ka9 vipcar spotlight

[Alperovich]

Originally Posted by B+O

Holy sh*t you Found the Suspension InformatioN!??!?!

You have my unending admiration for this sh*t right here...rep points.


EDIT:

gotta just come back to say, this thread is the sh*t!

I'm trying to figure ou what's going on with the front steering linkage...what's that there?

looks like its a tierod with a extended ball joint to perverse the tierods ability to keep working under such extreme angle of that hub

[roncee]

Alright my aftermath brother, good find. I to would love to ride alot lower than where i' currently at but the roads here in SoLa will eat me alive...lol.

This is what i've been trying to tell a couple guys around here about for a min now. I love how this car pushed the limit of a fwd and has proven to ride g'd out with killer camber and not that (broken-look) {f- that dude yo!-rc...}.... You have to get adjustable suspension arms and a modified upper control arm for the clearance to pull that shit off. The coilover kit looks like a aimgain.....imo.

T-Demand.jp make adjustable control arms for our car but my efforts to obtain even a simple fuckin price have all come up empty cause of my shitty japanese......lol


This car is an ICON....my vote for the baddest KA9 in japan

[B+O]

I see...

good info with that VIPcar mag ad.

it looks to be about 1500 bucks for the linkages and stuff. 450 bucks for the "Tie Rod Ends" 1500 for upper control arms (not pictured)

*looks up T-Demand*

Looks like the toe control arms are also like 500 beans. but that's what we need to keep the rear end from tearing through tires once it's lowered!

[B+O]

Bonus...

May have found at least something...

http://www.get-v.com/sale_parts/1238637501/index.html

http://www.csleek.com/detail/?s_c=12...ist=1238637501

Found the home page atleast

C Sleek is a different company, but they offer adjustable linkages for KA9s supposedly

It's a "one-off" job apparently, but they'll do them

ad say something about checking out the Proshop T-Demand's KA9 parts line up.

[OneBadKA9RL]

Only information I found is that T-Demand has Takashi Tanaka racing for them *shrug*

Apparently C-Sleek is a T Demand Antenna shop. *shrug*

So I found T-Demand makes suspension parts for sure.

.... but I still can't find their website.

[OneBadKA9RL]

About the image (according to my friend):

r upper / r low arm set v-spr = $1810.15
r token arm = $916.53
short nuckle f upper arm $1833.06
tie rod end $515.55

[B+O]

That actually says "Toe Con Rod"

which is Toe Control Rod, which is both of those rods you see to the top left.

But great super sleuthing.

We'll get to the bottom of this!

EDIT:

what's strange about this car is that it doesn't look out of place at all sitting like that.

if you're used to VIP Style, it's normal to see crazy camber on some of these extreme cars...but some cars doing it just look like posers...This car looks like it'd fit right in with the Q45s, the Cedrics, and the Celsiors... the KA9 is definitely a VIPcar

[roncee]

i have watched a few CSI episodes b/f
........damn Roseta Stone, you guys rock man....... im only on week 2
I agree, it looks like it fits along with the other "traditional" platforms. I Love my KA9

[OLD_HATCH]

(In a Homer Simpson voice) MMMMMMMMMM Suspension (Homer)


Those lower front control arms with pillow ball sway bar mounts look killer.

[aftermathacura]

Originally Posted by OneBadKA9RL

Kurt it'd help if you could post up the original links to the images.... I can't go off by anything if they're all from your photobucket :P

If you want to go through pm, I understand

no need to pm, the more ka9 heads searching the better. i search all kinds of sites but those pics were found here.http://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/475759/profile/ kinda looks like myspace and cardomain in one. they are very passionate about there cars and seem to document every detail.

Originally Posted by B+O

Don't leave me out! I wanna know about those parts as well!

you doing a good job sourcing it out already. we all in this together, we all gonna do till we get it down.

Originally Posted by B+O

That actually says "Toe Con Rod"

which is Toe Control Rod, which is both of those rods you see to the top left.

But great super sleuthing.

We'll get to the bottom of this!

EDIT:

what's strange about this car is that it doesn't look out of place at all sitting like that.

if you're used to VIP Style, it's normal to see crazy camber on some of these extreme cars...but some cars doing it just look like posers...This car looks like it'd fit right in with the Q45s, the Cedrics, and the Celsiors... the KA9 is definitely a VIPcar

toe control rods.......hell yeah. i almost had a shop here in geogia custom make some like that for me before i bought my daily driver. good find roncee.

Ivan, i agree with the fit right in part. im just glad to see honda starting to make some presence in the vip scene by showing those cats they can play that game too.

for everybody else who cant help but to over this car, and just dont see a reason to respect it alittle bit. i suggest staying away from any show coverage from japan. its not uncommon for them at all.