[GreenMachine15]

So here is my honest review.

I bought the kmember from Alexis at speedlogix. Ordering was easy. She gave me a sale price. I asked all the questions and let her know my mods. She told me "it has more clearence than your stock k member". I did not know these were made to order until I was paid and waiting for it to ship. It took a month and 11 days to be ready to ship FYI. I asked about changing the color since they had to coat it anyways. To get brembo red on the K and engine mounts was a $145 upgrade. I did it, but regret it because IMO their powdercoat guy is hit or miss. I had one of their strut braces have the powder coat crack and fall off, but they did warranty it.
So, a month ago or so, took the car apart and problem 1. They did not supply new bolts for the older style engine mounts and my factory stuff would not work. The bolts that attach engine mounts to block were 1/2" too short with the older style plates. The bottom of the solid "older style" engine mounts use a stud thru the k member, but my 2015 hardware was different. Had to hit two different tractor supply stores to get all the bolts, $70 plus gas and 2.5 hours of my time.
Next, problem 2. My ARH longtubes were hitting the k member by 1/2" or more.

Keep in mind the pics have the kmember hanging by the bolts, not bolted up tight. I contacted Alexis.
Trimmed it enough to fit on and found a guy somewhat local two days later to weld up the chromoly.

That was $160 more, and I had to paint the areas with brush on caliper paint to match best that I could. This guy builds race car chassis and was shocked by the terrible welds and spatter from welding it to hot, said their welds will likely crack at some point. Thought it was terrible work since the threaded areas for sway bar were not even centered in the holes and I had to dremel the metal and tap the holes to make bolts go through. All of this made me feel a little sick to my stomach. Modified pics.

This frustrated me because I was told it had more clearance than stock, and my headers fit great on my stock one. Two days later she got back to me and said their engineer would call me. Two days after that he did. Basically only called for me to send pics to help them on future orders in my opinion lol. He said "we can't make it fit every header", "these are race car parts and race car parts need modded to fit". I asked why the bolt holes were twice as big as the stock k member and was told for adjustment and I would need a race alignment...... ? Asked him about any reimbursements for the welding and hardware, he said he would let Alexis know and she would call me. Never heard back. I will reach out to her tomorrow.

Finally got the kmember in and ran into problem 3. This is fine and I do not consider this big. I had to fab brackets for the power steering lines since their kmember does not have bolt on spots for the brackets.

Problem 4 was next. The alternator support bracket does not have a spot to attach at the engine mount now. AND the bolt hits the frame at this point, so I had to cut it off of the bolt. Made something work for now. I will attach another pic.

Problem 5, all four mounting points have the powdercoat shatter and crack when torqued. More to paint with caliper paint I guess, should have taken bare, but Alexis did not offer a discount uncoated.

Problem 6. My 38mm bmr sway bar now hits the header. Ordered the 35mm bmr bar, and it hits the kmember on the drivers side. Had to shim the bar towards the rear for clearance. Stock bar did clear.

Problem 7. Under engine shields are now zip tied to the kmember tube in far rear. Bolt spots were eliminated.

I felt a little ill today when I looked on their site and they no longer offer this k member ???????
I do not feel like they will stand behind this product if it cracks or something.

Overall, was not pleased with zero kind of instructions and no hardware, especially when your product changes what is required. This leaves a customer hanging when you need grade 10.9 hardware and nobody stocks that in their garage.

Modding for my header and swaybar fitment I understand to a certain point. I asked. I should have been told that they have NO idea because they don't. Instead the generic answer of "more clearence than the stock one."

All the money ($1,200ish) and it cost me an additional $400 in hardware, fab, and time/fuel.

At this point, I am not sure how I feel about recommending this to others.......

 

[GreenMachine15]

 

[OldMoparGuy]

Yup. Another SL satisfied customer checking in…
Sorry to hear about all the BS Green.

 

[SickToo]

I have built k members with “more clearance” in the past. The reason for doing so was to make more room for low profile custom oil pan/custom headers cuz the car was either slammed or did huge wheelies

What is the suggested purpose of this speed logic part?

 

[Octanewide]

Sorry you got screwed but your not the first. Hopefully you can get some recourse..

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[rcrisafulli]

That part is a total pile. Sorry. Monitor the welds and hopefully it will not crack and become a liability. Next time get all parts bare and fit and trim which is expected on these parts then finish.

You deserve some credit from the vendor.

Robert

 

[Under-Pressure]

I guess, should have taken bare, but Alexis did not offer a discount uncoated.

I don’t think Alexis wants anyone seeing that fab work without the heavy Powdercoating on it. Scary!

 

[Blue ridge smoke]

Those welds look like the ones I did 40 years ago in shop class. Guaranteed to break. BTW, Luke at steve white ran this on his Optima series challenger...... until it broke.

 

[GreenMachine15]

I have built k members with “more clearance” in the past. The reason for doing so was to make more room for low profile custom oil pan/custom headers cuz the car was either slammed or did huge wheelies

What is the suggested purpose of this speed logic part?

The purpose was for two reasons.
1) More clearence, which it is now open, but seemed odd to have header and sway bar problems. Would have loved this when I installed headers for easy access, but would have died when they didn't fit lol.
2) Weight reduction on the front end, which was roughly 40 lbs I would say with kmember, solid engine mounts, and hollow front bmr 35mm bar.

 

[borden72]

I hope you get something from this. I've wanted to order the strut tower brace but have been leary to do so.

Very thorough review and it should definitely help any others if they decide to sell them again. I hope they are redesigning and will send you a good product.

 

[SickToo]

The purpose was for two reasons.
1) More clearence, which it is now open, but seemed odd to have header and sway bar problems. Would have loved this when I installed headers for easy access, but would have died when they didn't fit lol.
2) Weight reduction on the front end, which was roughly 40 lbs I would say with kmember, solid engine mounts, and hollow front bmr 35mm bar.

Solid mounts are a plus. The oem mounts are huge but I don’t see em failing so there’s that. My oem scat sway bar was hollow but not as light as no sway bar : )

The welds on that unit would concern me. Dunno what they built it out of but EH36 or SA516 moly are best welded with a TIG machine. You can use MAG (I never have) but not MIG on those materials.

When doing chassis work it’s best to leave parts bare until after everything has been mocked up and test fit. Makes mods or additions easier and everything gets powder coated in one batch

*hopefully you have no future issues

 

[GreenMachine15]

Solid mounts are a plus. The oem mounts are huge but I don’t see em failing so there’s that. My oem scat sway bar was hollow but not as light as no sway bar : )

The welds on that unit would concern me. Dunno what they built it out of but EH36 or SA516 moly are best welded with a TIG machine. You can use MAG (I never have) but not MIG on those materials.

When doing chassis work it’s best to leave parts bare until after everything has been mocked up and test fit. Makes mods or additions easier and everything gets powder coated in one batch

*hopefully you have no future issues

I gave it a good test on Friday night, triple digits on 79 through the bends, that is why I have a sway bar. I do not have time to prep the car for track, I run it like she runs on the street, except fuel, tune, and front skinnies.

 

[SickToo]

I dd with skinny’s

You are aware they will take yer license for a good minute if they catch ya, yeah?

 

[GreenMachine15]

I dd with skinny’s

You are aware they will take yer license for a good minute if they catch ya, yeah?

Lol, you know any tire size other than the one on the door jamb sticker is illegal to use and they could tow your car and fine you?

See, we are all criminals surrounded by criminals.

 

[White Trash]

It’s Racing. Once you attempt to modify you own it.

 

[SickToo]

Lol, you know any tire size other than the one on the door jamb sticker is illegal to use and they could tow your car and fine you? See, we are all criminals

Nuthin bout tires on mine

And no reason to drive faster than 85 when I’m on the highway either : )

 

[GreenMachine15]

Lol, in PA your car fails state inspection without that decal and is not road legal. You are a double, maybe triple criminal.

 

[SickToo]

My tires usually are not DOT approved so this is actually a improvement : )

 

[GreenMachine15]

I knew you were a full blown criminal.
See you in jail lol

 

[PaVaSteeler]

You need to remove that crap before it kills you.

it’s one thing accepting coat hanger welds on a front strut brace, or having to dremel it to make it fit, but look at what another “customer” (victim) of Speedlogix ended up with

Seriously, don’t let your pride or determination to “make it fit” put your ride or your life at risk.

Your review, and the evidence of similar I posted, should serve as a wake up call once and for all that Speedlogix doesn’t care about you, your ride, or your life…it’s all about getting your money to pay back previously ripped off customers.