serialtoon
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- 2008 Mazdaspeed 3
Sexy, any difference in the way it handles?
Orlando MS3s beware of Classic Mazda SR436!!
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AutoXRacer
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Seems quieter and a tighter... But that might be just me feeling a placebo effect trying to justify the mod... (lol2)
I'll be at Sebring this weekend for a full weekend of autocross action. I'm sure I'll give the new end-links a workout. I'll post my findings on Monday.
AutoXRacer
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Well, I had no noise from the end-links up until I reached Sebring 2 hours away and drove over a small decline and my rears clunked. They clunked when I drove into the hotel parking lot, and clunked all through the first heat (5 runs) on Saturdays practice runs. I loosened some bolts thinking they might be too tight and ran the 2nd heat (3 runs) without any issues; no noise. I also ran all of the next day (5 runs) without noise.
When I got home and changed my wheels to my daily drive set, I inspected the rear end-links and re-torqued the driver side cause I was getting a little clunking when I tapped the sway bar. When I drove off the driveway this morning, the front clunked... Though I don't know if they clunk whenever you jack up the car and need to resettle. http://****************.org/forum/images/smilies/Smilies/06.gif
I'm going to email Ken at PG and ask him if the clunking is normal and how to work it out. As far as the product itself, it performed awesome!! I really do feel like the car is a little flatter/stiffer... Though replacing end-links should not have that effect unless the stockers were flexible... http://www.****************.org/forum/images/smilies/gtnsmilies/questionmark.gif
My next race won't be till the 22nd... I'll see if they'll make noise again.http://****************.org/forum/images/smilies/gtnsmilies/burnout.gif
Just got and email from Ken at PG and he says that they are supposed to make noise due to their design. Seemly like its something you can get around with the inherent design of the end-links.
When I got home and changed my wheels to my daily drive set, I inspected the rear end-links and re-torqued the driver side cause I was getting a little clunking when I tapped the sway bar. When I drove off the driveway this morning, the front clunked... Though I don't know if they clunk whenever you jack up the car and need to resettle. http://****************.org/forum/images/smilies/Smilies/06.gif
I'm going to email Ken at PG and ask him if the clunking is normal and how to work it out. As far as the product itself, it performed awesome!! I really do feel like the car is a little flatter/stiffer... Though replacing end-links should not have that effect unless the stockers were flexible... http://www.****************.org/forum/images/smilies/gtnsmilies/questionmark.gif
My next race won't be till the 22nd... I'll see if they'll make noise again.http://****************.org/forum/images/smilies/gtnsmilies/burnout.gif
Just got and email from Ken at PG and he says that they are supposed to make noise due to their design. Seemly like its something you can get around with the inherent design of the end-links.
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Super Unique
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heims like that are noisy no matter what 
When I saw the pics I thought, wow seen those before, but a LOT bigger LOL.... Heims click, clunk, etc... but they are strong and stiff. Depends on what your looking for. That will definitely stiffen things up compared to stock, but the price of entry is noise. Using them on the end links should be fine. Where you run into real trouble is using heims for steering and suspension like we do on offroad vehicles. Then the noise is just unreal. My jeep could drive right over a regular car, but it sure sounded evil when doing so
When I saw the pics I thought, wow seen those before, but a LOT bigger LOL.... Heims click, clunk, etc... but they are strong and stiff. Depends on what your looking for. That will definitely stiffen things up compared to stock, but the price of entry is noise. Using them on the end links should be fine. Where you run into real trouble is using heims for steering and suspension like we do on offroad vehicles. Then the noise is just unreal. My jeep could drive right over a regular car, but it sure sounded evil when doing so
knowledge007
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I am getting a clunk when I go over bumps and such in the front end of the car. Should I check, or would this be an issue...???
Yes you should, could be another issue.
AutoX are the end links a known failure by chance?
Super Unique
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He replaced the stock end links with aftermarket ones. The mounts he put on use heim joints, so they are going click and pop no matter what. It's inherent to the design of the joint. metal on metal will always make noise.
AutoXRacer
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Definitely check yours!! I spoke with another MS3 owner at the autocross this past weekend and he also had rear end-links issues where he lost the bolt that attaches the sway bar to end-link.
I had also heard of another owner who also had issues with their front end-links.
I replaced/upgraded my end-links because the dealer refused warrantee work and I did not want to keep breaking stock end-links.
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