Hi i have a 2004 Nissan 350Z. when i bought one of the previous owners lowered the car 2 inches in the front and back. he also put a body kit on it. now the body kit looks awesome but it rides so low that i rub, scrape, and hit on just about everything. as it is it sits so low that i cant jack it up on my own. so i cant see what kind of suspension is on there. all i really know is that it is not on adjustable coils and there is not room to "jerry rig" it. so im wondering if it would be better to get a whole new suspension, or figure out what specific parts i can change with out changing the whole set up. I want to raise my car up 1 inch. so 1 inch lower than stock, 1 inch higher than it is now.

 

eibach pro-kit springs and then get it aligned

 

This. ^^^

UNLESS the car is dumped on coilovers, in which case, will need shocks to go with the springs. But then again, if they are coilovers, just adjust 'em up!

Never understand why people dump their cars to a point where you can't even drive 'em, let alone being so low that it harms handling.... just seems counterintuitive and, well, dumb to me.

 

ok, so if i were to go with the Eibach pro kit springs would that bring my ride up? because it cannot sit this low any more it is literally destroying the body.it has to come up at least 1 inch, bare minimum.
i also appreciate the advice thank you all

 

eibach is about a 1 inch drop from oem, so yes... it will raise it. but, if he lowered that much on stock shocks, they may be blown out

 

i am 90 % sure that that they are not stock. mechanically and physically there is nothing wrong with the shock. the car drives wonderfully.
Again thanks for the advice very helpful.

 

Get some 2x4's and drive onto them so you can get a low pro jack under the car and see if he has coils or ghetto rigged chopped springs.

If he has coils adjust them. If not like Trav said get koni yellows and eibach drop springs.

 

Lowering your car that much does one thing and on thing only and that is screw the suspension up so much that it just becomes unworkable. The centre of gravity is changed so much that it becomes dangerous when cornering quickly and even if it is possible to have it aligned properly that last thing it'll do is go round corners like its on rails. Travlee and MicVelo have it right. There's a reason these car groups are called "Low n Slow" and thats because "Fast n Trashed" will never catch on.

 

ok so a new question regarding the sit height of the car and the body kit. if i were to bring it back to stock height is there a way to compensate for the space between the tire and bottom of the wheel well? becasue i had honda del sol that was lowered and when i changed the suspension there was so much room between the two it looked so stupid. i think i would like to bring it up but am afraid that with the body kit looking the way it does if i bring it up to high it will just look silly. any suggestions?

 

Bigger tires and pray it is to your liking.

That's what loading does. Kills the gap between the rim/ground and chassis. But bigger wheel sizes like a 285 or 295 is about all you can do.

 

Why don't you post a pic of your car

 

i will post some pics when i get a chance. probably by the end of tomorrow.

 

It's a shame because I love how it looks at this height but plain and simple it's just too low.
Rear wheel I try to picture what an inch or difference would like and I'm mildly worried. (also I would note that both rear tires have 2-3 inch spaces so the rear wheels actually sit 4-6 inches wider than a normal Z)

 

I actually like the stock ride height of the Z with the gap, but with your widebody it's going to look very off if you raise the car since the wheel well is modified.

In addition, you NEED new wheels with correct offsets

 

So you mean get new rims that are that wide (offset) with out needing spacers?

 

That's actually not that bad.

That's maybe about 1/2" lower than mine. If it's on coils raise it like an inch. Should be low, but still be drivable. Bigger tires will fill the gap better than rims.

 

That's what I'm trying to do but I'm 90% sure it is not on coils. I'm finding out soon if I can just put new springs or if I need new everything.

 

You can probably just out spring say yes.

But it's always a good idea to get springs and struts together. Especially since struts are more of a replacement item than springs are.

 

You can't really tell how low it is because it's not the original wheel well. That wide body is probably mounted lower than stock