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Old 05-13-2009, 12:52 PM   #22
Big C
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Chapter/Region: MAIC
Location: NOVA
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2000 RSTI Rally Car
2012 STI SWP Hatch

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Originally Posted by MasterKwan View Post
Well, my personal experience with DSS axles wasn't good. Fitment was poor, they clunked, were unpainted and for $1200 I expected to get new axle nuts. Even the Autozone replacement axles come with new axle nuts.

In 5 years of tracking, I've never had and OEM axle fail on me.
I ran the DSS axles for awhile on the rally Neon and while I agree with you I don't think there is a much better option available for most cars (esp fwd). The boots expand at high speed and interfere with some coilovers (too big and too floppy) and for some cars they make them too long and they get the clunking because of binding in the outer CV when you run alot of negative camber (my Neon could run 2deg no problem - more clunked). The fix is to get them to put a shorter bar in and run small zip ties on the boots to prevent them from growing at speed. The axle nut is a small issue to me, since DSS axle nuts suck and OEM axle nuts are like $3 at the dealer.

The last place I would expect any axle to fail (other than the isolated failure described above) is on track. Unless you are making obscene torque and rough on the car it *shouldn't* happen. But if you rally/rally-x, autocross or otherwise drive like a hooligan it seems to be either DSS or OEM STI parts to keep it together. Unless you can afford what they run in the PWRC
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