Beatiful! Now throw on some SS line while you're down there. How much was the S tune? I forgot, did you get the sways too?
How is the understeer now? Hopefully gone.

 

Car looks great! Nice ride height!!

 

I'll get SS lines with the Stop Tech kit I intend to get later (they come with them for all 4 wheels, even if you just get the front kit). You can get a quote for the S-Tune from Valuetl on this board among others.

I don't want to mislead you as to price as it can vary with exchange rates.

I did get the sways as well, but haven't really driven it hard yet. I just had the alignment completed about an hour ago, so I'll take it out tomorrow and see how it does. I can say it handles better based on the driving I've done so far, but you don't see understeer until you're close to the limit and I haven't taken it there since I installed it (waiting for alignment and dry roads). Rumor has it the next few days will be dry, so I should have the opportunity soon...

 

Took it out for a ride and some pics on this very sad day. But first let me say how much I feel for the families of the space shuttle astronauts who passed away today. Several of the astronauts were friends and co-workers of my brother in law, so this hits very close to home. Our prayers are with the families.

The car rides great, yet still has a little bounce, of course every car I've driven on I-5 in Seattle bounces on that freeway. Understeer is greatly reduced. Porpoiseing (sp?) is pretty much gone.

 

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One more

 

definitely on my list of **** to do! How much was the suspension kit?

 

and have almost seen my future car -- ksj... it looks GREAT !! The wheels and lowered suspension are fantastic !!

Please post more of your impressions regarding the handling of the S-tune !

Thanks...

 

Hey, do you plan to add the strut bars as well? Thanks-

 

No e in porpoising, I believe, but the car looks great! The wheels and the lowering make it look perfect. Really, really nice.

I share your grief over the loss of some of our world's best and brightest. My family's sympathy goes out to their families and friends who suffer with their passing.

 

OK, so here's an update on ride and handling.

Ride quality is excellent, though you do "feel" the road more than with the stock suspension. Every bump in the road is felt though it's not jarring per se. There is also more road noise, but that's probably a combination of the lowering and the SO3's where there is far more tire on the road than with the stock tires. I seem to have developed another rattle that I didn't notice with the stock suspension coming from the area around the instruments as near as I can tell.

Handling is really good. The car seems more "tossable" at much lower speeds than stock. The is also little body roll going through corners at high speed. I had a guy in a WRX behind me when I went through the onramp from I405 to 520 at ~80mph. I got off on the next exit and he followed me off. At the light he mentioned that the car looked totally flat through the turn and asked what I'd done to the car (Nismo sways). He seemed impressed.

Anyway, I'm really happy so far with both the ride and the handling from this kit and would highly recommend it. One caveat is that if you don't like the way the stock suspension feels on bumpy roads (some people have complained that it feels jarring) you may not want to choose this kit. An adjustable kit like the Tien may be a better choice.

 

Strut bars??? If you mean the sway bars, I installed them at the same time.

 

KSJ, did you just have the dealer align your car? Thanks.

 

Yea, how did you get your car aligned? Did you use camber plates? Please get back with info. seeing that this has been the main reason why I haven't bought any type of suspension. Thanks

 

I just took it down to the Goodyear dealer and they aligned it to the Nismo specs on a Hunter computerized alignment system. I think they did a good job as they got it all within spec.

I did take a copy of the specs from the service manual down with me, along with the Nismo specs that I slowly translated from Japanese using Babelfish and the XP language interface keyboard.

 

KSJ, did you ever figure out what they meant by side slip angle? Can you also please give me your translations again on the alignment. Thanks!

 

I haven't figured out what that is yet...

Front camber is -0 degrees 40 minutes +- 45 minutes
Front caster is 8 degrees 10 minutes +-45 minutes
Kingpin inclination is 5 degrees 10 minutes +-45 minutes
Front toe-in is 0-2mm

In the rear camber is -1 degree 35 minutes +-30 minutes and toe-in is the same as stock.

HTH

 

I put my suspension in on Saturday and went to Nissan Service center today. They told me they couldn't do the adjustment because something to do with them using inches instead of mm.

They also said that there isn't a camber adjustment, is that true?

 

A Nissan service center that doesn't speak metric? Thats a new one, take it to an independent shop that specializes in alignments and uses Hunter equipment, I would.

They are correct about the front suspension, no camber adjustments are possible, by design. The rear does have them.