SERIOUSLY OT: Calling all chicks! IT'S PART 6!!

[TheSilentChamber]

Originally Posted by Killa_CRX

Chatroom? bah! I haven't chatted since like 2004.
New developments... Buddy Club is garbage.... 8 months and 9k miles, and my upper control arm bushings are totally ripped/torn.

Not to mention the upper ball joint dust boots look older than the boots on my 17 year old tie rod ends...


I contacted them about getting them warrantied, but I'm not going to put them back on if they replace them... going back with Skunk2... never had an issue with them on my old hatch.... will probably put the Buddy Clubs on craigslist.

Damn dude. That looks about like the factory bushings on my Gremlin... that's a 77 model lol. I've never used any Buddy Club parts, I just remember the "buddy club" body kit that was popular "back in the day". Has it been long enough to use that phrase?

[CivicSpoon]

Originally Posted by Killa_CRX

... going back with Skunk2...

That's fucked up man. But fuck Skunk2 too. Their shit is mostly Chinese garbage these days. Hard to find a company worth a shit these days. They all cut corners now, because anything they spend time and money on to R&D, gets copied and made for pennies by Chinese manufacturers. So they just send their shit out to be made there for cheaper, and sell it for the same price. Any way to press in an OEM bushing in there, or even something like an Energy Suspension bushing in there? I'd trust that over most companies nowadays. Absolutely sad...

[TheSilentChamber]

Originally Posted by CivicSpoon

That's fucked up man. But fuck Skunk2 too. Their shit is mostly Chinese garbage these days. Hard to find a company worth a shit these days. They all cut corners now, because anything they spend time and money on to R&D, gets copied and made for pennies by Chinese manufacturers. So they just send their shit out to be made there for cheaper, and sell it for the same price. Any way to press in an OEM bushing in there, or even something like an Energy Suspension bushing in there? I'd trust that over most companies nowadays. Absolutely sad...

I'd say make your own. Urethane is available in all varieties of shore hardness's, and I can machine your a mold. Throw in some graphite to make them not-so-squeaky-(like-your-girlfriends-bum).

[TheSilentChamber]

Hi Spoon!

[Killa_CRX]

Appreciate the advice... I had Skunk2 on my old hatch, and never had an issue with them, and I've already ordered them.... I ordered the set with the heavy duty, replaceable polyurethane bushings. I've got some bad ass teflon grease that we use at work that should keep them mostly quiet.

Not happy with Buddy Club's warranty process... I've already stated this was my daily commuter car, and the email from a Mr. Tang just states "You please remove from car and sent it to us for exchange."..... oh, at my cost.

In other news... drove the CRX to work this morning, because the knocking from my hatch's front suspension got really insane really fast. About half way to work, my headlights were getting dim, and I started to smell what smelled like alternator... I tested it just before I was going to head home tonight, and sure enough, it's not charging at all.... just one more thing.

[Killa_CRX]

Replacements. Already a noticeable improvement over the Buddy Clubs, regardless of Spoon's opinion of Skunk2

[mellowboy]

So....my mazdaspeed 6 motor blew up.

[Killa_CRX]

[TheSilentChamber]

Originally Posted by mellowboy

So....my mazdaspeed 6 motor blew up.

Whaaaaa?

[TheSilentChamber]

Originally Posted by Killa_CRX

Replacements. Already a noticeable improvement over the Buddy Clubs, regardless of Spoon's opinion of Skunk2

Mmmm... I love red stuff. And pink things. .... MMmmmm .... Things...

[Killa_CRX]

Originally Posted by TheSilentChamber

Mmmm... I love red stuff. And pink things. .... MMmmmm .... Things...

Six Flags pink things

[TheSilentChamber]

Originally Posted by Killa_CRX

Six Flags pink things

I'm kinda happy that even though I grew up in Texas, I've never been to Six Flags. And I drive by it quite often because a good friend of mine lives in Arlington.

[mellowboy]

Originally Posted by TheSilentChamber

Whaaaaa?

Yup. Blew it up. I'm getting it rebuilt with forged internals and bigger turbo.

[Killa_CRX]

Originally Posted by mellowboy

Yup. Blew it up. I'm getting it rebuilt with forged internals and bigger turbo.

Local shop or are you doing the rebuild?

[Killa_CRX]

Originally Posted by TheSilentChamber

I'm kinda happy that even though I grew up in Texas, I've never been to Six Flags. And I drive by it quite often because a good friend of mine lives in Arlington.

I like roller coasters. But it's too expensive, and I have too little time to go these days.