SuperPro has been recognised twice at the recent AAAA industry awards receiving the Bronze Award in the 2013 Export Awards category. This followed on from the Gold award for Best New Aftermarket Product at the awards breakfast that morning!
The Export Awards recognise
• The degree of innovation in the applicants marketing strategy.
• Export growth achieved and the ability to sustain that growth.
• The overall company commitment to international market development.
SuperPro are proud to have been recognised in this highly competitive category.
“We acknowledge and would like to thank our SuperPro team in Australia, as well as our overseas customers and distributors that have continued to support us through what have arguably been some of the toughest few years globally in many of our key markets. We plan to continue to expand and grow our International distribution channels and presence”
Graham Scudamore Smith Founder SuperPro
This means that if a SuperPro Product fails, it will be replaced free of charge without exception.
SuperPro also warrants competitor products click here for more info. (Australia, New Zealand, & North America Only)
Because of our complete confidence in SuperPros material, design & manufacture our lifetime warranty includes off-road, track and competition use.
If you are a retail customer who has purchased a SuperPro product and wishes to claim a warranty. You must contact the business that you purchased the SuperPro product from in order to have your warranty fufilled. If you are a retail customer and contact us for a warranty we will not be able to process your warranty. You must go through the orginal purchase channel.
Your eligibility for a claim:
You must be the original purchaser.
The part must be used in the specific application listed in the SuperPro Catalogue.
What is covered?
What is not covered?
What to do if you have a problem?
If you have an issue with a SuperPro part, please contact the original seller. However, if you have any issue claiming your warranty through the original seller, please contact us directly on +61 7 3892 9028 (Aust & NZ) or +1 (650) 362 8016 (North America) or use the contact form below.
If you are a retail customer, please only call us if you are having an issue with claiming a warranty from the original purchaser. As SuperPro itself does not process warranties for retail customers. All warranties must be processed by the company/mechanic/business that you purchased your SuperPro product from.
As good as SuperPro is, it cannot always make up for the shortcomings of other suspension components, so when replacing a warranty component please check the following:
All of the above can prematurely wear a SuperPro Suspension Component and cause other issues. None of these conditions will void your warranty; correcting them will just ensure you get the best out of your SuperPro Product and let you enjoy that New Car Feel!
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SuperPro engineers have identified that the OEM front lower inner control arm rear bush life was almost equal to the life of the ball joint. As the ball joint is supplied only as part of the arm, this presented the need to service the complete arm. Innovative thinking from SuperPro has lead to the development of the Supaloy X-Trail Arm. The Supaloy arm is a light, strong, corrosion resistant, full replacement arm that incorporates both the ball joint and both front and rear bushings.
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SuperPro will be promoting a competitor product offer. The Offer is intended to promote and identify SuperPro products to workshops and consumers where other competing products have let them down.
*This offer is only available to customers located in Australia, New Zealand, & North America
SuperPro will replace, any brand of automotive Polyurethane Bushing, which has failed.
The competitor product must have been used for the specific application listed in the original manufacturers catalogue and fitted according to the original manufacturers fitting guidelines.
Also, if the competitor product has not completely failed, but the vibrations, harshness, and squeaks are absolutely killing you or your customer, we will replace it with SuperPro as we consider excessive Noise, Vibration, & Harshness (NVH) a failure!
SuperPro must receive the following:
To claim the offer please fill out the Warranty Claim Form below or call SuperPro direct on +61 7 3892 9028 (Aust & NZ) or +1 (650) 362 8016 (North America).
Also note that SuperPros Fair Play Policy applies to this offer.
SuperPro also offers lifetime warranty on SuperPro suspension components
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Alloy light-weight and stronger than original steel - less unsprung weight
SuperPro Anti-Lift kit included with arm
Anti-Lift dialled into rear bushing
SuperPro bushings for increased tyre contact patch control, minimal NVH with maximum service life
- better handling without a rough ride
Suitable for road and track
Just how many handling mods are available for the new Dodge Challenger?! Judging by the seemingly bottomless pit of choice upgrades plucked out of the air by Eibach and its supporting cast - apparently loads! Not only is this great news for anyone out there in reader-land running one, or a Magnum/300c, of course but it also means that the American car scene suddenly has a GT/Sports platform to rival the best that Europe can offer - given a few tweaks and a little time and money...
To jog your memory - or to bring new readers up to speed thus far Eibach’s sizeable SRT-8 had been dynamically shrunken with the addition of its Pro-Street S coil-overs and adjustable anti-roll bars. not only had this allowed for a far more aggressive stance, giving the Dodge a real sense of purpose, but perhaps even more importantly, the improvement in lateral stiffness had made the considerable bulk of the Challenger much easier to handle in the twisty bits.
The only problem when you make such a comprehensive change like this is that the new, more brilliant componentry starts to reveal inadequacies elsewhere in the drivetrain. After a full shakedown session at Bruntingthorpe a few weeks previously, Eibach’s UK chassis team still felt a huge amount of inaccuracy in the steering and handling of the car. ‘You can actually feel some of the components moving on their factory bushes when power is applied quickly, or during hard cornering,’ explained general manager, Greg Kirby. Not only is this reducing the effect of the accuracy we have achieved with the Pro-Street S coil-overs and the anti-roll kit, but it also doesn’t really inspire any confidence when driving at speed. We need to change that.’
As is often the case with these things, the answer comes from the track. Eibach’s technical partners SuperPro make an extensive range of polyurethane bushes for a wide range of cars, fortunately offering a simply bewildering away for this Chrysler platform(1). In days of old urethane was always a mixed blessing on a road car, with the precision and lack of movement being a real boon, but the noise and harshness created by its fitment being anything but! Thankfully, moulding and plastics technology has moved on considerably in the last decade or so and these days, thanks to a top-secret formula more closely guarded than even Tony-the-Tiger’s Frosties recipe.
SuperPro has managed to achieve an impressive balance where ride quality and refinement are barely affected, but precision and feel move up several notches. These aren’t just your author’s findings either - the range has recently been granted ‘Official Accessory’ status by Subaru UK after the product had been tested proved to be a huge advantage dynamically, without any NVH issues. So, if it’s good enough to gain manufacture approval, you can probably guess that it’s more than up to the job in the aftermarket!
As the pack shot shows, there are an awful lot of bushes in the SuperPro kit. Every single rubber bush on the Dodge can be upgraded if required, which are you can imagine, is quite some job. Not only is this all made considerably easier with the right tools, which we will come to in a minute, but also with the right talent. Stepping into the breach once again for the camera. They work pretty fast, these guys!
Unbolting most components on the Dodge was still thankfully relatively easy, with the car being so young(3). Carnetix has an impressive set of press tools which allow each old bush to be precisely pressed out without damaging the arm that it came from - and then ensuring that the new bush can be re-fitted without any damage to its outer shell(4). The care and attention that was taken here was truly impressive - everything was measured and checked (5), correct threaded extraction tools were used for inaccessible bushes and every arm had its surface rust removed (6) before being coated with black paint to ensure that the corrosion is kept at bay, before being refitted (7).
As well as the inner and outer control arms, trailing arms and every single suspension pick-up point, the SuperPro kit also included uprated damper top bushes for the rear (8) and even steering rack bushes (9)! Any factory bush that has a load-bearing steel shell is faithfully replicated in higher quality urethane, but many of the other bushes are recreated in a much simpler-to-fit ‘halved’ design that simply bushes in each side of the carrier before a crush tube is slid inside after being well lubed with the special grease supplied (10).
As one would expect from an outfit of this level of ability, nearly every bolt was only ‘nipped’ whilst the car was in the air (11). ‘We don’t torque anything until the car is on the four-post lift and under load.’ Said Glenn with a serious look. ‘it’s the only way to ensure the bushes are sitting correctly and you’re not inducing any pre-load into each component from the bush acting like a small torsion bar.’ Once everything had been fitted, checked, and re-checked, Becky moved the car onto the four-post lift to allow for final fettling and precise torquing up.
Dave then fitted the light plates for the Hunter rig(12) which allowed for toe and camber settings to be adjusted to get the car pointing in the right direction. The team spent well over an hour on this bit making sure everything was perfect(13), before rolling it out into the Autumn sunshine to allow us to try difference for ourselves. Driving the Dodge on the superb Leicestershire back-roads around Carnetix revealed what a very worthwhile exercise this had all been . Gone was the ‘slop’ of the factory bushes and in its place was a very palpable feeling of being viscerally connected to the moving parts of the car. The steering suddenly felt very precise and direction changes were communicated back in a most un-American way. Best of all, as promised on the packaging, the SuperPro bushes have in no way trashed the ride quality. Sure, it’s a little bit stiffer than the factory’s ‘chewing gum’ offering, and there’s a tiny bit more road noise, but neither are in any way an issue. In fact, conversely, the ability to ‘feel’ the road through the Challenger’s chassis now encourages much more spirited cornering, with the car really letting you know what’s happening and allowing you to explore the grip much more. So, yet again, another worthwhile mod and a great one for many of you to consider out there. Each of those bags can be bought separately, so you can spread the cost and effort over a longer period if you don’t have a team like Carnetix to fit them for you... but our advice? Give them a call and let them sort it out. Their attention to detail, alignment skills and constant supply of chat and tea will make the trip to the Midlands worthwhile!
Source: American Car Magazine
SuperPro Sway Bars are manufactured, designed and tested right here in Australia. Our Sway Bar range was designed following the idea of 'Dynamic Control'. This resulted in the Sway Bars being engineered to give the vehicle sharper steering, better handling and more grip, improving your overall driving experience while maintaining safety. Our SuperPro Sway Bar kits add durability, reliability and better performance outcomes.
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SuperPro sway bar kits add durability, reliability and better performance outcome compared to stock/OEM and other aftermarket solutions.
SuperPro has a large range of aftermarket 4X4 Sway Bars that have been in the global market for years. Made in Australia, incorporating years of engineering experience, development time, and meticulous testing, we can safely say that our SuperPro 4X4 Sway Bars are the best. Our Heavy Duty 4X4 Sway Bars provides your vehicle with an increased grip, better handling, and a more precise driving experience on and off road.
Duel Cab Utes such as the Toyota Hilux and the Mitsubishi Triton do not have Sway Bars included in their design because OE manufacturers did not intend for their vehicles to be used how they currently are. Here at SuperPro, we understand you may have to tow or carry heavy loads for work or on your 4X4 adventure. Without these vehicles having a sway bar, our team recognized that carrying heavy loads caused poor turning capability, alignment issues and less tyre grip both on and off road.
After meticulous research and testing, SuperPro identified that a Sway Bar was the solution required to resolve these alignment and safety issues. Adding our expertly designed SuperPro Sway Bar to the rear of the vehicle dramatically transformed the Dual Cab Ute range from a utility vehicle to a safe, well rounded driving platform.
The SuperPro Performance Sway Bar range is used in a variety of vehicles, particularly those used for performance such as track and performance vehicle enthusiasts. A wide range of performance Sway Bars have been engineered to give the driver sharper steering, better handling and more grip on the road and on the track.
SuperPro Performance Sway Bars are designed to reduce the body roll of the vehicle, through the increase in stiffness of the bars. This results in the vehicle having a greater balance and a better cornering grip in all performance driving situations. Our Sway Bars correct under and oversteering tendencies and are perfectly balanced for optimum neutral steering handling with a precise turning response. The SuperPro Performance Sway Bars have been designed and rigorously tested by our expert suspension engineers and performance driving professionals to ensure they will give your vehicle the ultimate driving experience.
We have a large range of Sway Bars that are specifically designed for passenger vehicles. These Sway Bars have been engineered to correct your vehicles driving geometry and resolve steering issues.
SuperPro has redefined the way Sway Bars are fitted to a front wheel drive vehicle with a Torsional Beam rear axle. These vehicles suffer from inherent understeer, SuperPro Control Bars neutralize the understeer and enhance the handling and stability of the vehicle. With the new bracket design, the benefits of a Sway Bar have never been easier to enjoy!
There are many reasons why your vehicle should be enhanced with our SuperPro Sway Bars. The prime reason a bar is fitted onto a vehicle is to maintain maximum tyre contact with the road. Suspension systems are engineered to vary the angle of the wheel and contact patch as a vehicle travels along the road. The optimum contact patch is achieved when the wheel is in a vertical position. Braking, body roll, squat and dive all cause the shift in contact patch.
SuperPros superior manufacturing and technological expertise in suspension ensures your vehicle has great performance and guarantees safety when cornering. SuperPro Sway Bars work by ensuring the load of your vehicle is distributed evenly over your tyres. This delivers longer tyre life and a better grip on the road leading to a more comfortable driving experience.
SuperProâÃÂÃÂs adjustable Sway Bars let you control the rigidity of the bars by allowing you to adjust the length of the arms. The adjustable Sway Bars are designed with 2, 3 or 4 different points of adjustment providing you with numerous stiffness options to better suit your driving needs. These Sway Bars also reduce the need to replace the entyre Sway Bar.
SuperPro has specially designed hollow Sway Bars which are up to 30% lighter than traditional bars and are made from race spec chromoly. These unique progressive design Roll Control Bars are fully adjustable and provide reduced weight and better fuel efficiency for a range of vehicles. Our hollow Sway Bars facilitate progressive performance characteristics with even more sophisticated tuning and suspension setups.
For the last decade, manufacturers have focused a great deal on reducing vehicle mass to lesson fuel consumption. This has led to researching solutions that include more effective lightweight metals. Through the research and careful selection of choice of materials, hollow Sway Bars were deemed as an effective solution.
A Sway Bar operates in a cross-sectional plane, offering torsional resistance to twist. Simply making a Sway Bar thicker makes the torsional resistance greater and therefore the Sway Bar becomes stiffer. Tubular material operates exactly like a solid bar using cross section torsional resistance. With a tubular Sway Bar design, Sway Bar rate or resistance can be adjusted by changing both the outside diameter and wall thickness.
SuperPro sway bars are available for a massive range of vehicles, both as replacement and upgrade solutions for passenger, 4x4 and performance vehicles.
The best way to find if we have a sway bar for your car is to use our website product search!
SuperPro employs two methods for manufacturing Sway Bars. One method is to bend Sway Bars using precision CNC machines. The other method is purposed for custom Sway Bar kits, which are hand bent by our team of expert product engineers.
The main method SuperPro utilizes is CNC bending because this offers our SuperPro team greater consistency and speed while maintaining ideal results. The degree of bends and length of bends is programed into the machine, resulting in precise production of our Sway Bars.
Although SuperPro uses high quality spring steel, there is a lot of work that goes into bending the metal. When the bars are bent, it will spring back into shape, wanting to return to its original state. The SuperPro engineering team have meticulously researched exactly how to counteract this issue for each bend, giving an extremely accurate Sway Bar design. Our SuperPro Sway Bars offer all vehicles an enhancement and greater performance.
SuperPro adjustable Sway Bars have their adjustment levels determined based on the vehicle application. For accurate results, our SuperPro engineering team has developed a set of unique precision stamping tools and dies used to set the adjustment holes at the end of the Sway Bars.
All SuperPro Sway Bars go through a three-step powder coating process. The initial stage of sand blasting is the Primer, this offers an anti-rust layer and removes any impurities on the metal. The second step is to apply an initial powder coat to the Sway Bar. This step is imperative to the process as it helps adhere the anti-rust primer previously applied and helps the last stage of coating. The final step of the process is to powder coat the Sway Bars in a blue coating and put them in an industrial oven to bake. This gives our Sway Bars our signature SuperPro chrome blue finish and offers increased protection with over 1mm of powder coating.
Hidden away beneath your 4x4, your suspension bushes may not be high on your list of components to upgrade, but you might be missing a trick reckons chassis experts SuperPro. We decided to find out for ourselves.
When it comes to spending money on your pride and joy, certain mods are always easier to justify than others. New wheels and tyres tick both ‘form’ and ‘function’ boxes, a sturdy new winch also offers chunky good looks and a feeling of off-road invincibility, but suspension bushes? Surely the time to change these is when they expire and not before! Spending large amounts on items that you never see and believe you can’t feel is never going to make it to the top of your ‘to do’ list now, is it?
The thing is, suspension bushes are the one component that really gives a vehicle that ‘as new’ feel. If you were lucky enough to own your 4x4 from new, those tight and perfectly-formed bushes would have been a major factor behind the tautness of the ride and steering and the bedrock of precise and communicative feedback. Factor in a few years and several thousand miles of wear and tear, and I’m prepared to bet that the now soft and pliable rubber bushes aren’t holding on to key components like they once did. The trade-off from this fatigue is a vehicle that doesn’t quite do what it’s being told to do in quite the way it once did..
This usually happens over such a long and gradual period that the effects are imperceptible. Tiny deteriorations over such a large timeframe are very difficult to note, but drive a low mileage car back to back with a higher mileage equivalent, and it starts to become dramatically apparent.
Replacing the old bushes with new OEM equivalents is a great idea, but for not a great deal more money, Australian manufacturer SuperPro offers a wide range of bushes made from a more durable and hardwearing polyurethane formulation. The problem with these type of parts in days of yore was that, generally speaking, they were fine for dedicated off-road or competition machinery, but usually too harsh and too noisy for general road use, where, let’s face it, most of us rack up the majority of our miles.
SuperPro changed the game significantly with its clever formulation and neat moulding tricks, which imbue the recipient vehicle with a great deal more precision than the factory parts offer, yet cleverly manage to balance this with improved longevity and a complete lack of noise, vibration or harshness. These aren’t just your author’s findings either; the range recently gained full approval from Subaru UK as a genuine accessory after extensive technical trials revealed improvements, even on brand new vehicles.
Words and photography: Paul Cowland 4x4 Magazine November 2012 www.4x4i.com