on something that's tried and true. And whatever I buy at that price had better have a big ass fuckin "WOW" factor in terms of performance and quality. But yeah, freedom of choice ftw
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08-07-2007, 12:47 AM | #188 |
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Garrett makes turbo's for HKS
Garrett's parent company is Honeywell Honeywell is well known worldwide for their Aerospace technology. Somehow they screw up with their Autolite,and Fram portion of the company.... Don't know who makes Greddy/Trust Turbo's (it might not be them) but one site did say they started making kits in '89... so they might not be that old of a company? Maybe they get their stuff from Mitsubishi... " I am not sure"
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08-07-2007, 01:28 AM | #189 | |
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Companies like Brembo and AP Racing NEVER had a reputation like Megan does. They were ALWAYS high end, low volume performance companies. Megan simply cannot make that same claim. They are a high volume company that manufactures parts in China where labor is cheap, hence people question their quality. |
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08-07-2007, 11:07 AM | #190 | |
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sucks if you did get neg repped for this. not a fan of meagen, dont take it personally
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08-07-2007, 11:39 AM | #191 |
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"Spoken like a true 21 year old. Its CHEAP, get it? Saying that steel is steel, and all steel is the same - is null minded. There are many different grades/quality of metals, rubbers, and obviously the better quality components cost more. If a brakes job was as simple as you make it seem, then why even have multiple pistons? Why about brake bias, grain structure and tempering of the metal? What about unsprung weight and rotational balance. Just because their parts are shiny and powdercoated, big deal.. I can powdercoat any metal and look pretty. It'll take more than that to win a following."
Nice dig at the age. I think YOU myfriend are missing the point of my whole comment. I am acting like half of the idiots out there who look into buying big name brake kits like brembo. It seems you are all concerned more about the small details vs the big picture of the product. What you have not noticed apparently is that if Megan is not developing the components in their house... then who is to say what the grade of material those components will be? You cant cry about the quality of the product if you have no idea who is making it. For all you know. brembo could be manufacturing the parts and you would still knock on them because it has a megan name. lastly, Multiple piston calipers are to provide a multiple point pressure surface which helps the longevity of the caliper under high load due to distribution of the pressure. But if megan has a multiple piston caliper with materials suitable for a big brake kit, which by the way, is probably a material still better than CAST ****ING IRON (which used to stop your car for the 10+ years before you bought it) ... then I dont think you are going to have a problem. I am not disputing that brembo is more refined. But I think that a big brake upgrade from megan covers the basics of the general concept of having a "big brake kit", at an effective cost. And without any proof of shitty material used in their kits, I dont think you should try to knock them. And lastly, just to piss you off... exotic cars do all sorts of modifications on cars that are not all necessary and/or useful. why would Ferrari disturb their high dollar reputation by using a lesser known brand that might perform just as well? Because of people like you who are more concerned about the name of the brand than the actual function. Does the F1 circut use Brembo's on all of their cars? *gasp*... no... they develop their own system. But... according to you... if it isnt brembo they must not have put much development into it. Most F1 teams are factory sponsored and their materials are often used on factory vehicles as well. Does this mean that F1 cars are inferior to a 240sx equipped with Brembos? I must have been wrong my whole life (21 years to you). GG sir.
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Garrett makes HKS's turbos for them to their trim specs. Mistubishi makes Greddy's(Trust) Turbos for them. You need to just STFU cause you're making yourself look like a fool. Anyone that had been in Japan for 3yrs should know this stuff already.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One_car Nice Pwning yourself there...
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08-07-2007, 01:17 PM | #194 |
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Actually alot of them are developed in their own facilities. Brembo and Sabone are usually used on the vehicles who do not have their own development facility. Ferrari uses Brembo... ok.. I admit that. But what italian owned company wouldnt? Renault and the Mclaren line as well as about 70% of the industry do not.
I do realize I sorta made myself look like an idiot there but once again you have to realize that just because 30% of the market is 1 brand, doesnt mean that it is the best. Have you heard of AP racing, Hitco, or Carbone? I've heard of carbone, but that is it. Does that mean that they arent as good as brembo? Obviously not the case. I am just saying there are other companies than brembo out there that make great brake packages and you should seriously consider them over buying the brembo name. Now, before I go out and make myself look like a dumb*arse* I am going to shut up. I just wanted to put in my lousy penny that there is no reason why people should be boycotting a small company from trying to develop a cost-effective big brake kit when they all (and here is the key word) GENERALLY the same concept. Like I said, im not disputing that brembo has one of the best brake systems available. Im disputing the idea that people have in their heads that a big brake upgrade from a little known manufacter is not a good idea.
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Wilwood is a small company, how come no one is saying anything bad about them here on this forum? Because facts are facts, and people will always respect companies that put fourth the hard work and effort to R&D their product. As for you defending Megan products, like I said.. I have no problem with it. Go ahead and put that janky shit on your car. Afterall, you're only 21 once.. right? Live and learn, they say. Just remember, I have been running aluminum 4POT Z32 brakes for the past 8 years. Not to mention, I've been building up my S13 since `95-96. Might want to reconsider before you start calling me out as to how many years I've been in the scene.. n00b. ;-) darryl> Now, before I go out and make myself look like a dumb*arse* I am going to shut up. Well said. |
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