Post a few pictures of the before & after of how your 370z looks & explain the difference you feel or your experience on how you like it with the
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12-25-2012, 08:37 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Are you on LOWERING SPRINGS or COILOVERS? Difference (POST PICS)
Post a few pictures of the before & after of how your 370z looks & explain the difference you feel or your experience on how you like it with the update. I'm looking to lowering my 2009 but not for performance more of the lowered look. I've been told Tein S Tech but just wanting to get a handful of ideas. Thanks
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here is my drop with swift spec-r spring
below picture is the drop with blitz zz-r damper coilover I had swift spring for about 500 miles mated with oem struts, which it scared the living crap out of me on cornering and high speed. the car felt so unstable and i wasnt enjoying the ride with the springs at all. I then sold the spring to local buyer who mated this with Koni-Yellow shocks. I bet they feel awesome. because konis are high quality shock (he was using that set up for track car) Now with the coilover, my first impression was. holy crap!!! the car drove like how i was expecting. planted on the ground, rear wasnt twitchy or bouncy. it literally changed the whole characteristic of the car and I still enjoy every moment of it. I am sure all coilover will feel different, some can be on stiffer side and some could be softer. so make sure to do your homework and read up on the reviews on this forum. also if you arent looking for performing oriented coilover, you can get away with megan coils or k-sports they run about 800-900 i think? Last edited by rAiN; 12-26-2012 at 09:46 AM. |
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Lowered with Tein S-tech springs.
Lowered with BC coilovers If you have the cash, I would go with coilovers. Especially if you ever plan on getting different size wheels or tires, of you want to go with a different body kit, you have that freedom of lowering or raising your car when need be. Springs is a one shot deal your pretty much stuck with. As far as difference in feel. Well I haven't been to the track yet so its really hard to compare the two just driving on the street. I can tell you it feels better than stock. What I mean by "better" is the ride isn't so rough, but then again I have a Nismo and the stock springs and struts are pretty stiff.
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I have swifts on my car with no issues... koni yellows would be an improvement on the track but make the ride a little harsher on the street.
Swift springs review!!!!! I would stay away from megan coils on this car. Ksport? I guess that'll work??? But if you do some research you will find that the "BUDGET" coils that seem to work best on the 370z are BC Racing BR coilovers, Stance & Tein base coilovers. If you're going to spend money on coils though? You might as well save up and get KW3's,TEIN monoflex, HKS hipermaxIII or JIC Magic flt2's (iran these on my g37. awesome performance). Last edited by UNKNOWN_370; 12-26-2012 at 10:51 AM. |
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12-27-2012, 09:26 AM | #14 (permalink) |
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Dropped on swifts. i feel like the ride quality has actually improved with the swifts on the car. they did take out that twitchy feeling the rear end has when u hit mid corner bumps on hard cornering, and seem to keep the car more firmly planted. imo, its the best drop u can get without sacrificing ride quality. in other words, it won't beat the sh!t out of u, like with a firm set of coils.
Before: After: (15mm rear spacer included)
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