ATTENTION: ALL Nismo 370Z Owners: Please check your suspension!

DavidZ370 · 01-06-2015, 06:59 PM

Is this only on nismos?

djtodd · 01-06-2015, 06:59 PM

Yep

foss · 01-23-2015, 05:41 PM

I guess mine were removed:

Camo500EFI · 03-05-2015, 07:33 PM

6600 miles and mine were still on. Luckily just one on each.

eXtropia · 08-11-2015, 08:54 PM

I found 3 on each side! that's crazy!

axnjxn · 09-17-2015, 05:17 PM

Thanks! 1240 miles and the inner spacers were discovered and removed.

k67p67 · 10-30-2016, 04:35 PM

This thread is almost 7 years old and this continues to happen. After reading this thread three weeks ago and having owned my '17 Nismo Tech for just a week, my curiosity prompted me to go out to the garage around midnight and check my front suspension. I thought about it for a minute and admitted that the ride seemed harsher than I had expected when traversing uneven pavement. Sure enough, I found two spring spacers still installed on each side. Took 5 minutes to jack up each side and remove the spacers. I can't believe this is still happening after all these years.

BehindSpace · 10-30-2016, 07:08 PM

you expect too much from dealership workers and technicians. 99% are not car enthusiasts and are just trying to get through the day to get paid at a 9-5 job they are most probably miserable being there and they couldnt care less about you or your car or a Z or a nismo Z or spacers or no spacers. check it yourself and remove them after you drive it home. telling the techs and sales people how to do their jobs backfires more often than not in my experience. just do it yourself.

pitser73 · 02-26-2017, 04:12 PM

Add another car to the list, three on each side.

Nixin · 04-14-2017, 12:45 PM

Are you guys contacting your stealerships to report their f@ck up's? This should be good for some freebies.

HIZZY · 04-14-2017, 02:19 PM

I luckily had some good guys at my dealership & very professional.

They showed me the vehicle delivery report and checklist

RIGHT AT THE TOP IT SAYS "REMOVE NISMO SPRING SPACERS"

it's like one of the first things to do.

They confirmed all of them were taken out and thrown in the trash.

I bugged them about it too because I was so paranoid they would forget or not do it.

It's all about who's working on the car I guess...

I had 2 master mechanics looking it over
& my sales guy said there's a few tuner enthusiasts in the department that like to check everything

13Xterra · 06-26-2017, 09:52 PM

This is bizarre. In my introduction to the forum post a few days ago, I mentioned how I wasn’t going to mod my car all that much because I was more into detailing and paint correction. However, the one thing I did say I might want to do was front coil overs to level the car out because I thought the front was a little high in the front. Last night, I came across this thread and immediately went out to my garage to look if I had the spacers. Sure enough, they were on my car. Then I thought this would be a good thing to make a video of, which I did today. Sorry for the ultra crappy quality. Also, I did give credit to this thread and posted the link to it in the description of the youtube video. Thanks so much guys. The car looks and drives just like I want it now and I didnt have to buy a thing.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=LLz...&v=rziqwemKbyU

KarlKFI · 12-03-2017, 01:38 PM

Looks like my 2018 NISMO has this issue too.

The dealer took out 2 of the 3 for each front wheel.

Called them up and they said they'll take out the others.

The sales guy also said that their "master nissan mechanic" said it's ok to drive on. Tho I assume that's the head mechanic at the dealership, not an actual nissan rep. Obviously if people are finding these after 20k miles they aren't fragile. Tho driving on less than 3 does give the spring a gross lean...

Pics of the front springs just from turning the wheels and using my iphone.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/azx867cfas...acer-right.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4i4pdh245i...pacer-left.jpg
(attaching images giving me a php error)

KarlKFI · 12-03-2017, 02:38 PM

I was able to get the spacers out in about 20-30min using the jack that came with the car (most of the time spent using the crappy jack).

Called the dealership to cancel my apt and he mentioned that the "master tech" didn't actually work at their dealership, and that he had said they were only on the front. Presumably just to lift the nose so it could get on and off the truck without scraping.

Pics of the spacers and back springs to confirm there's no spacers there (shouldn't be).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s8pdost4g6...mo-spacers.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fpj8rp7p8r...back-right.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ncol3enwp8...-back-left.jpg

NDILL · 05-02-2018, 05:57 PM

Moved to a new town beforeI could have the spacers removed,the service manager at the dealership stated ,they would not remove them .
He went on to say that if the factory put them there they must belong on the car?Yikes!
Looks like I will have todo it myself ,and find a different dealer to do my vehicle maintainance

01-06-2015, 06:59 PM	#152 (permalink)
djtodd Track Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Lexington, SC Posts: 932 Drives: 2012 Nismo TT Rep Power: 3398	Yep __________________ DJTodd's Build Thread Fast Intentions • Volk • Stoptech • Carbotech • SPL • Southbend • OS Giken • RJM • Sparco • RobiSpec • AIM • Driver Mod

01-23-2015, 05:41 PM	#153 (permalink)
foss Base Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 17 Drives: 2015 370Z Nismo M6 Rep Power: 11	I guess mine were removed: simul8r likes this.

03-05-2015, 07:33 PM	#154 (permalink)
Camo500EFI Base Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 37 Drives: 2014 370z NISMO 0518 Rep Power: 10	6600 miles and mine were still on. Luckily just one on each. __________________ 2014 370Z NISMO #0518 Gun Metal

10-30-2016, 07:08 PM	#158 (permalink)
BehindSpace Base Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 83 Drives: 2014 Evo X MR Rep Power: 85	you expect too much from dealership workers and technicians. 99% are not car enthusiasts and are just trying to get through the day to get paid at a 9-5 job they are most probably miserable being there and they couldnt care less about you or your car or a Z or a nismo Z or spacers or no spacers. check it yourself and remove them after you drive it home. telling the techs and sales people how to do their jobs backfires more often than not in my experience. just do it yourself. SwedeZ likes this.

04-14-2017, 02:19 PM	#161 (permalink)
HIZZY Base Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Boston Posts: 151 Drives: 2017 NISMO 370 Rep Power: 3363	I luckily had some good guys at my dealership & very professional. They showed me the vehicle delivery report and checklist RIGHT AT THE TOP IT SAYS "REMOVE NISMO SPRING SPACERS" it's like one of the first things to do. They confirmed all of them were taken out and thrown in the trash. I bugged them about it too because I was so paranoid they would forget or not do it. It's all about who's working on the car I guess... I had 2 master mechanics looking it over & my sales guy said there's a few tuner enthusiasts in the department that like to check everything SwedeZ likes this.

01-06-2015, 06:59 PM	#151 (permalink)
DavidZ370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: [= Posts: 1,065 Drives: 17' CWP STI Rep Power: 23	Is this only on nismos?

09-17-2015, 05:17 PM	#156 (permalink)
axnjxn Base Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: GulfCoast Florida Posts: 12 Drives: 2016 Nismo White Rep Power: 10	Thanks! 1240 miles and the inner spacers were discovered and removed.

10-30-2016, 04:35 PM	#157 (permalink)
k67p67 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA Posts: 304 Drives: 2017 Nismo Tech 6MT Rep Power: 3937	This thread is almost 7 years old and this continues to happen. After reading this thread three weeks ago and having owned my '17 Nismo Tech for just a week, my curiosity prompted me to go out to the garage around midnight and check my front suspension. I thought about it for a minute and admitted that the ride seemed harsher than I had expected when traversing uneven pavement. Sure enough, I found two spring spacers still installed on each side. Took 5 minutes to jack up each side and remove the spacers. I can't believe this is still happening after all these years.

02-26-2017, 04:12 PM	#159 (permalink)
pitser73 Base Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: WA Posts: 86 Drives: '14 370z Nismo Rep Power: 8	Add another car to the list, three on each side.

04-14-2017, 12:45 PM	#160 (permalink)
Nixin A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: GWN Posts: 3,488 Drives: Goodbye Z! Rep Power: 19833	Are you guys contacting your stealerships to report their f@ck up's? This should be good for some freebies.

06-26-2017, 09:52 PM	#162 (permalink)
13Xterra Base Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 19 Drives: 2014 Nismo 370Z Rep Power: 8	This is bizarre. In my introduction to the forum post a few days ago, I mentioned how I wasn’t going to mod my car all that much because I was more into detailing and paint correction. However, the one thing I did say I might want to do was front coil overs to level the car out because I thought the front was a little high in the front. Last night, I came across this thread and immediately went out to my garage to look if I had the spacers. Sure enough, they were on my car. Then I thought this would be a good thing to make a video of, which I did today. Sorry for the ultra crappy quality. Also, I did give credit to this thread and posted the link to it in the description of the youtube video. Thanks so much guys. The car looks and drives just like I want it now and I didnt have to buy a thing. https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=LLz...&v=rziqwemKbyU SwedeZ likes this. Last edited by 13Xterra; 06-27-2017 at 07:19 AM.

12-03-2017, 01:38 PM	#163 (permalink)
KarlKFI Base Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 32 Drives: 2018 370Z NISMO Rep Power: 942	Looks like my 2018 NISMO has this issue too. The dealer took out 2 of the 3 for each front wheel. Called them up and they said they'll take out the others. The sales guy also said that their "master nissan mechanic" said it's ok to drive on. Tho I assume that's the head mechanic at the dealership, not an actual nissan rep. Obviously if people are finding these after 20k miles they aren't fragile. Tho driving on less than 3 does give the spring a gross lean... Pics of the front springs just from turning the wheels and using my iphone. https://www.dropbox.com/s/azx867cfas...acer-right.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/4i4pdh245i...pacer-left.jpg (attaching images giving me a php error)

12-03-2017, 02:38 PM	#164 (permalink)
KarlKFI Base Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 32 Drives: 2018 370Z NISMO Rep Power: 942	I was able to get the spacers out in about 20-30min using the jack that came with the car (most of the time spent using the crappy jack). Called the dealership to cancel my apt and he mentioned that the "master tech" didn't actually work at their dealership, and that he had said they were only on the front. Presumably just to lift the nose so it could get on and off the truck without scraping. Pics of the spacers and back springs to confirm there's no spacers there (shouldn't be). https://www.dropbox.com/s/s8pdost4g6...mo-spacers.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/fpj8rp7p8r...back-right.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/ncol3enwp8...-back-left.jpg

05-02-2018, 05:57 PM	#165 (permalink)
NDILL Base Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: QualicumBeach Posts: 2 Drives: 370zNismo Rep Power: 9	Moved to a new town beforeI could have the spacers removed,the service manager at the dealership stated ,they would not remove them . He went on to say that if the factory put them there they must belong on the car?Yikes! Looks like I will have todo it myself ,and find a different dealer to do my vehicle maintainance

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