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Old 02-23-2004, 06:12 PM
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Default LCA rod ends, which QA1?

I dont street drive my car that often but whatever rod ends these wolfe double adjustable LCAs came with are crap, sounds like a baby rattle when you shake the things and 1000000x worse when they are on the car. I need to move my rear a little forward so I need the adjustables, has anyone tried the HD economy plus, self lubricating QA1 ends ($17.00 each)? I'm sure the XM is a better end but its 44.00 less to use the economy plus ends. Just curious if anyone has ever tried them or should I just go with the 29.00 each heavy duty ones?
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XMR12 and XML12 with R and L signifying left and right handed thread patterns. XM are dead quiet, don't even waste your time with the others. Jeg's will have them to you in 2-3 days
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figured the XMs would be the quietest, just trying to save a few bucks

I drove the car for about 2 minutes with these rod ends and took them off, never heard anything like it..
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The ones I use are fine and they are teflon lined on the bearing itself...
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Originally Posted by BADZ
The ones I use are fine and they are teflon lined on the bearing itself...
What are the model #, brand etc that you use?
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I use tuthil premium grade, we are a distributor of the jam nuts and rod ends and we get them for much less then the average Joe blow....
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You can also order them directly from QA1. I paid $27.42 for the XMR10-12, which was a little less than Jeg's. Their price on solid rod ends was better than I thought, too. $5.66 for the RER10-12 (the chrome ones), opposed to around $10 from Jeg's for the black oxide. I didn't price out the same black oxide one as Jeg's sells, but I'd assume they'd be in the same range. Shipping was a little expensive at $9.70, but I got several other rod ends and the double adjuster I couldn't find anywhere else.
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Originally Posted by BADZ
I use tuthil premium grade, we are a distributor of the jam nuts and rod ends and we get them for much less then the average Joe blow....
PM me some prices on the rod ends you use, I was just in Spring last week, picked up a set of wheels/tires from Jason (badblueSS)and he showed me a few vids of your guys cars - cool stuff..

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