i was looking into lateral link and trailing arm replacements and was keeping my eye on the cusco units.

they look nice and if i am not mistaken, spherical bearing and adjustable.

but they are very high dollar.

does anyone know any alternatives for laterla links replacement?

i am steering away from the sti units cause i read constanly that wiht a larger bar they break.

but has anyone had any experience with the noltec's?

they seem more affordable, but i would prefer quality over cost. and while yes, cusco is jdm overpriced, they have proven their products (as well as jic-magic)

lmk your thoughts. any help is greatly appreciated.

 

I had the Whiteline rear links on my 95, they worked great. Very beefy units too, probably more beefy than even the cusco links. I was really surprized what they did to the car too, made it much easier to drive hard and get the rear end out in a clean fashion, very good for slight drifts or high speed cornering.
For a trailing arm, there are fewer options... I was going to go with the Super Pro pre-installed bushings on teagues auto for that: http://home.att.net/~teaguesauto/suspension.htm since its alot cheaper than the adjustable units, and most of the handling benifit comes with the actual bushing.

 

how much did the whitlines cost you?

and are the bushings urethane or spherical?

do you know if there are spherical replacements? or is it not that vital in the roll of the lateral links, i was just wondering if camber geometry would change under load during a hard corner

 

They are urethane, I got the control links used... New they are like 260 I think.
I dont know of spherical replacements other than the Cusco links and the STI links. Most of the "replacments" are just urethane inserts.

 

If you want to use your current endlink/swaybar combo then get the STi 4 piece lateral links. These use the standard mounting bracket for the endlink and should hold up as well as any of the OEM lateral links when combined with solid endlinks and big bars. The only disadvantage to the 6 piece unit is the substitution of 2 Group N bushings rather than all pillowball. I would use these. You can use the STI trailing arms with any of your lateral link choices. if you prefer full pillowball, use a 20mm rear sway bar with the 6 piece STi lateral link kit or replace the bracket and endlink unit with the solid aluminum PolTec piece. Much beefier. If you need adjustability in the lateral links, I would also recommend the Whiteline bits.

 

thanks for the info thus far.

it seems i will probably need to learn the car more before i really mess with lat links. but i just wanted to see if there were any other spherical bearing applications out there. i dont think i need the adjustability, but there any way i could get the full pillow ball fo the 6 piece set without the bracket? so i could just purchase the poltec's?

 

Yeah, your full pillow ball options are STi 6 piece, JIC and Cusco. You'd need to talk to a dealer about just getting the lateral links without the endlink and bracket box, but I doubt they'd sell it that way. Though, IMHO, you really won't be losing much performance with the two Group N bushings on there. The SPT suspension kit that has the bushings uses full group N bushings and they still make a world of difference. I wouldn't let the substitution of Group N over pillowball sway you away from the 4 piece kit. Plus the 4 piece kit is cheaper!