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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 11:25 PM
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WELL I WANT TO BUY A ADJ. TORQUE ARM BUT I DONT KNOW WICH ONE TO BUY...MOST OF MY FRIENDS HAVE SHOHN BUT ITS A LIL TOO NOISE...
WHAT DO U GUYS THINK OR WHAT DO U HAVE?????


1.SHOHN

2.UMI
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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by esli ramirez
WELL I WANT TO BUY A ADJ. TORQUE ARM BUT I DONT KNOW WICH ONE TO BUY...MOST OF MY FRIENDS HAVE SHOHN BUT ITS A LIL TOO NOISE...
WHAT DO U GUYS THINK OR WHAT DO U HAVE?????


1.SHOHN

2.UMI
NO DOUBT, UMI
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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 01:28 PM
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i have sphon but umi make a great product...either one you would be good with
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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by BYUNSPEED
Scream A Little Louder.
Had to drown out his all caps ...
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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 02:59 PM
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for the ones with UMI do you get alot of speakin and pop like i do with LCA. i some from PA racing supposably. but they dont even have poly bushing, they are like white color plastic kinda material. and they squeak like hell!!!
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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 03:08 PM
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UMIs customer service kicks ***. I'd recommend them to anybody.
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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 03:28 PM
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Rod ends here ... no issues
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 12:06 AM
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Spohn gets my vote. I have not heard any negative feedback on the UMI products either.
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 12:16 AM
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i still dont know wat to get!!!
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 12:24 AM
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Well i have a Spohn adj crossmember mount tq arm and i say u cant go wrong with it...just keep it greased and it doesnt pop or bang that bad. of course i did have to get the one without the poly bushing. lol. So that maked mine a lil worse. but to be completely honest ive never heard anything bad about neither product. So it soley up to u as far as which u like best.
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 12:36 AM
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I love my UMI trans mounted torque arm. Besided keeping my pinion angle perfect, I forget it's back there. Very pleased with my UMI piece.

Ben T.
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They both are good I think the UMI is a tad cheaper. I know most of the under of my car is UMI. Not knocking SPOHN by all means.
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 11:57 AM
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I have the UMI Tunnel Mounted Adjustable Torque Arm and 3 Point Bolt In SFC. Mine makes the popping noises and I can't seem to find where they are coming from. I assume it is directly under me at the cross member. I am still trying to get the pinion angle right, i think i can hear a whineing noise at higher speeds from the rear end. But they are great products and the installation was easy.
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by formula402
for the ones with UMI do you get alot of speakin and pop like i do with LCA. i some from PA racing supposably. but they dont even have poly bushing, they are like white color plastic kinda material. and they squeak like hell!!!
Sounds like Delrin bushings you have there. They are harder than Poly, and also deflect less.

My vote goes to UMI as well.

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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 04:59 PM
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I had read there seems to be less noise with the UMI version of the TB mounted Adjustable TA so that is the way we went. Got ours for a great price from Mr. Young above, no complaints!
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 12:39 PM
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I JUST GOT MY TA FROM UMI...
SINCE MY FRIEND HAVE SPOHN N IT TOO NOISE I HAVE TO GO WITH UMI...

OHH YEAH GREAT SERVICE AT UMI
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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what noise are you talking about,it this with a tunnel or tranny mount tq arm?
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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 01:58 AM
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you cant go wrong with either, i honestly looked at my spohn tunnel mounted TA right next to my buddies UMI tunnel mounted TA and they're damn near identical, both are very nice and their customer service has been top notch from everyone ive heard from on multiple forums
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I'd go Spohn.
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Old Oct 8, 2006 | 04:13 PM
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Spohn hands down!!
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