Swift springs review!!!!!

stephen

wheee. my fender height b4 was drivers f 27 3/4 and now 27 1/8. passenger f 27 5/8 now 26 3/4. dr r was 27 5/16 now 26 3/4. pass r was 27 1/2 now 26 7/8.

BeachZTT

Rears installed this afternoon and I will get the fronts on tomorrow.

Teaser pics...

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'10 ZR Black Cherry Sport/Touring/Nav, Swift Springs, Stillen G3s, 15mm-F 20mm-R Spacers, SPC, Spoiler Solutions Rear Wing, Stubby Antenna

ZForce

Ok here are both alignment spec sheets for PG and Red. Note both cars are twins with identical mods. Also the alignment sheet is broken into halves, the top half is "Before Measurements" and bottom half is "Current Measurements" or after adjustment. Alignment done on Hunter Rack.

Obviously the fronts on the PG are wild with the difference between left and right being a 0.5 difference. This is where I would say not everyone is going to have this large of a difference. Notice the Red spec sheet, there is only 0.1 difference between left and right.

The rears on both PG and Red are fully adjustable with rear camber kits and toe bolts installed. I can dial in just about any toe and camber. I will probably run with this toe setting for front and back and see how tire wear is after a few thousand miles. I will want to try next time around for a toe of 0.2 Fr and 0.0 Rr. This current setting will give me a bit more tire life with the large positive toe settings.

The first setting I had on the PG was the Rr camber at -1.6 & -1.5 which felt real slow turning in. Hence the staggered difference with more negative camber up Front -1.2 & -1.7 and then in Rear -1.0 & -1.1 provided much quicker steering response and turn in.


I would have preferred up front with -1.3 to -1.5 BUT after two tries on the alignment rack and they did settle after the first alignment (one weeks worth of driving at about 120 miles). I am faced with this large difference in negative camber between front right and front left. A control arm will fix this, but will have to wait at $500 a pop per car.











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KamiSpeed

I know I keep popping up annoyingly haha but just wanted to let the members who are interested that there are only 10 sets left for this upcoming shipment. Pre-order now before it's too late!!!

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BeachZTT

Swifts are installed. Not a bad job at all. Took the front struts to a friend's shop and used their wall mounted "Strut-Tamer". Initial thoughts... Look great and feel great. Lots of benefit with no sacrafice.

Thanks to Swift and KamiSpeed! Definately one of my best "bang for the buck" mods ever.

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'10 ZR Black Cherry Sport/Touring/Nav, Swift Springs, Stillen G3s, 15mm-F 20mm-R Spacers, SPC, Spoiler Solutions Rear Wing, Stubby Antenna

KamiSpeed

car looks great!!! 1st roadster I've seen on them

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BeachZTT

Thanks! Now we know for sure they work well on the vert.

My schedule is tight for the next couple of weeks so I will do spacers and get an allignment when things slow down.

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'10 ZR Black Cherry Sport/Touring/Nav, Swift Springs, Stillen G3s, 15mm-F 20mm-R Spacers, SPC, Spoiler Solutions Rear Wing, Stubby Antenna

ZForce

BeachZTT, I reconize the white box in your driveway, it's the fun box! The Roadster's stance just got a hella lot better looking.

In for photos of your alignment spec sheet!

AlphaSnacks

When I first saw the 370Z convertible I thought it looked terrible. And now I know why: because it sits awkward as hell from the factory (especially with the standard, poorly offset wheels). And now that I've been meeting and seeing guys with dropped verts?

Good Lord am I in absolute love. My opinion has completely changed - it's beautiful!

ZForce

Photos due out soon.

kenchan

dang, evy1's getting swiftified...

KamiSpeed

its what all the kids are doing these days

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Red__Zed

For anyone interested, post-install, my alignment specs were:

Driver Front:
Camber: -1.4
Toe: xx
Caster: 5.4*

Pass Front:
Camber:-1.5
Toe: xx
Caster: 5.7*

Driver Rear:
Camber: -3.1
Toe: .31

Pass Rear:
Camber: -3.1
Toe: .05*


Only modification I made to the fronts was setting toe to zero for both front tires. Turn in is significantly crisper, and the car is MUCH more responsive. I doubt most dealers will align the car like that, but I HIGHLY recommend it.

I aligned the rear tires to .13* of toe, and -2.6* of camber on both sides.

ZForce

Somewhat similiar to my set up. My ideal set up for toe is that, although the dealer was reluctant to straighten out the toe to zero. I had my redone and brought the rears out on camber , more like my previuos setup. Althought the toe will have to wait for a redo.

My springs had actully settled again after the first alignmment. Spring install + 260 miles = 1st alignment. Then after 120 miles = 2nd alignment and the adjustments did change in the short period of time. I would suggest to anyone getting Swift springs to drive them about 500 miles before your first alignment. You will save $$.

As I have said previously my ideal setup would be: Fr -1.3 to 1-.5 toe at Zero and Rears at -1.0 to -1.2 and toe at 0.2


Red_Zed,nice setup, into the fun zone. I would be curiuos to what the tires look like after 500 miles with this setup as I am running a bit conservative on the toe.

Red__Zed

1-1.2* of camber is far too mild for the rear IMO. I think around 2 would fit well with 1.5* up front.