I got these from someone and he told me they are driveshaft shop stage 5 axles with type-r spindles (DSS hubs/arp extended studs). Can anyone tell me what they are? DSS or not? He said he bought them in 2002-2003. That rusty axle is a stock gs-r for comparison purposes. Thanks.

 

those look stock as hell, usually the boots will be a different color when there aftermarket

 

they use 36mm nuts by the way.

 

have u tried looking on a website? is there any part numbers on there that u can try to look up? i guess i am wrong, i keep looking at them and that stock gsr u have there, they do look like aftermarket

http://www.driveshaftshop.com/acura.ivnu

does the seller have the hubs?

 

the website wont help since these were sold in 02-03. dss won't be open til tuesday so i am trying to get an answer before then cuz maybe someone can help. there aren't any part numbers on the axles, just the green stickers. the hubs are attached to the spindles already.

 

The axle in the top pic on the bottom looks to be a aftermarket unit , the spindle side looks alot bigger than the others

 

In the first and third pic with all three sitting there, the one in the middle makes me 100% sure that it is a DSS axle. Frank puts a stub splined insert in the passengers side axle tri-pod. Unless somebody else was doing that too!

 

thanks, can anyone else confirm with a possible stage?

 

I would say it's a stage 5. I had stage 3's and they where bigger than the 5's.

 

they look like a old stage 2 dss, i used to have a set, shaft looks just alittle thicker then stock, the boots were black, and the joints were def bigger, but if it has a 36mm nut it would not be a DSS unless its a stg 3 or bigger, and then they are DEF bigger
i would guess either a outter joint was changed or maybe upgraded but deff aftermarket of some kind

hope this helps

dan

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nasteboyii &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">they look like a old stage 2 dss, i used to have a set, shaft looks just alittle thicker then stock, the boots were black, and the joints were def bigger, but if it has a 36mm nut it would not be a DSS unless its a stg 3 or bigger, and then they are DEF bigger
i would guess either a outter joint was changed or maybe upgraded but deff aftermarket of some kind

hope this helps

dan</TD></TR></TABLE>


If they were a Stage 2 then no hub change would be needed. I was waiting for someone to mention the different boot colors , DSS didn't start doing that until late 2003 to early 2004 I believe, it could have been later than that. I have some DSS Stage 3s pucrahsed in like 2003 , since I needed one boot I have one green boot on the driver's side axle the rest are black.

These are Stage 3 or Stage 5. DSS has continually improved on their stages, almost every year they make old Stage 5s stage 3s then old Stage 6s become Stage 5s etc etc . Wish I could be more help on it though Maybe I can get a caliper on my spline and measure that for you. I will try that

 

I did the best I could measuring the spline with my slicks still on the car, the best reading I could get and is TOTALLY off is .928" which equals 23.57mm, so it seems to be alittle off.like I said

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Modified by Boostfed.com at 10:52 PM 12/30/2006

 

thanks for the help. i am hoping dss will email me back on tuesday.

 

kinda looks stock