i guess it's a good thing i've never heard of JIC shocks
 

I've never heard of them either...and I guess I am glad about that.

well I know quite a few ppl with JIC coilovers, and theyve never had a problem...maybe a defective one got past the inspectors at JIC. But I know their stuff isnt bull****.

i don't think this is an isolated incident, read here;
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878754

Reading those Honda boards makes my brain hurt.

The video of the wheel falling off was great - lucky that he had the camera mounted on the side that failed.

Sometimes group buys aren't all that great. I can't believe such a crappy product would be coming out of Japan. That's some good info about Koni doing free shock dynos on any shocks, I'll have to send them my Bilstein sports when I upgrade my sways & see if they're still in spec.