DailyDB8
>>>Honda Enthusiast<<<
first off... i am not bias'd in any way towards skunk2. i tell you how it is. good or bad. i've owned many skunk2 products before with limited to no problems before since 2000. skunk2 camber kits, suspension, manifold and cams. no prob. until today.
was swapping out my wheels and noticed... why is the rear wheels wobbling... its sitting on the ground. WTF?!?!? noticed the other side started shaking.... oh hell nah... WTF. and note. i rarely drive my car. i dont race / track. and the car isn't slammed. to my findings... s*** just got serious. very dangerous... just about all the bushings are gone or about to be. very disappointed with skunk2 on this. im going to contact them and see what they are going to say.
i mean at this point with all their re-designs... do i need to keep checking their site for defects. geez. anyhow onto the pics.
passenger rear:
driver rear:
oh wait... did 1/4 bushing survive? barely a crack developing.
VIDEO - btw, sorry for the heavy breathing... congestion and stuff nose suck balls.
After some searching they do sell replacements. And seeing other folks pictures... it aint too pretty. Seems like they try to cover it up, at least warn the consumer or do a recall. This could have been a more serious problem which could have lead to an accident or something worse. Epecially since i just put my MF10s on. We the consumers shouldnt be the ones R&D this stuff... wtf is your "race team" for then? and my car is soft daily / garage queen. i'm very disappointed with skunk2 and their quality. even with all that beef with their bounty hunt... i set that aside cause i'm loyal consumer but damn. this co. is going downhill... and fast, IMO
a link to their "better bushing" article. notice they dont say why. the rear camber kits have been in production before this (LCA and Rear UCA use the same bushings)
http://cms.skunk2.com/id/468/A-Better-LCA-Bushing/
very good thing i went with Function7 LCAs (lifetime warranty)... and not skunk2. would have probably been the same disaster. Only thing left on the car that is Skunk2 is:
- Pro C Coilovers
- Front Camber Kit
- Rear Cabmer Kit
first off, i wasn't being a dick when i emailed them. took them awhile for a response, which i expected. they tried to sell me the replacement, that was expected. they didn't answer the question of why it failed... ok so i tried again... no response eh? i let a week fly by... still no response. the second i send a somewhat unhappy email. i get an immediate response... but yet no clear answer to why your bushing failed. CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT... SKUNK2 EMOPLYEES DONT KNOW JACK ABOUT THEIR OWN PRODUCTS. I ALSO HAVE EMAILS OF ME POINTTING OUT THEIR ALPHA SERIES TB DOESNT WORK ON GSRS... I HAD TO CORRECT THEM.
with the bounty non-sense, i tried to push it aside but those guys were right. skunk2 is a joke.
anyhow, onto the review. so here are the changes they made and failed to mention to the consumers... whats new? we're the idiots that buy it... and do more R&D then their "race" team does. f***ing a. but like i said, i tell you how it is. dont like it? click the back button.
there are less slots inside the bushing from the old vs new. old one had 8 slots while the new one has 5? why less? i dont know... nor does skunk2. they probably stole the design somewhere.
the edges are rounded off now instead of a 90 degree cut.
The steel quality of the camber kit seems to be very strong. even tho i drove around with almost no bushing. there is minimal damage to the arm itself. if anything light scratches. but the question is... do i want to continue to use a product that has no R&D? and lately has moved onto more cosmetics than performance for the past 10 years? a company that constantly has updates to their products? how many versions of crap do you guys gotta make? i should have went with tein suspension... and hardrace for camber. companies that provide good warranty and actually designs and tests their own products. I'm not going to lie... these skunk2 parts wont be going removed anytime soon, i've already invested too much time and money.
seems like skunk2 is more about
PROFIT > Enthusiast
was swapping out my wheels and noticed... why is the rear wheels wobbling... its sitting on the ground. WTF?!?!? noticed the other side started shaking.... oh hell nah... WTF. and note. i rarely drive my car. i dont race / track. and the car isn't slammed. to my findings... s*** just got serious. very dangerous... just about all the bushings are gone or about to be. very disappointed with skunk2 on this. im going to contact them and see what they are going to say.
i mean at this point with all their re-designs... do i need to keep checking their site for defects. geez. anyhow onto the pics.
passenger rear:
driver rear:
oh wait... did 1/4 bushing survive? barely a crack developing.
VIDEO - btw, sorry for the heavy breathing... congestion and stuff nose suck balls.
After some searching they do sell replacements. And seeing other folks pictures... it aint too pretty. Seems like they try to cover it up, at least warn the consumer or do a recall. This could have been a more serious problem which could have lead to an accident or something worse. Epecially since i just put my MF10s on. We the consumers shouldnt be the ones R&D this stuff... wtf is your "race team" for then? and my car is soft daily / garage queen. i'm very disappointed with skunk2 and their quality. even with all that beef with their bounty hunt... i set that aside cause i'm loyal consumer but damn. this co. is going downhill... and fast, IMO
a link to their "better bushing" article. notice they dont say why. the rear camber kits have been in production before this (LCA and Rear UCA use the same bushings)
http://cms.skunk2.com/id/468/A-Better-LCA-Bushing/
very good thing i went with Function7 LCAs (lifetime warranty)... and not skunk2. would have probably been the same disaster. Only thing left on the car that is Skunk2 is:
- Pro C Coilovers
- Front Camber Kit
- Rear Cabmer Kit
first off, i wasn't being a dick when i emailed them. took them awhile for a response, which i expected. they tried to sell me the replacement, that was expected. they didn't answer the question of why it failed... ok so i tried again... no response eh? i let a week fly by... still no response. the second i send a somewhat unhappy email. i get an immediate response... but yet no clear answer to why your bushing failed. CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT... SKUNK2 EMOPLYEES DONT KNOW JACK ABOUT THEIR OWN PRODUCTS. I ALSO HAVE EMAILS OF ME POINTTING OUT THEIR ALPHA SERIES TB DOESNT WORK ON GSRS... I HAD TO CORRECT THEM.
with the bounty non-sense, i tried to push it aside but those guys were right. skunk2 is a joke.
ME said:
Skunk2 said:
ME said:
look at the immediate response... and he's still trying to sell me the bushing.ME said:
i know i'm sorta digging up a dead horse, but its funny how they have a article that says they introduced a new better bushing that replaces their old ones that failed but wont explain why. hmmmm. btw did i forget to mention they are on back order from skunk2? geez i wonder why....Skunk2 said:
anyhow, onto the review. so here are the changes they made and failed to mention to the consumers... whats new? we're the idiots that buy it... and do more R&D then their "race" team does. f***ing a. but like i said, i tell you how it is. dont like it? click the back button.
there are less slots inside the bushing from the old vs new. old one had 8 slots while the new one has 5? why less? i dont know... nor does skunk2. they probably stole the design somewhere.
the edges are rounded off now instead of a 90 degree cut.
The steel quality of the camber kit seems to be very strong. even tho i drove around with almost no bushing. there is minimal damage to the arm itself. if anything light scratches. but the question is... do i want to continue to use a product that has no R&D? and lately has moved onto more cosmetics than performance for the past 10 years? a company that constantly has updates to their products? how many versions of crap do you guys gotta make? i should have went with tein suspension... and hardrace for camber. companies that provide good warranty and actually designs and tests their own products. I'm not going to lie... these skunk2 parts wont be going removed anytime soon, i've already invested too much time and money.
seems like skunk2 is more about
PROFIT > Enthusiast
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