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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 12:54 AM
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any seen these subframes

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6767

Just curious, they look just like SLP's, but they are way cheaper. Please tell me what you think.
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 01:03 AM
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Yeah I was looking at those too I am also wondering I will buy them when I have the money
Old Apr 6, 2003 | 03:04 AM
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The pic is too crappy to tell what kind of quality they are.

SLP's I'd say are the beefiest set of subframes you can buy.....and are also the heaviest (I have the SLP weld-in's). Just a beefier Kenny Brown DD, which is what I'd buy if I were gonna do it again. There is a point when you are just adding weight without much addition to strength, and the SLP's are just that.

As for these....errr, dunno. I wouldn't trust anything like that without some good, close-up pics, perhaps of a few installed on a car.
Old Apr 6, 2003 | 09:32 AM
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With the lack of information given, I wouldn't buy them. Are they bare metal? How much do they weigh? What are they made from? How will the fit be? Is that poor quality picture even their subframes or something they took off the internet? If these guys are professional, they should have more than a logo and a picture of a Camaro. A good image of their product and a picture of it installed would be the absolute minimum for a company I've never heard of and does their business on ebay.
Old Apr 6, 2003 | 09:56 AM
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J & M Products Would that be "Jim and Mike making these in our garage" Products ? Sometimes a deal too good to be true is just that. However, you could always blaze the trail for the rest of us, purchase the subframe connectors, and let us know how they work They could very well be good quality, and put together nice, but fit is another issue.
Old Apr 6, 2003 | 11:51 AM
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I went though their feed back and checked out some of their old auctions. In theM it says check out hotpart.com for more info. I went there and found them.. Same crappy pic but it does say they are powder coated. I bid but someone has them bid up more then I'm going to pay for them. I've seen them in thier old auction were they sold for $102.50 so I'll wait and try to get a set for that. Other people seem to be happy with them.. They didn't have any neg. feed back. Maybe O.K. ???
Old Apr 6, 2003 | 12:04 PM
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J&M is good company in my opinion. When I first got my car 2 1/2 years ago, I got their lower control arms and panhard rod, and they've performed flawlessly ever since. Nothing but good things to say about them, and they're holding up admirably. Plus, you just really can't beat the price on them.
Old Apr 6, 2003 | 01:06 PM
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they look just like my SFC's, which are the black powdercoated kenny brown DD SFC's that you can purchase from RK sport. I bought mine from a buddy and couldnt figure out what they were and i did the same thing (posted on it). i love mine and that would be my guess as to what they are. who knows though, they could have just made them. you could always email and ask them what they are, thats what i would do. the price is good if it is the SFC's i have, i think they are in the $250 range from overpriced RK sport.
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 01:44 PM
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There you go, feedback from guys that have bought products from J&M. A lot of no name products are coming out of China, that is still pretty good in terms of quality, but hard to beat in price. Their website has the trailing arms for $129 a pair, which is an excellent price. There isn't a fancy name on the side of them, but if they work, who cares.
Old Apr 6, 2003 | 07:53 PM
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Their website has the trailing arms for $129 a pair, which is an excellent price. There isn't a fancy name on the side of them, but if they work, who cares.
How is than an excellent price? BMR tubular LCA's are only $110, and BMR is a very well known and respected company who makes VERY high quality components. And you can get them powdercoated in a variety of colors.

So let's see, get a well known, nice set of LCA's (I have these, and they are very well built), or spend $20 more on some no-namers? I think I made my point.
Old Apr 6, 2003 | 09:04 PM
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Global West 189
T-Byrne 154
Hotchkis 199

And now I know BMR is 109.
Guess I need to shop at places other than T-Byrne.

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