Re: Cap Auto Products - QA1
[Re: Dyno1]
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08/01/11 05:58 PM
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dartman366
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I have had a set of their upper control arm's for about 4 season's now and just put a set of their coilover conversion lower's on this last winter,, had excellent luck with their uppers but the lowers didn't fit without modification to the factory K member,,had to grind a sizeable notch for them to clear, other than that they seem to be good and beefy.
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Re: Cap Auto Products - QA1
[Re: dartman366]
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08/01/11 06:16 PM
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i have one of their k members on a 71 Demon...fit great.
Tony
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Re: Cap Auto Products - QA1
[Re: Dyno1]
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08/01/11 09:56 PM
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As of today, Cap Auto Products (k frames, tubular arms, etc.) was purchased by QA1 (shocks, rod ends, etc.) in Lakeville, MN. What sort of luck have people had with the Cap products? Do the k frames fit well? Anyone use there rack and pinion steering setup? Thanks, Dyno
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Re: Cap Auto Products - QA1
[Re: JERICOGTX]
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08/03/11 01:25 AM
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With CAP merging with QA-1 I'm sure there will be some people with a lot of time on their hands - the professional bashers with several Moparts accounts and user names will have to shift their "love" elsewhere. At any rate - congrats to QA-1 on their new product line, and thanks to CAP Auto for their service to the racing community.
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Re: Cap Auto Products - QA1
[Re: Stroker Scamp]
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08/03/11 01:51 PM
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Re: Cap Auto Products - QA1
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08/03/11 03:39 PM
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so out of that whole deal i see only 2 failures, sorry for the guy in in the rr, how many have they sold? compared to the failure rate, were they installed correctly?, were they used in the intended use?mabey it was the same guy who welded both and had a bad day, just sayin dont trash a company if you dont have all the facts, btw i dont have all the facts
Not bashing anyone specific but when is failure rates acceceptable especially on a critical part that can cause catastrophic injury or death.It only took one fatality and a half dozen Pinto fires to bring Ford to it's knees.In most cases it's not the part that failed but misuse and adbuse.Things always are stretched to the limit,but anything that can cause total loss of control of a race car at high speeds better be held to a higher standard as far as durability and quality.What you build yourself that fails is your problem,what someones builds and sales to the consumer is their problem.I hate when something bad happens and someone commemts"that's racing" The CAP parts I have seen look great but I know one car that broke a part at speed,lucky no one was hurt and I was told it was more an installation issue that part issue.
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Re: Cap Auto Products - QA1
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08/03/11 09:06 PM
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Well like I said before I have the hole thing and bolted in like a glove
well atleast the guy took back the first front end he sold onebadfish,,,although being down for a month and spending dozens of hrs trying to figure out what was wrong
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Re: Cap Auto Products - QA1
[Re: fishy340]
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08/03/11 11:01 PM
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I have seen some complaints about weld quality, but not really many fitment issues. Nothing that would scare me off, as with most aftermarket parts, I expect to check them over closely before use.
QA-1 has done this successfully before, having bought out Hal corp, and his "Stocker Star" shocks, as well as Carrera I believe??
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Re: Cap Auto Products - QA1
[Re: MoparBilly]
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08/04/11 10:49 AM
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When they first showed up at the Mopar Nats selling their control arms, I took a look at the welds and said to myself "somebody is gonna get killed running these"! It looked like the typical novice with a new mig. The welds had no good penetration. I believe they originally had some other automobile business such as a junk yard or body shop if I remember correctly. Hopefully they have learned to weld since then. I am not trying to bash them, I am just letting you know my experience and initial thoughts.
Brad
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