My pricing may seem a little high, but this is the only way to build parts--proper material, proper welding, proper machining. I build parts to last.

XOC:

Check your market price before you go posting price quotes. The material alone to make a centerlink costs between $250-$300. Factor in 5-7 hours of machining time, which is $250-$350 in labor charges. $250-$300 for the idler/pitman arm building time, laser cutting, gussetting, welding time, and to bore precisely to .6250.
Add an additional $10-$50 in miscellaneous parts and power coating. $1,000 is a high figure; $760 is a low figure. You tell me, master fabricator.

These are not "toothpaste welds"



MeWantSnow!:

"I'll give it 6 months for another aftermarket company to duplicate such a set up at a reasonable price. Just as SLR copied EOE's tie Rod adjustors, changed the look a little bit, and stamped their initials on it....someone will probably do the same to an aftermarket center link. But that's just my 2cents."

That's a pretty sad response. Just like EOE copied Nissan OEM parts, my tie rod adjusters are made from a different material and are heat treated. Enough said.

Olegkha:

"Hey SLR , you think you will get far by offending your customers , and putting down your compedetors ?"

Please state where I have offended a customer. I have NOT put down my competitors in the Nissan aftermarket parts business. I call it as I see it.

"Got any pictures?"







I will warranty my parts against any flaw in manufacturing or materials.

"why would i pay 900 $ for something i dont even how it looks like installed and how it works/flexes on the trail"

Geometry is geometry. If it works in the shop with the torsion bar out and height gauges cycling bump to droop and with 6 months of testing, I know it will work.

"..but where we wheel we get to croll slowly over rocks"

BoarderPhreak

Please refer to my rough price breakdown above.

Dayspring & WQ Bang:

I will look into a way to drop production costs--using bushings instead of bearings, MIG welding instead of TIG welding, cold roll instead of 4130.

Steering is not overated. I designed this system to be the last steering system you will have to buy.

Carlton McMillan:

"Sounds more to me that he is just raising stink." You hit the nail on the head.

Matt Peckham:

"I'm gonna take a wild leap and guess that either Oleg knows that EOE is working on a similar product and he is trash talking, or he doesn't know what kind of abuse SLR puts their trucks through."

Good stuff.

Caver-X:

Thank you for your input.

Olegkha:

"Carlton: all i asked was "lets see some pictures". how the fuck hard is it ?"

Slow down buddy, I do have a business to run.

FSRBIKER:

Thanks for the input. What grade stainless are you using?

Caver-X:

"FWIW, I don't see the SLR price as being too bad. It sounds like they really did their homework, and are using some high-quality materials. Also, if they really put as much time into it as they say they did, you have a lot of R&D to pay for. SLR has always had very high quality of workmanship in what I've seen, no "hack jobs". I'd like to see it under $800, though. I'm also quite curious what the "consumables" cost to replace."

Retail cost for 5/8" spherical bearings is $22 each. 4x$22= $88.00. After 6 months of testing, the bearings hold up just fine.

Carlton McMillan:

"Using curse words does not support your poor writing skills.

There have been pictures of SLR's trucks up on the web for quite some time. What more do you want? A picture of the truck posed ever so beautifully on a rock? A naked chick on the hood? To say that you want to see photographs of the system in action is pointless.

We all know that SLR beats the crap of of their trucks both at speed and crawling. And (correct me if I am wrong) MOST of the problems have occured at speed while going up a hill, not while going really slow over a rock.

That being said.. As valuable as pictures are, real world testing of the product speaks more to me. AC had some "great" pics of their steering set up, EOE had wonderful pics of the tie rod center links but real world testing of both has shown that there have been problems. AC's steering completely failed and EOE has been having problems with the links bending. So because SLR has been doing this YEARS longer than AC or EOE I have more faith that their products have been properly tested before release to market than I do in pictures of a rig on the trail.

Now with that out of the way.. if it were to be proven with real world testing that SLR's steering was just as weak at the AC one or that they were bending things like the EOE tie rods then I would lose ALL respect for them as a manufacture and have serious doubts as to their abilities. However if we look at their track record we can see that their products have lived up to what they have advertised.

Pictures are worth a thousand words.. but are they the words you want to hear?

P.S. I still think they are asking too much for it."

Thank you for the kind gesture and comments.

an1malch1n:

"Also those tie-rod adjusters are going to snap, just give it time. I know I could break them."

Give me a call. I'll give you a smokin deal. 928.667.4757

DesertRat:

Thank you for your support; looking forward to your feedback and testing.

FSRBIKER:

"Carlton is SLR being run by Spencer Senior? He is the one with tons of experience with Nissan's and from what I have heard he and Spencer Jr had a falling out about SLR...it's sad if this is true. As far as them testing their truck I have only seem a few pics over a year ago of their truck on a rock...since then it's all been about desert running. Some real world testing in Moab, Iron Chest etc would be nice to show everyone they have beat there parts up and they have survived."

You seem to know quite a bit for being located in Newton, New Jersey. Come on down to SLR--I would love to show you our operation.

Spencer SR. does not sit at the desk and wait for the phone to ring. My father has been around Nissans for 30+ years. Our engineering department, myself and my father all feed input into our products, testing, and R&D.

"This thread is getting out of hand, SLR deserves more than this from us and so does all the other manufacturers of Nissan parts....and we all wonder why no one wants to spend the time making new parts for Nissan's."

My feelings exactly. I am only trying to help out the Nissan community by redesigning Nissan's OEM centerlink with high quality materials and serviceable wear points.

Looking forward to hearing from all of you. Please feel free to call me at 928.667.4757 or email me at info@spencerlowracing.com for more information.