Fs - 3Up 4537 Knuckles And Modified Low Control Arms For An Ecr33 Nissan Skyline

[ausdrift]

For sale are my set of 3UP 4537 Knuckles and modified Lower Control Arms for an ECR33 Nissan Skyline.

The backstory first. I lived and worked in Japan for a number of years and liked my drifting. Wanting to focus on suspension mods over engine ones, and having modified everything else underbody I decided to get the knuckles/arms changed. By far the best and most popular way in Japan to do this on a R33 was to get modified items from 3UP. 3UP is a tuning shop located in Saitama prefecture and they specialise in performance parts for Nissans. They have a number of original parts that they have created for the R33, as they run a D1 Street legal R33 Skyline in which to do the R&D.

Here is their demo car and a quick vid of it at Nikko

http://www.e-3up.com/archives/category/democar

Having imported my car to Australia and removed the good stuff for compliance, I haven’t got back into drifting and see no point in these parts sitting in my house collecting dust.

Firstly the Knuckles. They are modified Nissan items designed to give the car a few more degrees steering angle over standard, specifically from 45 to the right, 37 to the left, hense the name. The quality of work on these are amazing; they almost look like they were cast steel. I can vouch for their effectiveness. I had these installed for the final 2 times I drifted in Japan and I went from running out of lock and spinning on Nikko’s famous first turn, to drifting at a greater angle or catching the f-ups without actually spinning. A very noticeable improvement.

Now, its important to note that in order to fit and take advantage of the knuckles you do need some supporting hardware, and that’s where the lower control arms come in. They have had the original metal stopper removed and replaced with thick one set flush with the arm and have been boxed for greater rigidity. They are sturdy and are far stronger than you would expect and allow for more angle over the standard stopper.

When increasing the steering angle on a car there are other considerations too. You will need to have longer tierods or tierod extenders as you will now be turning with the arms extended further. 3UP recommend Ikeya formula items for an S14 Silvia as being a direct fit solution, for example. In addition you will probably need offset tension rods so that your rim won’t hit them at its new, wider full lock. The kit has been designed by 3UP not to bind on full lock either, so it presents as a proven, reliable method to get more lock from your steering, and without the need to cut up or trade in your own original parts.

Check the pics below, including the side-by-side shots of stock Vs 3UP parts.

I’m selling these as a combined set due to the fact they are designed to work that way. All parts fit right up, no cutting etc required, and this means you can revert to standard anytime you want too.

The parts are for sale pick up in Melbourne, unless you are willing to pay, in advance, the expected crap load it would cost to send anywhere. The knuckles, especially, weigh a ton.

Email to [email protected] Parts come with the original Japanese instructions and shop stickers. These are rare-as, don't expect to see any others anytime soon.
Price - $550 for the package.

Edited January 16, 2014 by ausdrift

[BLITZ-26]

Did u ever get a pic above to see where the lock went to with this setup ?

[ausdrift]

I did have a pic from 2 years ago when I removed the parts, but sadly that's gone now. I did find a pic from 3UP themselves (sorry, had trouble uploading pic)

http://www.e-3up.com/blog/uploads/sagyou_asi_sita/nakuru/nakkuru_2_.jpg

[ausdrift]

Any questions either post here or email is fine too

[BLITZ-26]

Ill have a ponder have to justify shipping and that as well

[ausdrift]

Ok cool, any questions, shoot em over

[ausdrift]

Any other takers/questions/comments?

[ausdrift]

Still for sale

[75coupe]

Id grab these just cause I love rare jap parts, but i dont actually need more lock, they look awesome though.

Good luck with sale

[ausdrift]

Ha ha, thanks