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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by quakerroatmeal
That rear gap is definitely killing the stance..
Agreed...which is as low as it'll go. We even took out one of the locking nuts (which was recommended by the manual for a lower drop)
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 12:03 PM
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 12:20 PM
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What about rear spring mount cut if that's your last solution? Do they sell a lower spring setup with the Bilstein? I know BC has a "lower" sets of springs that goes with that coilovers.
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 12:48 PM
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looks good... don't know how you get around... I scrap my y-pipe w/ stock height and stock wheels LOL

I had PSS9's on my previous car and they rode nice... how's the dampening on your PSS since it's not adjustable?
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by quakerroatmeal
What about rear spring mount cut if that's your last solution? Do they sell a lower spring setup with the Bilstein? I know BC has a "lower" sets of springs that goes with that coilovers.
The rear spring mount (upper spring mount) actually gets taken out...
Bilstein doesn't have a "lower" set of springs, but I think I may go with a shorter linear spring. So not 100% sure yet what the solution will be.

350zthatsme - Realistically the dampening is actually really good! It feels like a totally different car now, and i don't track the car so for what I use it for it works perfectly! I would like to ride on the pss9/10 just to see the difference between those stiff settings compared to the pss and see if it's more like the softer / stiffer / or mid dampening settings.
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:41 PM
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I think it looks great!
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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Thanks man
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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So... where did you cop that mesh for your V2???

Car looks great. Surprised to see you poking so little.
PMed ya man, good people over there!
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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 04:10 PM
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So the only way to go any lower in the rear is to replace the springs?
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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 06:11 PM
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So the only way to go any lower in the rear is to replace the springs?
or cut 'em
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Originally Posted by cliffrlp
The rear spring mount (upper spring mount) actually gets taken out...
Bilstein doesn't have a "lower" set of springs, but I think I may go with a shorter linear spring. So not 100% sure yet what the solution will be.
Be really interested in this one aswell, Im in the same position over here in the UK!!

Here's my installation thread for reference, pictures were taken just after instalation so have settled a touch since

https://my350z.com/forum/brakes-and-...coilovers.html

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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 05:24 PM
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Be really interested in this one aswell, Im in the same position over here in the UK!!

Here's my installation thread for reference, pictures were taken just after instalation so have settled a touch since

https://my350z.com/forum/brakes-and-...coilovers.html

Dan
Yea i'll keep the thread posted when i figure out what step two will be!
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Sweet look
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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by cliffrlp
1st thanks to my boy Guitman32 (george) for the install!

Bilstein PSS w/ SPC Rear camber (Thanks Adam at z1)
15mm Ichiba V2 on all four conners (Thanks Henry at Statik)

The rear has settled some since the pics...I drove them today for about 320 miles and it's dropped a bit. I'll do a more fitting photoshoot at some point in time...
Work Xd9s - 285/35 +3 Rear -1.8camber on both / 255/35 +5 Front -2.6/-2.4 camber, will be getting the SPL front camber arms soon.
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Nice looking ride. I was curious what these (bold) specs are? Are those the offsets?
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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 06:28 PM
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Nice looking ride. I was curious what these (bold) specs are? Are those the offsets?
Thanks man, been a BIG fan of your car for a LONG time!

Yep those are my offsets w/ spacers of course. +3 rears and +5 fronts.

I still feel like my front is tucked...but i'll leave it like this for a while.
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 07:03 AM
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Thanks man.

I was curious cause those seem like aggressive offsets and yet your wheels don't seem to poke out at all? I run +25 on the rear wheels and +30 on the fronts with the same tire sizes and they look about the same. Weird?

Again though, looks real good.
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 07:08 AM
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Yea the front seems tucked to me...I think it's because they're 18's and i'm not running a crazy neg camber. Not sure though...once the rear drops more, i think i'll see some more poke.

Thanks!
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 07:12 AM
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I like it...rear doesnt look bad IMO.. Great Job OP..
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 08:20 AM
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Thanks AcidJake!
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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thats the nismo 2 front right?

id change back to stock taillights

stance seems good except the rear, youd be screwed in socal even mroe in la lol
im prolly as low as you maybe a tad higher. about 3.5 off the ground and its killing me on speed bumps but i love the look and handling
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