Just to throw in my $0.02 on this thread.
Whiteline has been around for quite some time, and has a solid following. They probably would have a much larger following the US, but they are from Australia and used to have difficult time getting parts to the USA in a reasonable timeframe. This is because the cost of shipping from Australia to the US is quite high unless they could fill a shipping container. But up until a couple years ago, Whiteline really didn't have a big stocking distributor in the US, so if you were a vendor you had to go with a small unofficial distributor who made two or three orders a year. So you, as a vendor, would have to put up your money ~6 months before you get the part, then sit on the part in inventory until it sells. In the age of drop-shipping -- that really wasn't a policy that was popular with vendors.
However, a couple years ago a new company stepped up and really started to stock a ton of this stuff in the central US... The result is whiteline is making a US comeback...
anyway, just my opinion on why whiteline doesn't have as big of a name recognition now...
That aside, Whiteline's products are high quality and speak for themselves. And it seemed to me that whiteline stood behind their stuff (I had only come across one warranty issue with them -- a blown coilover from a kid known for his drifting into curbs... Whiteline still took care of it despite the sketchy circumstances).
Now, for Karaki -- I am curious as to how exactly you intend to make an adjustable front sway bar for the MK3... The rear can be easily made to be adjustable because the ends of the bar run front-to-back (so you can have multiple holes -- each with a different lever-arm to twist the bar). But the front sway bar flares outward where the end-link attaches. If you were to drill multiple mounting holes, they would not give any different lever-arm...
I don't have a good picture handy, but here's one from the EPC:
So -- are you planning on having multiple outward-flaring flanges for different lever-arms? Do you plan to try and convert to a straight bar (and then include different end-links with the kit)?
Whiteline has been around for quite some time, and has a solid following. They probably would have a much larger following the US, but they are from Australia and used to have difficult time getting parts to the USA in a reasonable timeframe. This is because the cost of shipping from Australia to the US is quite high unless they could fill a shipping container. But up until a couple years ago, Whiteline really didn't have a big stocking distributor in the US, so if you were a vendor you had to go with a small unofficial distributor who made two or three orders a year. So you, as a vendor, would have to put up your money ~6 months before you get the part, then sit on the part in inventory until it sells. In the age of drop-shipping -- that really wasn't a policy that was popular with vendors.
However, a couple years ago a new company stepped up and really started to stock a ton of this stuff in the central US... The result is whiteline is making a US comeback...
anyway, just my opinion on why whiteline doesn't have as big of a name recognition now...
That aside, Whiteline's products are high quality and speak for themselves. And it seemed to me that whiteline stood behind their stuff (I had only come across one warranty issue with them -- a blown coilover from a kid known for his drifting into curbs... Whiteline still took care of it despite the sketchy circumstances).
Now, for Karaki -- I am curious as to how exactly you intend to make an adjustable front sway bar for the MK3... The rear can be easily made to be adjustable because the ends of the bar run front-to-back (so you can have multiple holes -- each with a different lever-arm to twist the bar). But the front sway bar flares outward where the end-link attaches. If you were to drill multiple mounting holes, they would not give any different lever-arm...
I don't have a good picture handy, but here's one from the EPC:
So -- are you planning on having multiple outward-flaring flanges for different lever-arms? Do you plan to try and convert to a straight bar (and then include different end-links with the kit)?
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