OBX Racing

[redliner]

Anyone heard of this brand? Their products were displayed in Tokyo Autosalon. I was wondering if their spring or coilcover are any good. They probably just starting out with performance gears.

[egSi]

yeah dude ive heard of em, i dont personally kick any of their stuff but i havent heard any horror stories :thumbsup:

[poid]

OBX take other manufacturer's designs and mass produce them. Be careful, some of their gear is dodgy

[civiceg9]

OBX at Tokyo Autosalon, I was thinking they only have Jap and quality stuff there.

[sesshoumaru]

^^^
yeah...wtf??

[panda[cRx]]

arent ur seats OBX gene or am i trippin?

[Usual Suspect]

i always thought that OBX was kinda mid range stuff, stuff like repco n auto one sell.

[poid]

nah its cheap stuff...

some of their stuff seems to be OK, other parts they make are just pure crap so its a bit hit n miss

[sesshoumaru]

']arent ur seats OBX gene or am i trippin?

nah man, no way.

[redliner]

i just thought it it might be quality stuff since it was display inthe autosalon

[smoknhothonda]

If your going to buy anything OBX I would limit it to a gearknob, pedals, shit like that, anything like coilover springs, diffs, tappet covers, pulleys, fuel rails I would steer clear of.

As the saying goes you get what you pay for, and this is the case, with some OBX products I have seen they have come out of the box with burrs sharp edges (inside the fuel rail!!! where it would restrict flow) due to the tooling being worn out on the machine to manufacture the gear.

[redliner]

how about ground control or skunk2 coilover

[poid]

ground control and skunk2 are in a different class and worth considering IMO

[Denchy]

how about ground control or skunk2 coilover

someones been reading import tuner lol :D both of these brands are top shelf gear, with a us dollar value well worth the purchase though.

[bizee_1]

Im running a SS 4-2-1 OBX header which was hastily bought. Really can't say much good or bad about it.

i have no idea about their suspension products.

[man.exe]

Isn't OBX the equvilant to XForce here in australia?

[egSi]

Isn't OBX the equvilant to XForce here in australia?

nah i dont think so man.

[redliner]

wat got me bugged is, wat izit doing at autosalon. Like most pplz said usually top gears are displayed :confused:

[smoknhothonda]

The Ground Control coilovers (sleeves) seem to be the pick of the bunch. Just be wary of the spring rates (by memory these come with Eibach springs).

I purchased a set of Weapon R coilover Circuit Pro sleeves, and while they look awesome, and the handling is great (considering my 5th Gen accord is a pretty damn heavy car) but the spring rates are 850 lbs in the front and 650 lbs in the rear resulting in a ride that is damn rough!

The Bilstein shocks I had fitted cant cope with the spring rates and consequently are 'mismatched' giving me a shit ride (bouncy) and to get them revalved will cost $850.... I would have been better off buying coilovers in the first place for $2200.

But you live and you learn :cool:

[poid]

lucky they even fit, the ractive sleeves i got for my 5th gen wouldnt even fit on the shock properly :)

And yeh, i've also learned that when it comes to suspension, do it once and do it right...saves you money and havign to take ur suspension out 30 times :D

[redliner]

do you need shocks with coil?

[poid]

with sleeves you need shocks, full coilovers of course the shock is part of it

[MrPlow]

OBX (US Market) = XFORCE (Australia Market)