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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 05:44 AM
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 06:08 AM
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your car is gorgeous mate!! and clean as well...
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 07:04 AM
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 07:12 AM
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Looks great.
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 08:06 AM
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nice drop...do you have 20's in the rear?
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 08:20 AM
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20 x 10.5 rear 19x 8.5 front
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 10:35 AM
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Do you scrap or rub?
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 10:50 AM
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No rubbing at all. Enter some drive ways at an angle to avoid scrapping front diffuser
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 07:24 PM
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Did you install it yourself? If so, how easy was the installation?

Maybe I missed it, but I haven't seen anybody do a TECH writeup on a cpilover install on this site yet...

My JICs should be here in a week or so, so I'd like to prepare ahead of time...
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Old Jun 20, 2003 | 03:22 AM
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I bought them from Avalon racing and had them install them. About 3.5 hours for a tech with experience. I would suggest having them installed and adjusted by a shop if you are not experienced doing suspension mods
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Old Jun 20, 2003 | 03:39 AM
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I've done suspensions on other cars, but really haven't done anything yet on my car. I'll be popping the wrenching cherry this afternoon with a sway bar install...
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Old Jun 20, 2003 | 06:52 AM
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Good Luck!
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Old Jun 20, 2003 | 11:30 AM
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Damn that thing is clean, g'job....
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Having read the shop manuel on removing the springs and struts, I see no reason why even someone with average abilities can't do the install. If you can turn a wrench and read directions and more importantly have the will and time, do it yourself. Nothing difficult about it. One point I will cave on is this, if the shop corner weights the car.

Beauty of a coilover install is, you don't even need a spring compressor front or rear. You remove the front unit's without the spring compressor, rear spring comes out without using one either.
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Old Jun 21, 2003 | 10:59 AM
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where can I see more pictures of your car spyder?
It looks VERY nice.
thanks
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Old Jun 21, 2003 | 10:39 PM
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Your car is hot. How is the ride/handling compared to stock, and is the camber off too much? Do the JIC FLT-A2's come with adjustable camber plates for the front?
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Originally posted by gorgin
where can I see more pictures of your car spyder?
It looks VERY nice.
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You can see it live and in person July 12th at the Connecticut Meet.

If you can't make it, I'm sure tons of pictures will be posted.
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Any pics from the side? I would love to see that combo sus. and rims.
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 05:30 PM
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Originally posted by vics350
You can see it live and in person July 12th at the Connecticut Meet.

If you can't make it, I'm sure tons of pictures will be posted.

Vic, can you please post the details of the CT meeting?
thanks a lot
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Originally posted by gorgin
Vic, can you please post the details of the CT meeting?
thanks a lot
This is the thread that has all the information:
https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....0&pagenumber=1

The link to the flyer is:
http://http:www.molaver.org/photos/350z/2003ctmeet.jpg

We will be getting together for dinner on Friday with a group and then on Saturday it will be incredible. We are now at over 70 cars coming!! After Lime Rock we will be going to dinner on the Berlin Turnpike and then enjoy cruise night.

Let me know if you can make the meet.
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