Anyone recommend a good shop willing to put on a set of OEM springs and shocks for a reasonable price on my 03?

 

I'll do it for $75.00....c'mon over.

 

Ha, seriously? I know it isn't hard if you have the right tools, which I don't unfortunately.

 

I'd trust 350LowLife to work on my car.

 

Thanks Scott.

But yea, seriously...If you have the parts and will drive to Puyallup, I'll install them for you.

 

Great, thanks for the offer. If I can't find someone or a shop closer the me here in Seattle I will definitely drive down there. Not like it's bad to take a ride in the z eh?!

 

My question is....why OEM?

 

Actually putting on OEM 2005 on a 2003. Basically to get the revised suspension. Didn't want to go aftermarket as I don't want to drop it any, I can barely get in my driveway as is. What I have found on the changes:

There are two different suspension's on the 350Z. Nissan did a running change mid way into the 2004 model year. We refer to 03/04 car's that don't have the changes as "unrevised". And we refer to 04,5+ car's as having the "revised" suspension.
The 2004.5 has stiffer front sway bar (17%).
The rear spring rates are 427 lbs, vs. the old spring rates of 342 lbs. for the rear.
The most significant change in the revision is what Nissan did to the tuning of the shocks. They reduced their compression dampening (stiffness on bump) and increased the rebound control (rate of return from bump) So, a 03/04 car will feel stiffer vs a 04.5 car, but the 04.5+ car will have little to none of the 03/04 car's famous bounce and porpoising issues.

 

If the fronts are already put together, the install will be absolute cake.