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Old Oct 29, 2020 | 09:23 AM
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Hey guys new to the forum and car world. I have been on two wheels most of my life and know enough to get me buy when it comes to car work.

I picked up an 07 350z enthusiast last month and its sitting on eibach lowering springs. I have negative camber like any cool kid would want but im not cool and would like to get maximum performance out of the new tires I'm going to install and would not like to wear out the insides as what has happened to the ones on it. This car is my secondary car and living in Ohio its going to be stored in the garage for winter. I will be driving it on curvey roads as some may call "canyon" roads. May or may not take it to the track once or twice a year. Don't mind the lowering kit on it but wouldn't mind it being stock height either..

So my question is, should I look into going back to stock suspension? I looked up the tein springs and Bilstein b6 suspension on z1 and was wondering if anyone has ran that setup? or the other option is to order the "track" oem front suspension off z1 and then try and figure out the rear setup being they didn't have that option on their website. Does anyone know what the track rear suspension is?

My second option I came up with is I can order the adjustable camber arms and just stick with what I have?
I was really thinking about finding nismo suspension and slapping that on there but haven't had the chance to see if that was a direct swap yet, so any info on that would be helpful as well!!

Any and all information is appreciated and I'm sorry if I butchered spelling or product information.
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Old Oct 29, 2020 | 11:09 AM
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I'm stock and I would never change it.
I drove a 350z with Tein's and it felt like a honda civic with a $40 ebay suspension.
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Old Oct 29, 2020 | 11:27 AM
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Good for you not wanting to be with the cool obscene negative camber gang. I'll give you a third option to consider which is my setup - Hotchkis lowering springs paired up with Bilstein B8 shocks. They give a modest 15mm drop in the front and 19mm in the rear. The spring rates are pretty close to stock. Front: 340 lbs/in vs. Stock 310lbs/in; Rear: 330 lbs/in vs. Stock 350 lbs/in. The ride is great and comfortable. A little stiffer than stock but nothing that is going to make the teeth chatter out of your head when you hit the smallest of bumps. You can still get dialed in to recommended factory alignment specs with OEM control arms.

With that said, I am running Tein H tech springs with Bilsteins on my G35. The ride is good with that combination as well. The H techs are not as stiff as the S techs.

Here's a pic showing the ride height with these setups.


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Old Oct 29, 2020 | 01:24 PM
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Good suggestions above. Especially about upgrading your shocks as they are the key ingredient in taming the Eibach springs.

But your setup is probably just missing the key ingredient that you mentioned. Adjustable FUCA (front upper control arms) and rear camber arms with offset toe bushing. These two changes will enable alignment to be brought back into spec and helping to save your tires. You didn't spec which Eibachs on the car but between the two popular ones, ProKit and Sportline, ProKit is mild lowering and Sportline is a near-extreme drop. Adjustabiliity should correct on both sets.

There are tons of these devices out there but I run middle of the road SPC and have never found a need (for my driving) to go with anything more (like SPL).

Other good thing is that if you do go to the track, you can dial in a bit more negative camber for the occasion then revert for street/canyon use. (If going to the track, expect tire wear no matter what. Haha.)
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Old Oct 29, 2020 | 09:57 PM
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I've been in 3 Zs, 03 with tokico blues, 04 with S-tune suspension and a 07+ with Bistein at stock height. Still prefer the S-tune, the early suspension sucks and the last one was too soft for my taste.
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Old Nov 2, 2020 | 04:17 AM
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I am running a 05 Z with Nismo springs, and Bilstiens.. Stock height, but a bit more firm.
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