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Originally Posted by SilverZen (Post 4022377)

Yeah I'm fairly new into the car scene

Are you fairly new to cars (mechanically), the car scene (getting aftermarket parts), or both?

I am asking these probing questions to get the context right, I want to make sure you understand what you are getting into before doing this.

One thing is for certain... Once you install new springs or coilovers, regardless of manufacturer or model, you will find yourself on your way down the suspension rabbit hole.

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Originally Posted by cv129 (Post 4022582)

Silverzen, is yours a sport pkg or base?

The choice of lowering spring is also dictated by how much lowering you want done. Some lower more than others. How much lowering are you looking for?

What's your experience level with driving a lowered car?

Are you using this car as a daily driver or just weekend?

Are you fairly new to cars (mechanically), the car scene (getting aftermarket parts), or both?

I am asking these probing questions to get the context right, I want to make sure you understand what you are getting into before doing this.

Wierdly, if you get coilovers, you get spring and damper matched to each other with fully adjustable ride height to get you to exactly where you want to be!

And if you get adjustable arms you can even set your alignment to what you want, including correcting toe and camber so you can fit awesome wheels and avoid tire killing problems

You could even say spending more up front avoids alot of problems

folks come here asking about fixing the **** they screwed up going cheap

nobody ever comes here saying they regret doing it right and not having problems

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Originally Posted by cv129 (Post 4022582)

Base model, I just want my car maybe an inch lower or whatever that would look good, without me having my exhaust scraping lol. Ive had experience driving a lowered car I had before, and it would be my daily. I'm fairly new to both pretty much, but i'm a determined learner especially with things like this.

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Originally Posted by JerryDeluxe (Post 4022561)

Swift SpecR springs/Koni Shocks/SPL arms... Enjoy

hmmm, i'll look into it, thanks

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Originally Posted by babyzilla (Post 4022577)

Exactly this, or

You can just disregard the critique...be a man...shell out some money...then have some things wear down...then shell out some more money...

OP, like I said, I didn't mean to offend you. I know suspension in general is expensive, but modding cars isn't cheap to begin with. With regards to what you are trying to do, there are multiple threads and posts with exactly what to do. I'm saying this because I just went through the same thing. What JerryDeluxe commented is your best best. There are so many others on here who have provided their trial and error on here. It would be a disservice to yourself by not learning from their mistakes. We aren't critiquing you, we're legitimately trying to tell you exactly what to do and how to save your money.

If you really want to save some money, skip the Konis for now. Go with the Swift springs, but you will 100% need rear camber arms, front upper control arms, and the eccentric lockout kit at the very least.

Most people will tell you to go SPL for the brand. Again, if you want to save money you can go with SPC. The more expensive, but proper way of lowering a car will be going with coilovers, but not going to get into that. Again, plenty of threads on that.

For people who are saying they didn't know anything and going with cheap stuff to learn the hard way - that doesn't make sense to me. I didn't know anything either, but you can read and research and have a much better foundation to move forward. That doesn't mean I still didn't make mistakes, but I knew enough to ask the right questions and look for information in the right places.

Also, if you are not in a rush, you can save money by being patient and waiting on things to go for sale on eBay, Mercari, Offerup, FB Marketplace, 370z classified, etc.

OP, here are some things you will need. Up to you regarding budget:

One, and done:
https://www.z1motorsports.com/spring...34-p-9074.html
https://www.z1motorsports.com/suspen...4559ca5285024a
https://www.z1motorsports.com/suspen...4559ca5285024a
https://www.z1motorsports.com/suspen...508919f1677696
https://www.z1motorsports.com/z1-pro...1342a397b93995

Good enough for now:
https://www.z1motorsports.com/spring...34-p-9074.html
https://www.z1motorsports.com/contro...699be82ede8a4e
https://www.z1motorsports.com/suspen...1342a397b93995

DON'T FORGET AN ALIGNMENT.

FYI I have SPC rear camber arms for sale.

haha man you didn't offend me one bit, I'm not soft and I like to hear people opinions on things so then I can gather all the information and decide what path I wanna do. I'm always skeptical on buying from 3rd party places like fb marketplace or even ebay but I'll give it a look and see what I can find. It just sucks because car parts are hella expensive and I'm just trying to figure out what I wanna do first and prioritize what mods I should do.

edit:sorry for the double post, just figured out how to multi-quote lol

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Originally Posted by OptionZero (Post 4022608)

Wierdly, if you get coilovers, you get spring and damper matched to each other will fully adjustable ride height to get you to exactly where you want to be!

And if you get adjustable arms you can even set your alignment to what you want, including correcting toe and camber so you can fit awesome wheels and avoid tire killing problems

You could even say spending more up front avoids alot of problems

folks come here asking about fixing the **** they screwed up going cheap

nobody ever comes here saying they regret doing it right and not having problems

Truth.