Subject	Unless you need the adjustability, stick with OEM tension
Posted by	Polish on October 28, 2015 at 10:23 PM
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In Reply To	Tension rod choices posted by BLACKTT3Z on October 28, 2015 at 03:50 PM
Message	rods. You can also press in some Nismo bushings to your current tension rods, or some ES/Whiteline replacements. I feel like most people worry about their adjustable tension rods being as close to stock as possible rather than them having a non-oem spec set. After going back to OEM tension rods with some new Nismo bushings from SPL V2s, the ride felt better to me. The SPL arms are works of art for sure, but add some harshness. The OEM tension rods have huge bushings that take a lot of force when going over bumps it seems.
Follow Ups	Tension rod choices - BLACKTT3Z 15:50:12 10/28/15 SPL > *.*, if you don't need adjustment I can press in ES - Bernie (NoVA) 16:38:23 10/28/15 SPL.only $30 more, it's a no brainer. (n/m) - slayer fan 17:47:30 10/28/15 Yep. SPL only. no brainer (n/m) - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 01:48:50 10/29/15 Unless you need the adjustability, stick with OEM tension - Polish 22:23:59 10/28/15 Remember OEM tension rod bushings are liquid filled - Polish 22:57:56 10/28/15 Re: Remember OEM tension rod bushings are liquid filled - BLACKTT3Z 14:34:31 10/29/15 Definitely tolerable. It is only an issue when going over - Polish 23:33:25 10/29/15 Has anyone tried the Z1 adjustable bushing rods? - WhiTTe Z 08:07:20 10/29/15 Releasing a race version option w/ heim joints next week. (n/m) - Russell@Z1 09:52:08 10/29/15 Eh. I didnt notice the harshness when I switched over to SPL - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 16:52:39 10/29/15 A good way to test this is take the same speed bump in - Polish 00:28:24 10/30/15 Eh. not interested in doing all those test just to - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 17:13:59 10/30/15 Curious as well. Just saw them the other day by accident. - SMAZ (OKC) 23:10:33 10/30/15 I've had SPL's on my Z for over 10 years - Adam (NoVA) 09:52:58 10/29/15 I also have years worth of driving on my SPL parts. (n/m) - Mike TDK (NoVA) 10:50:53 10/29/15 If you don't want/need solid bushings, check out the SPCs - black300zx 11:38:21 10/29/15 I thought about the SPC's, but bushing failure seems common - ZXoltan 13:59:14 10/29/15 Beefier than stock, a bit of surface rust on the corners of - black300zx 18:22:10 10/30/15 SPL or GTFO (n/m) - Drk93TT 17:48:39 10/29/15 I had to replace the joint on my SPL rods after 40k miles. - Sixbanger 12:40:06 10/30/15 that you were able to replace just the joint is a feature - Antihero 17:38:47 11/02/15
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