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Originally Posted by happytheman
Alcheng, I can certainly understand your hesitation. I really cannot comment on the spring that you chose for the bimmer. I really wonder if it was designed to work with the stock shock like the Swifts are? I will say this much tho: Yer vert is looking 
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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle
Good Morning All!
alcheng - the rims look great. For some reason I didn't realize you had a roadster.
Here's my two cents on the spacer/springs discussion. Get the spacers first. Decide how much you want the tires to move out and then do a little research. Ken is an excellent source for sizing once he knows the offset and how much "poke" you want. He pretty much nailed mine sight unseen.
As far as springs go, what you use your car for should be a big determining factor in the decision. As much as I loved my Tanabes and the drop it gave me, it was just too impratical for a daily driver in the area of Houston where I drive.
I don't know what your situation is, or what look you are going for with your car, but from the pictures posted above, it looks pretty classy.
Your ride will be compromised by the drop. I picked-up on a comment that Ken had made in another thread about the fact that you lose shock damping when you drop. I knew my ride was harsher with the Tanabes, but didn't realize to what degree until I had the original springs re-installed.
Again, your car is beautiful and I wish you good luck with your mod decisions. Just be sure to post a lot of pictures so we can hitch a ride along with you.
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Good morning happytheman!!
For the Bimmer at that time, there were the two most popular springs for Bimmer, one is Eiback and the other one is H&R, they both offer sports and track/race. I chose the H&R Sports because the drop is more ideal and the spring rate will work with the stock dampers, and it turns out true, so I was happy with the ride and the height.
It's only along the time I think the springs started to slack bit by bit eventually messed up the camber both front and rear and only camber kit could help.
Good morning Mr.gurneyeagle!!
You nailed my considerations bulls-eye! Same as the Bimmer I had before, the Z is my DD, although it's only in Summer, but I do put quite a bit of mileage on it since my work is about 30km from my home so a round-trip is 60+km plus sometimes I go out and run errands on my day off. Yesterday I put almost 200km on it just running around the city.
My driving is a good mix of city/HWY, with HWY to work and mostly city when running errands.
With all those considerations, that's why a Swifts drop falls behind spacers.
The guy at the tires shop suggests a 10mm will do the job. Last night when I was cleaning the Z I thought a 15mm might also work.
I haven't make decision yet, main reason is I love to hear expert advices from you guys...
(ken-san... ken-san.....)
I will do some snop shots on the rear these couple days and post it up here and see what do you guys will suggest.
Also, will spacers affect the camber too???
Thank you so much from you guys... for all the nice comments on the rims and the Z!!
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