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We have sold out of our center hex adjusters which have always been custom made for this application. We have not been able to source acceptable material at a price that would make it worthwhile continuing to make these. I am working on finding another solution but also have a lot on my plate right now so it may be a while before we are able to offer these again. Sorry for any inconvienence.
These are our upgraded rear tie rods.
We originally sold them with an expensive SPC inner joint. Then we sourced a cheaper inner joint and for a long time offered both options. After many years of selling both and never hearing a complaint on the cheaper joint we have stopped offering the more expensive SPC option.
The center adjuster is chromoly with a black zinc finish.
We have recently found an outer tie rod that was identical to the MR2 tie rods except that it has a 14mm adjuster thread. This allowed us to beef up the tie rod a little more and has also allowed us to buy a large inventory of the closeout Omni5 outer tie rods that are a great price for budget minded buyers.
If you have our REV 1 tie rods and need replacement outer joints you will use a standard AW11 front tie rod. Part number ES2270R. These will have a 12mm x 1.25 threaded outer adjuster.
For our new design REV 2 tie rods the outer tie rod end you need part number ES2382. These have a 14mm x 1.5 threaded outer adjuster.
Honestly we probably loose a little money on the outer joints after shipping them here, stocking them and extra handling so if you source them from somewhere like rockauto or amazon it's no loss to us and saves us a little work.
For details on the testing that we have done on various tie rods and our own check out the study here.
http://www.matrixgarage.com/content/aw11-rear-tie-rod-test
This test was done with our REV 1 joints with the 12mm adjuster. We have not yet tested out REV2 with the 14mm adjuster and don't really feel it's necessary as they are now stronger than the REV1.
Here is the graph of the testing we have done.
The vertical axis is force being applied to the tie rod. Higher is better.
The horizontal axis is distance the tie rod compressed.
The lines that start dropping shows the metal reached it's yield point and started permanently deforming.
Our tie rods maintain good ductility but are much stronger than anything we have tested.
We didn't feel any need to push ours to the point of yield.
For instalation instructions go here.
http://matrixgarage.com/content/matrix-garage-rear-tie-rod-assembly-and-...
Warranty and liability information can be found here.
http://matrixgarage.com/content/matrix-garge-rear-tie-rods-warranty-info...
Price is for the pair.
courtesy of webmatter.de