All spl suspension upper control arms bushings links rear spring delete arms with ksport coil overs all around , and too finish it four piston front brakes 2 piston rears, braided steel brake hoses ,cross drilled slotted rotors . It was a lot of work pressing out all the factory bushings in the rear knuckles and front lower control arms. cant wait for the next mountain run

 

I'm doing similar work at the beginning of this week. BC coilovers, kinetix front camber arms, rear camber arms, and traction arms, Eccentric bolts, hot child front and rear sways, and CPZ end links. I'm hoping I can get the weekend off for the mountain ride. I grew up in Peabody btw, I live in Saugus now.

 

hey if you dont mind me asking, how did you press out the factory bushings? any tips for bit easier way? im planning to do em soon so any tip would be greatly appreciated. thank you

 

I used a press for the front control arms and a balljoint press tool basic large c clamp tool , too press all the joints in .

 

Don't waste your time with the CZP endlinks. Worst parts I've ever purchased for my Z.

 

Too late, they'll be here tomorrow. What were your problems with them?

 

Cheap parts and bad design. The fasteners, for example, are simply not appropriate. There are no tapered bushings or even a non-threaded section on the bolts to mate with the swaybar holes. The all-threaded bolts fit loosely in the Hotchkis bars, causing wear and a silly amount of noise. Also, the self-locking nuts just aren't. Unless you use Loctite Red and double nut them, you'll be re-tightening them every week - more wear, more noise. Finally, the rod ends themselves are just low-quality junk. Even after using appropriate fasteners, the rod ends were sloppy in just a few thousand miles - more noise. I've got my front bar set to medium-soft, and the rear bar set to full soft. I'm in Florida, with smooth flat roads, and never had any track time. Worst $150 I've ever spent on the Z. Trust me, send them back, and get the Whiteline's or SPL's. Twice as much $, no noise, better performance, no aggravation.

 

Thanks for the detailed write up. Unfortunately returning them may not be worth the 25% restocking fee and shipping then back and a different ones home. I just hope you got a bad set, but by the sounds of it you'll be able to tell me I told you so in a couple of weeks. I appreciate the feed back.

Last time I checked FL was south east ��

 

I'll say I told you so now, without even waiting the two weeks, really. Take the hit on sending them back. The fasteners just aren't right, and the fit between the bars and the links is sloppy right from the start. That looseness will create terrible noises almost immediately, and you'll see wear quickly on both the bolt threads and the mounting holes in the bars.

The author if this thread has had a similar experience with the CZP endlinks:

https://my350z.com/forum/brakes-and-...end-clunk.html

 

Well, I may have to eat my own words, depending on which endlinks you purchased from CZP. When I bought mine a year ago, they were sold by CZP, but sourced by a company called Circuit Sports. A buddy of mine just sent me a link to the CZP site, showing that CZP now sells a self-branded set of endlinks, as well as the Circuit Sports and some others. The CZP-branded endlinks look to be a substantial upgrade to the Circuit Sports, especially with regard to the supplied hardware, which might make a huge difference when comparing the two brands. So, my question is, which ones did you buy? The new CZP pieces are priced very close to the Whiteline, SPL, and Powergrid, so one would hope they're of similar quality.

BTW, I also just sent an email to Mike at CZP to see what he can do for me, perhaps providing the CZP style hardware, if it will work with the Circuit Sports endlinks.

 

Unfortunately for me , I had purchased the circuit sports version of the endlinks. Let me know how it turns out with Mike and if he's willing to work with you about them.

 

Too bad. I'd really advise waiting on the install, and I'll certainly let you know what I find out from CZP.

 

Got a quick reply from Mike at CZP, who referred me to Coz, but no reply from him. Found in a few other recent threads, specifically with regard to these endlinks, that we're on our own. Bought crap, wasted $150 and many hours, lesson learned, buying Powergrid parts:

http://www.z1auto.com/prodmore.asp?m...ng&prodid=2886

 

well have had my suspension for three weeks now along with my g37 brake kit I love it . handles awesome with little deflection as all the rubber bushings are replaced with spl steel replacements .