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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 08:34 AM
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If it helps your decision at all, When I hit the wall my lower control arm buckled and cracked while my knuckles that Alex did for me are PERFECT still. if that doesn't break them nothing will.
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by danegerous
poweredebymax.net

they're in San Diego, same street as Autofashion
OHH dang i just got some knuckles, have you gotten yours done yet? how much did it cost you
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 07:49 PM
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Are PSM and PBM two different things? I thought Powered by Max was in Japan or am I just crazy haha. Does PBM make the angle mod kit for SC/Supra?
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 03:35 PM
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I want to do this mod soo bad! How do I go about getting my knuckles done sorry if it was already said in the thread.
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by driftboy
I want to do this mod soo bad! How do I go about getting my knuckles done sorry if it was already said in the thread.
you and me both
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by xspsi6
If you weld cast which is kind of a no no it is a ticking time bomb so to speak as casting is a dirty proscess so a weld can not properly stick but it may be ok for a while or forever even as long as there is not a whole lot of strain on it however I my self would never trust my life to that at high speeds,
you can bet your life on the fact that SC knuckles are forged not cast
Originally Posted by Phamtom
Are PSM and PBM two different things? I thought Powered by Max was in Japan or am I just crazy haha. Does PBM make the angle mod kit for SC/Supra?
The company name is Parts Shop MAX, there is one in Japan, USA and New Zealand.
some people may shorten that to PSM
The website is www.poweredbymax.net and some shorten that to PBM
We just call it MAX for short.

The knuckle service is called ka-ko (Kako is Japanese for modified)
there is a thread on that here

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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 02:26 PM
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Bigwave with knowledge drop!
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 02:28 PM
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They just posted this; http://www.gtfactory.jp/cms/e107_plu...topic.php?5925

$250 ain't a bad price...

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Thanks for the heads up on this Dave. Guess I'll be sending you guys a set of knuckles.
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 03:10 PM
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This is soo awesome. I really cant wait to get my knuckles done.
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 08:25 PM
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I wish I could find the knuckles that Fredric Aasbo used on his Supra. At one time I think I found them on Japan Auto's site but i didnt understand the site very well so I wasnt sure. Now I dont see them on there, http://japanauto.no/
Im sure if we could get them they would cost an arm and a leg, but that car was just crazy.

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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 10:42 AM
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Bigwave- How many degrees of angle do you have?

Did my first event in the car yesterday.... knuckles are a must for how aggresively I like to throw the car in/transition. I had to baby it in comparison to my Z33 and I hate that.
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 07:10 PM
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http://www.gtfactory.jp/cms/e107_plu...5.10#post_9528

This just posted on the PBM forums. I'm pretty excited to get knuckles. Just curious how low of an offset wheel I'll need to use in order to utilize the max amount of angle or at least close to it.
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 05:36 PM
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Thanks for the info!
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 05:39 PM
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Just went to the site - that is sick but I have to pony up the extra $10 for something besides orange!
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