abso-friken-lootly gorgeous.

Perfect, dont touch a single thing.

 

I agree, I'm for coilovers.. just saying that the nismo setup is damn good. way better than a stock Z.. I'm only upset they don't offer an R-tune setup because who knows the car better than who build/rebuild it for racing?
for spring rates / dampening I partially agree... for my experience the dampening must be driven by the spring rates.. of corse a "not enough" dampening will result in a kangaroo car and too much will allow you to lift the wheels from the ground, but springs are still the first part of the equation. a car sits on springs. not on dampers.
if you use the same mounts for springs is apple with apple... same leverage, same forces involved... dampening play a MAJOR role when you need to stop the spring movement.. compression, rebound, hi freq, lo freq and the hard part is mate the spring with the right damper. (than also sway bars play a good part into this equations and must be mated with the whole suspension assembly).
cusco is a reputable company. so it's pretty safe.

btw.. I'll try to have as much track time as I can before switching to coilovers... so I'll compare the times

 

Looks good

 

Good. It'd be nice to hear an intelligent review from someone that can make an honest comparison instead of my "Seems to work alright for me" answer.

 

I'll try.. they just opened a new road track here and it's quite technical with an excellent surface... I expect to learn the track in a couple of weekend... at that point.. grab new tires (again Re050a) and put new suspensions... if after a couple of weekends, finding the right dampening, I can go faster... it's ok, otherwise... nismo suspension are better than what I think.

Matteo

 

Pac, your nismo is bad azz!!! I can't wait to see it in person. Love the rake sits perfect.

 

That's a perfect drop. Gotta get some shine on them tires though.

 

Man do I ever love the front end of the Nismo Z's. I want this front end bad, along with the 2006 HID bi-x's

 

i currently run 17x9 +24 with 275/40 tires. its a great setup and it fits nicely. Sport compact car runs their project z with 18x9.5 +42 bbs wheels with a 12mm spacer on the front and a 25mm spacer on the rear. they run 275/40 g-force kd tires. the rears fit just fine and the fronts tuck in nicely. it rubs the control arms just slightly under certain conditions but nothing that woiuld destroy the tire or disrupt the car. sitting level and going straight it doesnt rub. its a truely beautiful setup plus you can rotate tires. and the handling is definitely improved.

 

Hey bro it is me Chirag from portland, who helped set up the meet yesterday in Portland, and I am the guy who had the 07 G35s, blueslate. you are right, the drop on your nismo is bad ***! its so much better then just stock! black the windows and I think you car is perfect!

 

NIce perfect drop car looks hottt!!!

 

Thanks man. I just got my clear reflectors and Nismo intakes installed over the weekend. Unfortunately my carbon fiber b-pillars are backordered so I most likely won't have them before GG. Hope to see you there.

 

did you ever get spacer???????

 

No, I haven't gotten spacers yet. If I ran spacers, I'd probably go with extended studs instead of the ones that have studs built in, and I've just not felt like having that expense. The car actually looks fine without spacers, it's not that super-flush and rolled rears kindof good, but it's fine. I also plan on changing the rear tire size to a 275 and I think that'll look just fine without a spacer.

 

looks great

 

Thanks.

I need to do some updated pics one of these days with stuff I've put on it since it's been lowered and I started this thread. It's now got clear reflectors, nismo b-pillar garnish, red lugs, and AAM single exhaust. I've just been too lazy to take pics and do a dedicated thread for it.

 

get some new pics up meng

Chris

 

I was on the fence about buying my Nismo, it was pacfwu's pics of his on coilovers that made me get it.

 

someone needs to cut a referral check...

 

lower!!!!!