When I bought my 2010 Nismo I was aware of this issue and asked the dealership to make sure that mine had had them removed before delivery. I was told that they had checked and that my car did not have the widgets. Great, so away I go. A couple of weeks later I decided to double check, parked at an angle over a driveway slope, turned the wheels all the way to free up room to look and reach in, ran my finger up and down the suspension coils and found nothing. Happy I didn't have them I continued on my merry way.
16 months and 20,000 miles later I replaced my tires and dropped it into my local dealer (not where I bought it) for an alignment job. When I went back to pick it up the service manager had four widgets sitting on his desk and asked me if I new what they were, of course I did.
Those things are installed all the way in the back of the coils and almost impossible to see or feel unless you actually get under the car.
The hard edge of the suspension is now gone and my car is a little less prone to lateral 'skipping' when pushing her hard through winding mountain corners. On the downside I now have to be a lot more careful when negotiating dips, parking garage ramps, etc...
A cautionary tale, do not rely on your dealer or service center to know WTF they're doing when it comes to your Nizzie.
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