you should post some pics of the hotchkis installed

 

You believe everything you read? I can look at an 03 and an 07 and tell with my own eyes side by side that they are different. Nissan seems to fib about a lot of things, I don't believe it.

 

https://my350z.com/forum/attachme...9&d=1085261348

 

OP, just listen to rodH. I'm sure he took things like tire and wheel sizes, tire inflation and whether or not the vehicles he was comparing were full of gas or stereo equipment when he measured the ride height with is eyes.

Oh, and be sure to spread it around the internet too b/c Nissan is intentionally misleading its techs with inaccurate factory service manuals.

 

I'd be curious is NISSAN admits that on some cars one side is actually lower than the other, or if the owners that actually have measured that measure with an inaccurate measuring tape on one side and an accurate one on the other?

 

Am I the only 1 who thinks it should be lowered more?!

 

The pic looks stock to me. I have a 2004 and it looks like the same wheel gap when mine was stock. The front is already low in stock form, so a set of aftermarket wheels will look great with it, but the rear could use another .75 to 1". Where's the Hotchkis pics to compare it to?

 

stock - get some suspension on there!!

 

here is the hotchikis pics, RIGHT after they were installed, it is lower now.

https://my350z.com/forum/attachment....9&d=1085261348

 

Looks great with the springs.

 

I like it in that pic, problem is:

1. It is lower now
2. My camber is so far off, they can't get it close and I am going through tires like bubble gum. I don't want to have to start throwing a camber kit on there, etc...

 

The front should be able to get back into spec camber wise. The rear, no. A camber kit will only set you back around 200 bucks, so just bite the bullet and do it.

 

spc rears should me good

 

Don't listen to them. I have first run 2003 Brickyard. It is also lower than other cars, depending on the model. I noticed it when I was at the dealership back in 2003. I was parked next to a line of 350Zs, and mine sat lower than the others. But, not the track model. It was the same as mine. Touring was the highest.

I never said anything about it. Didn't really matter. Then, I switched rims and didn't give it much thought.

Funny seeing your post now...

 

It is interesting. When you see my car VS others (esp the 06+) it is lower, no matter what the manual says, not sure why I would make that up, as I have lowering springs on it right now. Maybe it was the earliest models? I got mine in Feb 03, very early production.

 

Same here. Mine was the very first run of Performance models. Something like #427 of Brickyards. (Window problems. Grease streaks. Two set of rear bearings, Gas filler tube. Tire feathering. Etc.) I know the spring rates front/back are different. And, the rear camber is different too. I've driven newer models on the track and they don't quite "sit" the same as mine in the turns.


Like I said, never gave it much more thought...

 

Looks nice to me tho

if you don't want camber then why don't you go for other brand Springs?

about 30~40 bucks little more then Camber

Tein S-tech sounds not bad

well i'm putting on tanabe and Camber tommorow. ^^

 

what does that mean? 2 sets of rear bearings??

 

I track A LOT. Or, I used to, anyway. Wider rims/tires with the rear
camber/tow of the 2003 takes its tole on the hubs and bearings.

 

Just get the rear camber/toe kit. You could actually get one for less than $200. Im getting one this week as well.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SPC-E...spagenameZWD1V