Beware of Ichiba, it will literally break!

Adon · 04-05-2012, 10:43 AM

I want to post this for you guys so everyone knows exactly what they're dealing with when they buy Ichiba camber kits, don't be fooled by their $350-$450 price range, these are NOT midrange/higher end camber kits whatsoever.
They are made soooo cheaply that this isn't even another case of made in china cheap non quality stuff, but this shlt will literally break in half, and if it doesn't the bushings will fall out or they'll get loose and cause massive clunking noises.
And then when it's time to remove them, good luck, this is what happened to me below, and honestly if I was just a rare case I would not cause all this ruckus, but I've found many threads of not just complaints about Ichiba, but some really scary stuff of CATASTROPHIC failure, here take a look at my thread below on my350, and also I'll quote the whole thing right below, thanks for looking and please do yourself a favor, don't even think about getting these.

Ichiba failed me hard, like so many others! - MY350Z.COM Forums

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Originally Posted by Adon

My video and experience is below, but for starters here's some threads by others with similar Ichiba issues, pay attention to the very first thread there's some pics of user Butkiss1 look how his Ichiba rear camber kit snapped, caushing him to crash his car

Ichiba rear camber arms almost killed me - G35Driver

Ichiba camber arms FTL - G35Driver

Ichiba suspension parts = total garbage!!! - G35Driver

So Ichiba aka GodSpeed aka various other eBay nicknames, they really should NOT be sold by vendors on here since they are prone to nor just minor failure, but CATASTROPHIC failure.... why don't we have any stand up vendors that refuse to sell out of principle and safety of their customers, does it all have to be about money all the time

here are my videos, Part 1 and Part 2, very self explanatory... (sorry bout the loud music, wasn't loud at all when makin the vid, guess the phone mic amplified the sound)

g35/350z Ichiba Camber arms/kit is straight up faulty - YouTube
g35/350z Ichiba Camber arms/kit is straight up faulty - YouTube

Adon · 04-05-2012, 10:52 AM

Can't embed YouTube vids for some reason you can still click on the links up there, but check out the pictures of those other guy's Ichiba kits just breaking right in half causing crashes...

As you can see in my videos even when it was time to take them off they wouldn't cooperate, on both sides I literally had to handsaw the spindles off as you can see in my videos, here's a quote from my thread

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Originally Posted by Adon

I'm thinking it basically comes down to this... whoever offers a kickass warranty is in my eyes the company to go with.
I know SPL is great at working with you, and Kinetix for example gives you a LIFETIME warranty on their camber kits which is insane...

I think a rule of thumb from now on for me, and it's something I just realized that the typical 1 year warranty is a generic MAde In China one, I will never trust it again and all the products I purchase from now on I will make sure not only to do research on them because everyone will have different experiences, but I'm gonna make sure the company stands behind their product with a multi year or a lifetime warranty. When a company offers that, then you know they really are confident in their product and there's obviously a good reason for that.

BTW check out how I solved the spindle problem, this is the only thing I could do without taking the whole arm off... Had to wedge my handsaw in there cut it so it would have some room to flex, got it unstuck and hammered it back out fairly easily at that point.

I went a little rage mode as you can see cut into the arm a bit, lol, didn't see that.... but anyway no big deal only a minor cut....
pics

^LAST PICTURE IS THE NEW KINETIX SPINDLE THAT'S GOING ON

kenchan · 04-05-2012, 11:33 AM

i didnt get to look at the vids but i think your pictures explain what happened... lol.

another reason why i dont like no-brand/rebadged crap. can never trust wat kind of process the metals went through before it was shaped and painted looking all nice.

TerribleONE · 04-05-2012, 11:34 AM

damn sorry to see this OP.. I have heard of things like this before though.. Glad your alright though and you didnt have a failure while driving.

Adon · 04-05-2012, 11:53 AM

yea thanks for looking, but what I posted is only the tip of the ice berg...

Some of this stuff that's going on to other guys, my only Ichibas fell apart but I'm lucky I never had catastrophic failures like these guys are having, that's what I'm trying to warn everyone about...
lots of parts that are cheaply made, bend or crack you know, but for them to completely fail like this, i mean this is some life endangering type of stuff, moderators of our respective forums REALLY need to take a good long hard look at all the facts presented here and decide if this stuff should really be sold by vendors

MattP725 · 04-05-2012, 07:07 PM

Actually in the market for arms and when I saw threads like yours before I instantly tossed Ichiba off my list... luckily not many vendors sell their arms here it seems.

04-05-2012, 11:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
TerribleONE A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Socal Posts: 10,203 Drives: WOT Rep Power: 5850	damn sorry to see this OP.. I have heard of things like this before though.. Glad your alright though and you didnt have a failure while driving. __________________ 638WHP 541WTQ @ 13.5PSI Build thread

04-05-2012, 11:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
Adon Base Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: vancouver Posts: 24 Drives: g35 coupe Rep Power: 14	yea thanks for looking, but what I posted is only the tip of the ice berg... Some of this stuff that's going on to other guys, my only Ichibas fell apart but I'm lucky I never had catastrophic failures like these guys are having, that's what I'm trying to warn everyone about... lots of parts that are cheaply made, bend or crack you know, but for them to completely fail like this, i mean this is some life endangering type of stuff, moderators of our respective forums REALLY need to take a good long hard look at all the facts presented here and decide if this stuff should really be sold by vendors Last edited by Adon; 04-05-2012 at 11:57 AM.

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04-05-2012, 11:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	i didnt get to look at the vids but i think your pictures explain what happened... lol. another reason why i dont like no-brand/rebadged crap. can never trust wat kind of process the metals went through before it was shaped and painted looking all nice.

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MattP725 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2011 Location: Toms River, NJ Posts: 1,904 Drives: 2010 40th Rep Power: 17	Actually in the market for arms and when I saw threads like yours before I instantly tossed Ichiba off my list... luckily not many vendors sell their arms here it seems.