SatinSilverTypS

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OK, so as some of you know from my other thread here , my front swaybar snapped just past the subframe bushing. Acura said it would be under warranty and lo and behold they get it out and find the comptech sticker on top, where no one would possibly see it installed. so they install the stock bar in it's place, which wasn't overly expensive, and i have to pay for it and i go on my merry way.

so i call comptech and ask them what recourse i have because this thing is corroded from the inside out and it's unevenly cast. i figure this is a defect, not wear and tear.

anyone else had this happen? what did you do? if not then i urge you all to inspect your bars for unusual wear patterns at the stress points.

Enjoy some photos -

SSTS

AsianRage

that's uncool. Comptech seems making/carrying alot of low quality products.

SilverIce2000

i have their comptech springs- i hope they dont crap out on me and rust

patrick

First springs, now sways? Comptech better get their butt in gear, coz they will no longer be able to charge a premium for high quality products if this keeps up.

moahdriven

yea, especially since i jus bought some used comptech sways.

SatinSilverTypS

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i'm going with neuspeed next. i can attest from experience that they are better swaybars.

SSTS

fsttyms1

yup comptech better get rolling on the superior products again cause of lately they are the worst (except for their header)

moahdriven

i saw Eibach sway bars on ebay for round 360 shipped. good price for eibachs, but these comptechs were 230 so wutever.

Pure Adrenaline

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That sucks. I've never heard of that happening. I also have Comptech sway bars, but I have the silver ones.

Hopefully Comptech will replace your broken one.

Pure Adrenaline

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230? Damn, you got 'em for cheap. I bought mine for 303 shipped, and it was the cheapest price I could find at the time, like 2 years ago.

SatinSilverTypS

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no, they won't do anything because they might be over 2 years old and i'm not the original owner. i even pitched that it's a defect, not wear, but no dice. i might try again with someone different tommorow on the phone. we'll see.

SSTS

Bxscig

Where is it $230 for a set of Comptechs?

Bxscig

Well if someone NICE on the forum that probably is close could CLAIM it was theirs and get the replacement. Like if they were the original owner and whatever requirements they need.

SatinSilverTypS

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eh, it's no biggie. i'll probably go with neuspeeds in the summer. but who knows. we will see what happens.

SSTS

PenguinQX

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Comptech should definitely replace those... let us know what happens.

blokhead

you can get eibach at the tire rack for 340 shipped, thats where I got mine and had them 2 day fedexed... they are awesome.

NSXNEXT

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I seriously doubt Comptech will forget that he called. I've never heard of this happening.

dchondasport

Got mine for 327 shipped. Glad I got the Eibach!

ndawood

Comptech really needs to get to work and improve their product quality. I was about to order a set of comptech sways but I think I am going to wait and see how they take care of this first.

derrick

I'll have to how well mine have held up after 2 winters (tons of salt used here)... maybe when it's up on the hoist on April 9th ... sigh ...

keepingitclean

Is it actually the salt that causes the rust? Or will it just rust and snap in general?

BLaCk Acc

For all of u guys that said comptech this and comptech that and comptech is the best
sorry i had to say it, some of u guys on here worship comptech.

uncald4

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We diggs the M5 in your Avitar. The TL would be out on the porch like a homeless cat for that machine. But you ain't heard that from me.


Comptech is overpriced toys. But.... I've never heard a tastier sound than a TL-S with full Comptech exhaust. MMmmmm....

SatinSilverTypS

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well, salt is a catalyst for corrosion. so it really begins the process you could say. and then if you have rust on the stress points it will just continue to weaken the bar.

if you look at the second picture on my bar though, it seems to me that it has been rusting from the *inside* out, which to me seems like a workmanship defect. it also seems to be cast unevenly when i look at it. it's not the same thickness around the circumference of the bar. i dunno.

SSTS

MikePA

How long was the bar on the car after it broke? I ask because the end of the bar is rusted. I would think a fresh break would be shiny.

NSXNEXT

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Can you tell me of ANY other set of Comptech sways that have had this problem? I can't

Comptech rules, Megan, OBX, etc are just wannabe copycats.

car_lost

no one noticed about the springs until after years of them being released. maybe this is just the beggining? hopefully it is just an isolated incident though.

MikePA

AFAIK, the springs are simply surface rust so they look bad. Since they're solid, there's no worry about them breaking.

Thinking some more about how a sway bar could break where it did...

A sway bar has to be able to rotate in its bushings as the suspension goes up and down. If the bushing was installed incorrectly or in a manner that did not allow the bar to rotate, this could happen even if there wasn't a manufacturing defect.

car_lost

search... some people's springs were completely cracked and broken.

SatinSilverTypS

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well, here is the issue, the bar broke saturday afternoon. i had it changed yesterday (tuesday) enough to give it some surface rust on the break since the weather here has been real wet the past few days, BUT, the amount of scaling inside the bar indicates to me that it has been rusting for some time. look at the second picture, it appears as if it is dirt in the bar, but that's all rust scaling.

one thing i am thinking is that maybe it had allready broken open but didn't completely separate until now. but either way i am still disappointed that it happened at all and i had to pay for a new bar. acura only charged me $140 or so for parts and labor, which is a good deal to me.

the car was manufactured December of 2001 and from what i was shown purchased in Feb of 2002. i am unsure about when the bars were installed, but i would say it's safe to bet April-May of 2002, which makes them around 3 years old. i bought the car Jan of 2004. i think if they were improperly installed i would have seen problems sooner, especially since i have 60k miles now, but who knows.

SSTS

timmy8151

While I own Comptech parts on my Integra and plan to purchase some for the TL, I think they're products are overrated. Comptech doesn't even really make any of their own products. Their springs are rebadged Eibachs, their bodykits are made by WingsWest, and many of their other parts are just rebadged parts.

Also Comptech is also guilty of copying other designs. For example their strut bar for the Integra is a direct copy of the OEM ITR strut bar.

ou sig

well you give some good reasons to NOT buy Comptech...yet you still say you will? I sure as hell never will again...one of my focking rear springs is rusted to hell right now - Im just waiting for it to break I guess, or untill I can get some money to pay for another set of springs and damn install.

timmy8151

Have you tried contacting Comptech about the springs?? They may exchange the springs.

True, I did give reasons not to buy Comptech products. The only Comptech products I own for my integra is their 4-2-1 header and the Icebox. I've been happy with these products and have no complaints. But as posted above I'm not going to pay for items that are just rebadged with the Comptech name.

ou sig

ya I have and they wont do anything because it is out of warranty, I asked if I could just buy 1 rear spring...they "dont have spares laying around". dicks

LiQiCE

The original Comptech springs weren't Eibach rebadges, only the new ones that are black instead of silver are Eibach rebadges.

There is a definite problem with the Comptech springs. There was some sort of defect with the powder coating process that caused them to rust prematurely. The swaybars which are silver too are made with the same powdercoating process so its possible for the sways to prematurely rust as well. So far, the amount of people with rusted springs far outweighs the amount of people with rusted sways though.

I have Comptech sways and so far I haven't had any problems ... *knocks on wood*.

99TLHeather

Wow, that blows, I have a silver comptech sway in the rear and black in the front.

mrsteve

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How so? The powder coat on the springs was the same as on the sways. A LOT of low quality products? NO.

Talk to Comptech and you'll be taken care of.

mrsteve

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Who's better?

AcuraVic

Replacing your swaybar would encourage me to continue to buy their products. Maybe the person you talked to doesn't understand that point.

mrsteve

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Aren't the neuspeed sways the exact same diameter as the stock sways?