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Old Oct 12, 2015 | 08:14 PM
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I've got a set of cusco ucas sitting around that I could toss on the car and was wondering if you guys think it's worth it with the relatively stock ride height since I'll be on the Nismo 350z shocks and springs.

I'm no alignment expert but I do look at things that involve angles a lot and my eyeball is telling me the fronts are currently around -1 give or take maybe a quarter. Lol

I was thinking getting it in the 2s. Tire set up is 245 fronts and 265 rear if that helps.

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Old Oct 12, 2015 | 08:29 PM
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One of the weakness of the Z is the lack of negative front camber from oem arms. Yes it will let the front tires have better contact with the road. You will definitely feel it. I was on stock height, going from -8 to -2.2 was a huge difference.
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Old Oct 12, 2015 | 09:54 PM
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I've got the Nismo springs and shocks on my '08, and ended up with -1.5 on both front wheels. Rear settled at -1.3 on the left and -1.4 on the right. Except for the Hotchkis sway bars, all the other suspension parts are OEM and wheels are 18" LMGT4s with 245/45's and 275/40's.
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