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Old 09-10-2015, 01:30 PM
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Default voodoochikin driveshaft sucks

I bought a driveshaft with the new center bearing in it from Matt (voodoochikin04) And its the worst thing I've ever done to my car, and I wrecked it before.

It's so terrible. My old center bearing was so bad that I had to hone my driving skills around the driveshaft flopping around and clunking. Now I don't have to do that. All the time I spent figuring out how to feather the clutch to get it to not clunk, was for nothing. Now I can pop my clutch pedal out like a normal car... what a joke.





Tell me that the old rusty driveshaft doesn't look better than the "new upgraded" one. If you tell me otherwise I will say rude things to you on the internet.

Another thing that pisses me off about this thing is the price point. 400 dollars to get a driveshaft that isn't going to flop around you'd drive tunnel? Get real. You can spend between 800-1000 and get a brand new OEM drive shaft that is GUARANTEED to give you the clunk.

All sarcasm aside, this is one of the first mods anyone should do to a stock car, definitely up there with engine mounts, eliminating the dual mass flywheel, and shifter. Not to leave out cradle bushings, but the above list is just to get the car drivable. The driveshaft also retains the two piece design, and has no ads vibration unlike a certain over rated shaft that's a one piece.

I very rarely put decals on my car, but voodoochikin04 earned it.
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I hope Matt sees the humor in your post, hah.
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i came in here really expecting to hear something nasty.

this was perfect. i have mine sitting at home waiting to go in.
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The "OO" in voodoo look like ball sacks
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Truth.
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Hahaha. Their supposed to be voodoo pins.....like stick pins... This is a case of detail lost in translation... Going from drawing..to Photoshop...to plotter software...to plotter.

We hope to never have a real thread like this, we try our best to take care of our customers.
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Gawd the stocker drive shaft sucks

Is it the same as the non V models? I swear it looks the same as the one I pulled off my 03 3.2

I might have to look into this for sure
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The only similarity of the V shaft to the base shaft....is they go under the car..... I joke.. But they are very different. The base cars use a flex disc at each end and use a ujoint in the middle. They so suffer from junk carriers as well. Torn rubber mainly. You cannot even remotely try to use a v6 Driveshaft in your cts-v...


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Ahhh, gotcha


Now I can really see the dif between the two. I threw away the unit I pulled out of my 3.2 a while back so I didn't really remember exactly how it looked.
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I opened this thread expecting hate, but what laughing half way through. Definitely saving up for one of these!
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I opened this tread expecting to argue with somebody because I love my Voodoo driveshaft.
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Reverse Marketing !!

Excellent testimonial!
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freaking great...... another "must have part" to add to my list..... my wife is going to kill me.

lol

good to see positive feedback on stuff like this.
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I'm looking forward to this fix once I get around to it. I'm so tired of the underlying resentment I have for this car on the highway at speed.
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We should be back in stock in a week or two. Doesnt hurt to reserve one for yourself early! check out kerbid dot com as well
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i'll hopefully be able to get you guys your core back in the near future here.
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Love the voodoochikin driveshaft, a true OEM+ mod. Should have come from the factory like this.



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