Swift springs review!!!!!

tsolin01 · 04-11-2011, 10:20 PM

Just got mine installed today and the drop so far looks like an inch all around. The springs did come with instructions to use the oem sleeve on the new springs and it even had a photocopy of what it should look like. As long as your installer sees that it should be fine.

I can definitely see some noticeable negative camber so I'm planning to get an alignment in a couple weeks. I suspect with the amount of driving I do, the springs will probably settle in by tomorrow lol.

So far it doesn't look like I'll have any rubbing issues with 19x9.5 +30 front with 245/40 tires and 19x10.5 +8 rear with 285/35 tires. Only issue I have now is scraping on my driveway lol

Edit: Oh yea btw, the ride on these is very similar to stock and not harsh at all. Also feels like it absorbs road imperfections better and not as bouncy. I got these mainly for the drop so any performance improvements is icing on the cake.

Ron · 04-12-2011, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Baer383

I just measured mine ,and it's pretty low I have .75in all the way around.

You may want to check your control arms.

Did you load the suspension when you tightened everything up?

Crap I didn't. So, take the wheels off, loosen the camber arm bolts, raise the susp with a floor jack and then tighten the camber arm bolts. Right? How much should I raise it, until shock and spring are fully compressed?

ZForce · 04-28-2011, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron

Baer I did about 25miles today on the springs. Rear wheel gap is gone but the front is still there. There's like 1.5 - 2 inches between the tire and the fender. Is it supposed to be like that? From the pics I've seen I'm guessing (hoping) they will settle more

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baer383

I just measured mine ,and it's pretty low I have .75in all the way around.You may want to check your control arms. Did you load the suspension when you tightened everything up?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron

Crap I didn't. So, take the wheels off, loosen the camber arm bolts, raise the susp with a floor jack and then tighten the camber arm bolts. Right? How much should I raise it, until shock and spring are fully compressed?

From previous posts #385, bringing forward to discuss. I have about 170 miles on the springs now on day 6 and they have NOT settled anymore from when I had 75 miles on them. Still have 1.5 gap on three corners AND I also have the rear passenger side ON BOTH Z's at 1.75 gap. I see a pattern here with both of our 370Z's and others stating the same.

I cannot see mine dropping to what Baer383 has (above) at .75 gap on all four corners.

Can anyone confirm if they followed the same install "load the suspension when you tightened everything up" as Baer383 did? And actually what does he mean by loading up the suspension?

Is what Ron suggested (above) be our solution? I did not do my own install and my installer said he did not mess with the upper control arm bolts.

This still only addresses the the overall jacked up height on our cars BUT NOT the .25 higher gap on the rear passenger side.

Up for discussion.

ZForce · 04-12-2011, 02:10 AM

Sounds like there is some initial driving required to get the springs to settle.

Ron, sounds like you went the string and srting bubble level toi get the initial alignment...props...you have more patience than me.

Digitonium and Baer383, thanks for the reminder about the OEM sleeve. There is a pic posted earlier on this thread or maybe the other thread. Glad Swift is including a cheat sheet in the box. Digi...what tire did you go with and sizes?

tsolin01, thanks for the feedback and tire sizes, this will help me in deciding which size to go with.

bigdog1250, I will get the alignment sheets over to you before the weekend.

My order is due on Weds.

DIGItonium · 04-12-2011, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by ZForce

Digi...what tire did you go with and sizes?

This one took months of debating. Since I plan to push more power in a couple of months, the best combo with the Hankooks I could find were 275/35 and 305/30. Some owners already have this combination, so I'm hoping and praying this is going to work.

I'm jealous... there was barely any progress with my car (even took the day off to sort it out). My car was dropped off at a shop last Thurs. after completing the body repair to get the clear bra installation, but they never touched it for several days. So they rushed the job yesterday morning and the car arrived at my dealer after 9:30AM, but the tech was busy working on another car. An hour later he removed wheels and, I transported them to a wheel shop. They finished my wheels around 2:30PM, and the all that's done on my car when I left was 1 spring that needed to be taken out to put the rubber sleeve on. Hopefully I get the car back today... it has been nearly a month without the Z.

Imagine the labor cost of putting on new springs, brake rotors, pads, lines, fluid. Gotta get them overtime hours haha. [sigh]

abgyak · 04-12-2011, 07:15 AM

Any tracking no for me Bro Saku?

KamiSpeed · 04-12-2011, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by abgyak

Any tracking no for me Bro Saku?

sorry none yet, should be shipping out today, I'll send you an email once its all ready

tsolin01 · 04-12-2011, 11:32 PM

Here are some pics with mine installed after a day so far. I'm liking the stance right now but might put a 10mm spacer up front in the future. These are the perfect drop for me, anything lower and I won't be able to drive anywhere lol

birdmanx1 · 04-13-2011, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by tsolin01

Here are some pics with mine installed after a day so far. I'm liking the stance right now

WOW tsolin, that's looking very nice

this will look even better as the springs fully settle.

tsolin01 · 04-13-2011, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by birdmanx1

WOW tsolin, that's looking very nice

this will look even better as the springs fully settle.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheshirecat

The drop looks great- the front definitely needs to come out. I think you should add spacers to the front and rear to really flush them out.

Thanks guys.

I don't really want to mess with spacers so I'll probably just leave it be for awhile.

DIGItonium, ride looks good man. Glad you got your car back in one piece.

whoady4shoady · 02-08-2012, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsolin01

Here are some pics with mine installed after a day so far. I'm liking the stance right now but might put a 10mm spacer up front in the future. These are the perfect drop for me, anything lower and I won't be able to drive anywhere lol

What size spacers and tires did you have?

cheshirecat · 04-13-2011, 07:02 AM

The drop looks great- the front definitely needs to come out. I think you should add spacers to the front and rear to really flush them out.

DIGItonium · 04-13-2011, 08:06 AM

Car came back from service after getting some work done. I was told that toe is good, but they couldn't get the camber and caster adjusted the way they wanted and recommended I come back with a camber kit. Initial impression from driving a few miles is that the ride quality is not degraded, and it feels stock. I haven't scraped anything going up and down the driveway. In fact, I used to scrape the exhaust cans every once in awhile with the stock springs and thinner tires (285/30). I need to double check steering range with the drop and fatter tires. The FI exhaust can is about 3" off the ground.

Below are previews of the current look... higher quality pictures after getting the headlights modded, lip installed, etc.

Before

Preview

Front Left

Front Gap (A few hours after settling in)

Rear Left

Rear Gap (A few hours after settling in)

ZForce · 04-14-2011, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsolin01

Here are some pics with mine installed after a day so far. I'm liking the stance right now but might put a 10mm spacer up front in the future. These are the perfect drop for me, anything lower and I won't be able to drive anywhere lol

Man the car looks sweet!

Quote:

Originally Posted by DIGItonium

Car came back from service after getting some work done. I was told that toe is good, but they couldn't get the camber and caster adjusted the way they wanted and recommended I come back with a camber kit. Initial impression from driving a few miles is that the ride quality is not degraded, and it feels stock. I haven't scraped anything going up and down the driveway. In fact, I used to scrape the exhaust cans every once in awhile with the stock springs and thinner tires (285/30). I need to double check steering range with the drop and fatter tires. The FI exhaust can is about 3" off the ground.

Below are previews of the current look... higher quality pictures after getting the headlights modded, lip installed, etc.
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That looks so good, sounds like a rear camber kit is all that is needed. Good to hear about the fronts at -1.6 & -1.5, that is about where I am with Eibachs and stock tires. I just finished looking at America's Tire Calculator and just punched in the 285/30/19 & 255/35/19 then read your above opinion on 285/30/19 and scraping on the driveway....ouch..looks like I will be looking for a taller tire both Fr & Rr. Yours does look perfect with 275/35 & 305/30. I have spacers so your setup will not work with mine...sigh.

Pretty much looked at all options and gonna settle on 245/40/19 & 285/35/19. Anything lower profile on the fronts will have me scraping the driveway. These have a 1.57 inch difference in section width. The stock tires difference in section width is 1.18 so I am hoping the difference will not place too much more understeer. The additional 5mm difference of the wheel spacers between Fr & Rr should compensate for the extra understeer....fingers crossed. Your car looks hawt!

Red__Zed · 04-13-2011, 09:47 AM

Dang, your ride is like perfect.

Mine showed up yesterday, won't be back in town to install til the weekend though.

04-11-2011, 10:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
tsolin01 Track Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 657 Drives: 2010 370Z Rep Power: 17	Just got mine installed today and the drop so far looks like an inch all around. The springs did come with instructions to use the oem sleeve on the new springs and it even had a photocopy of what it should look like. As long as your installer sees that it should be fine. I can definitely see some noticeable negative camber so I'm planning to get an alignment in a couple weeks. I suspect with the amount of driving I do, the springs will probably settle in by tomorrow lol. So far it doesn't look like I'll have any rubbing issues with 19x9.5 +30 front with 245/40 tires and 19x10.5 +8 rear with 285/35 tires. Only issue I have now is scraping on my driveway lol Edit: Oh yea btw, the ride on these is very similar to stock and not harsh at all. Also feels like it absorbs road imperfections better and not as bouncy. I got these mainly for the drop so any performance improvements is icing on the cake. __________________ SOLD 12/30/2011 2010 370Z Coupe Monterey Blue 6MT/Touring/Sport/Nav F.I. CBE CF w/ 12" Res \| V1 \| SecondSkin \| Stillen G3 \| EVO-R CF B-Pillars \| Volk GT-S Ti Gunmetal 19x9.5 +30 F, 19x10.5 +8 R \| Swift Spec-R Springs Last edited by tsolin01; 04-11-2011 at 10:26 PM.

04-12-2011, 07:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
abgyak Enthusiast Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Brunei Darussalam Posts: 378 Drives: 370z - 260z - 280zx Rep Power: 16	Any tracking no for me Bro Saku? __________________ Brunei Darussalam: Abode Of Peace

04-13-2011, 08:06 AM	#13 (permalink)
DIGItonium A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 3,800 Drives: 09 Z34-TT 6MT Rep Power: 43	Car came back from service after getting some work done. I was told that toe is good, but they couldn't get the camber and caster adjusted the way they wanted and recommended I come back with a camber kit. Initial impression from driving a few miles is that the ride quality is not degraded, and it feels stock. I haven't scraped anything going up and down the driveway. In fact, I used to scrape the exhaust cans every once in awhile with the stock springs and thinner tires (285/30). I need to double check steering range with the drop and fatter tires. The FI exhaust can is about 3" off the ground. Below are previews of the current look... higher quality pictures after getting the headlights modded, lip installed, etc. Before Preview Front Left Front Gap (A few hours after settling in) Rear Left Rear Gap (A few hours after settling in) __________________

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04-12-2011, 02:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
ZForce A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Roseville, CA Posts: 2,359 Drives: 09 370Z Tour + Sport Rep Power: 21	Sounds like there is some initial driving required to get the springs to settle. Ron, sounds like you went the string and srting bubble level toi get the initial alignment...props...you have more patience than me. Digitonium and Baer383, thanks for the reminder about the OEM sleeve. There is a pic posted earlier on this thread or maybe the other thread. Glad Swift is including a cheat sheet in the box. Digi...what tire did you go with and sizes? tsolin01, thanks for the feedback and tire sizes, this will help me in deciding which size to go with. bigdog1250, I will get the alignment sheets over to you before the weekend. My order is due on Weds.

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cheshirecat A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 1,428 Drives: N54 135i Rep Power: 293	The drop looks great- the front definitely needs to come out. I think you should add spacers to the front and rear to really flush them out.

04-13-2011, 09:47 AM	#15 (permalink)
Red__Zed A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: window seat Posts: 28,940 Drives: Mostly on two wheels Rep Power: 120	Dang, your ride is like perfect. Mine showed up yesterday, won't be back in town to install til the weekend though.