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Old Jul 2, 2007 | 03:28 PM
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Default Cusco coilover....

Anyone running them?

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Old Jul 2, 2007 | 06:21 PM
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A simple search and you could have found this.

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....ght=cusco+zero
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Old Jul 2, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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Here's mine.
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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 11:10 AM
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So other then the fact its a pain to adjust the rears you have been happy with the performance of the coilovers?

If you drilled a hole onto the rear strut bar cover could you adjust them that way?
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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 12:11 PM
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I'm blown away with the performance. Make sure you install Cusco sway bars too.

I don't think that I like the idea of drilling holes the car. You really don't adjust them that much. I've happily had mine set on 4 for a couple months now. If you wanted to save a couple hundred bucks, buy Zero-1's. I'm sure that the performance is as good, and you'll never have to worry about adjusting them.
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 08:37 AM
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I think the performance of these coilovers are excellent for a car that has a main duty of a daily driver and goes to the track a few times a year. The spring rates of 10kg/7kg are very reasonable. My roads are pretty bad here in Northern California and I leave my damping settings on 2 which is a good compromise between comfort and performance. I rode on 3 for a track day recently and left it at that setting for the streets but quickly realized the rebound was too strong for all the bumps, dips, and potholes so I moved it back to 2. I'll be doing another track day soon on 7/21 so I'll see how they work on a setting of 4.
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 10:53 AM
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So have you both been running the same setting on front and rear?
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 11:28 AM
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i have them and have been racing solo2 autocross on them all this season. I am quite satisfied with the performance. I run with them 4/4. Although this is my first set of coilovers, and I have not yet played around much with the stiffness settings, 4/4 seems to be good so far. I am focusing on learning the car before I try to fine tune.
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:29 PM
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I have them too... I love them... Questions, feel free to PM me...
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 11:43 AM
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I have them too... I love them... Questions, feel free to PM me...
Are you also running the Zero 2?
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 11:29 AM
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Does anyone know how much weight is saved over the regualer Zero-2's if you get the Titanium version?
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I think it was something in the line of at least 5 lbs per corner which is quite a bit for unsprung weight. But that's just a IIRC guess.
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by MaRbLe
Are you also running the Zero 2?
Yes, I am... I love them a lot... I wish I had gotten the rubber mounts instead of the pillow ball version... Its starts to makes sounds after a while... The only remedy was to change out the top mounts... I also have the rear sway bar...
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 01:45 PM
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I think that the titanium's are no longer available.
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MaRbLe
Does anyone know how much weight is saved over the regualer Zero-2's if you get the Titanium version?

the titanium version was discontinued about 2 years ago
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 11:22 AM
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Strange, Bullet Proof says they can get them....
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by MaRbLe
Strange, Bullet Proof says they can get them....
I guess they don't know they arent made anymore
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 11:27 AM
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Maybe LOL

Wonder why they were discontinued
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 11:33 AM
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because titanium costs went up, making it even more $$ than they were, and out of the 10 sets or so they made, we bought most of them...so they weren't really big sellers
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 11:49 AM
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Ahh, to bad...they looked very nice.
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