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Phantom Grip

Old Oct 27, 2005 | 08:42 PM
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Phantom Grip

Anyone have one of these? Just wondering how good it could be for 300 dollars. But then again its better than the huge cost of a quaife. Let me know ur thoughts.
Old Oct 28, 2005 | 12:04 AM
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Pure CRAP!! Fake @ss LSD... stay away.
Old Oct 28, 2005 | 01:03 AM
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taken from what my friend told me;

the phantom grip is not a true lsd, its a mechanism that is added into your stock diff which puts preassure on the spider gears causing hte axles to lock. which i think will eventually break down your gears and give you bearing problems.
Old Oct 28, 2005 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Vlasic
taken from what my friend told me;

the phantom grip is not a true lsd, its a mechanism that is added into your stock diff which puts preassure on the spider gears causing hte axles to lock. which i think will eventually break down your gears and give you bearing problems.
Exactly... Fake @ss lsd. It is the exact same thing as that vtek (vitek??) lsd crap that stillen sells for the A32 in their catalog.
Old Oct 28, 2005 | 01:20 PM
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it supposedly works fine with race cars, but i would never use one on the street.
Old Oct 28, 2005 | 01:44 PM
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if they even mention an item called a "Diff-Saver" then its obviously not perfect lol
Old Oct 28, 2005 | 09:56 PM
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damn, I just wanted a LSD, that wasnt 1500 dollars.
Old Oct 28, 2005 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by blue5speed95se
damn, I just wanted a LSD, that wasnt 1500 dollars.
unless your boosted it wont make that much of a difference anyways. You can find used trannies with vlsd for decent prices, but again, it wont matter unless your boosted.
Old Oct 29, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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I was always curious about this myself. I've read different magazine articles in the past where the phantom grip was installed on cars. Never read a negative article about it. Magazines such as Sport Compact Car, Motor Trend and such. I would like to know if anybody on this site personaly experienced this device. Everybody here seems to be going on their opinion, not anything factual.
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