jepry

So i just installed Eibach Sportlines in the rear and I am happy with the way the car looks as is without having the fronts installed. The car is more level now with no gap in the rear fender.

I am thinking if I do the front it will be waaay to low....is it bad to just do the rear??

Here's a pic....

Mitsuomi

Rear looks nice, but I'd drop the front too. Looks like you still have about 1" gap in the front.

GT-Z

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Dude that look great.. how much did it lower it

AdvanZ33

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Did the springs settle yet?

jepry

I put the Sportlines for a coupe on so I think it dropped more than the 1.2 since my car is heavier.

Here is a pic of the gap just before i installed the springs....

jepry

Probably not yet as I just installed them last night and have only driven maybe 2-3 miles so far. I was thinking of getting an alignment today but need to decide on whether or not to do the fronts before i do that.

terrasmak

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The prerunner look on the Z, just doesn't do it for me.

jepry

Prerunner??

diablox1

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I'd do the front. aside from me personally not liking that look, you're throwing off (even if only slightly or even if you never track) the handling of the Z (forward/rear weight distribution)

Dark8lue

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hey bro are those rays oem wheels for the g??? if they are f***, i was gonna do that exact same thing thing, but i was gonna powdercoat them black an put them on the z

06platinumG

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The car comes from the factory with understreer. By lowering the rear and not the front you will increase the understreer furthure. If you are going for looks and don't care how the car handles there is no problem. If you have adjustable sway bars put the front on the softest and the rear on the hardest setting to help decrease the understreer

AdvanZ33

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Prerunner haha.

I would wait a couple weeks for the springs to fully set in and then make your decision.

jepry

Ya this is what i was thinking too. I would be doing it for this reason alone not for looks because right now I like that I don't have the Face down *** up look anymore.

SPortlines are supposed to give a 1.2" drop in the front but I don't know how much it will drop my car.....is the weight difference from coupe to roadster more in the front or rear?? I'm thinking rear right?? If that is the case than it should drop close to the 1.2 so i think it will be fine.

jepry

Yes they are and they are painted Flat Black.

jepry

Thanks....this is more of the type of help i was looking for.

To me it looks good, the car is level the only difference is the wheel gap from front to back and with my experience with lowering cars this is normal. The fronts always seem to have a bit more clearance.

BUt if my car is going to be adversely affected performance wise with only the rear done then i will have to do the fronts.

terrasmak

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Looks like you need to lower the front.

scotts300

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I did the same with our ZR and I really liked it. It settled in about 3 days of DD. At the first scuff, the wife said she wanted them removed before I had a chance to roll the fenders or remove the spacers and she said it rode more roughly (which was true). So the car is back to stock height. I had no plans of doing the fronts since I have a 35 series tire to fill up the gap (30 series on the rear, yes VDC is unhappy, no I don't care). For DD'ing, you wouldn't notice the change in the suspension geometry minus sway bars, and I stopped autox'ing and tracking her car, so it was no problem.

sanford

yea drop that front

jepry

Ya I dropped it...happy with it, i was afraid that it would be much lower than this but I think its perfect. Just need to add spacers to match the rears than it's all good.

M3ANMACHINE

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