Finally got a chance to get these on....only thing left now is the JIC coilovers. I don't know how all of you out there accomplished this daunting task without the use of a hydrolic lift. Any tips or pointers about the coilover install will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Matt.

 

Sounds like someone is stealing my setup!

The JICs... just have patience putting them on. Then even MORE getting them set.

Btw... it's a BUMPY ride, wear padded pants!

 

haha....they have been sitting in my room for awhile now.

 

what do you know? I put my sways on today. definitely makes a difference in the twisties. i think i am going to let a shop do my crank pulley. I dont want to screw it up.

 

Can we have a review on the pulley and sways?

 

you got it wren. review will be up shortly.

 

Alright here goes...

The sway bars are beautiful, a nice shinny red. Removal of the stock sways was a bit of a pain. I stripped the left rear end link nut really bad so I had to send someone to find another one for me. This was my first stab at anything related to car suspension. I finished installing my RE shifter the day before and it amazed me at its precision and its range of motion.

I basically needed a breaker bar to remove some of the bolts where the brackets attached to the frame. I am not a small guy by any means...6 ft 225 lbs with a good build. The lock-tite or whatever nissan uses is a pain. A little force and they were spinning. Leverage is the key to removing bolts or nuts.

I would estimate that with a lift, and the proper tools, the sway bars could be replaced in about an hour and a half.

Now on to performance...I placed the rear at full stiff and the front at full soft...Huge difference over stock. I found an empty parking lot and had some fun. Very predictable reactions to what you give the car.

I have not had any experience with any other sway bar out there, but let me tell you this, you cannot beat the cost/performance ratio that these sway bars give.

Now...to add the JIC's to make some 90 degree turns unbelievable.

 

The pulley...pretty easy to install...I placed the car in 6th, then placed a piece of wood between the seat and brake pedal. Then raised the car on the lift. I removed the pulley from underneath the car. That seemed easier to do after thinking about it. Just loosen the belt tensioners, get out the breaker bar with a 3/4 inch socket, and push really hard to the driver's side. There will be a little play but keep pushin. It will break lose after a significant amount of force.

Replace with new pulley with a little grease on the inner bore, and replace with new belts. Adjust the tensioners. Button up the bottom plastic piece.

At startup, car spooled up quicker than usual. Backed off of the lift. Took of down the road. Definitely a noticeable feel in performance. UR says max. performance in 7 days to let "ECU" adjust to the weight savings.

Overall, I rate the installation of both the pulley and sways to be a 4 out of 10 for a newb, like me, at car mechanics.

Save your money, do the install yourself.

 

Installing the JIC's will be pretty easy. I installed my Eibachs in a little over an hour. Installing coilovers is the same amount of work. Pay close attention when installing the rear springs so you get them into the upper spring mount correctly.

 

Weird, my JIC's arent bumpy at all.....did you preload the suspension correctly?

 

If your going to put coilovers on do yourself a favor and get your car corner balanced by someone that knows what they are doing. A good corner balancing makes all the difference with coilovers.

 

thanks del105.....what is involved with corner balancing?

 

The linear setup of the FLT-A2s is bumpy, the progressive is not (which I imagine you have). All linear springs will be "bouncy" to a certain extent.