Nismo Z Suspension: All Nismo 370Z Owners Check Here FIRST!

vipor · 12-25-2009, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matrix_square

is there such a thing as a Monterrey Blue Nismo?

nope

White, Black, Silver, Red, Graphite only

stiso · 12-26-2009, 06:35 PM

Now that it's off, i kinda miss the stiffness while cornering, might need to look into stiffer springs up front!

DJ_TJ · 01-01-2010, 10:40 PM

when i first got mine i jacked up the front and pulled off one of these from each side. then when i pulled off my wheels for the first time a couple hundred miles later, i found two more on each side!

aliveZ · 01-03-2010, 01:16 AM

they're reproducing under there.

mdbrich · 01-06-2010, 09:21 PM

1

chrisn · 01-07-2010, 03:35 AM

Just crazy......I had all three on both sides! During a drive back from downtown today I was saying to myself "WTF was someone thinking make the ride so stiff", but once again I just tacked it up to track intentions. As far as a lawsuit goes, if someone came in to a corner too hard the intended braking dip would not be there thus you would be skating on rubber. I hope someone at Nissan and more importantly NISMO is watching this thread!

Great find and thank you!

Joseph B · 01-07-2010, 07:10 PM

Just checked my car last weekend, low and behold they were there. Just the ones on the inside. Thanks to the forum I didn't find them miles later once I jacked up the car. Vehicle was purchased from Tonkin Nissan in Oregon, though it was Nissan of the Eastside in Bellevue WA that did the PDI.

Blackcrimzon · 01-08-2010, 09:37 PM

Wow i cant believe that all these nismos have them on there. My car was in the shop for a week so when i read this i couldnt go and check. But i just got it back from the body shop and sure enough they were there. But not just one on each side but three on each side! I was like really? So i took it back to the dealer and let them know that they should look at the other ones they sell. Thanks for this and good looking out

bobapooluza · 01-08-2010, 09:42 PM

62 miles into my new Nismo and knew something was not right about the suspension. Looked at mine tonight and there they are - 3 on each side! Time for the floor jack!

bobapooluza · 01-12-2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by bobapooluza

62 miles into my new Nismo and knew something was not right about the suspension. Looked at mine tonight and there they are - 3 on each side! Time for the floor jack!

My dealer gave me a $300 credit for service/accessories so turns out it wasn't that bad. Doesn't take but a minute to get them off once you get the wheel of the ground.

Dustin@Z1 · 01-13-2010, 12:30 PM

Its not a bad idea to make the dealerships perform the work. Like bobapooluza mentioned, you never know what you deal or special you might be able to work out.

RedNismo · 03-02-2010, 01:10 AM

I am not a rocket scientist or a genius. But I was a physics major, and have a engineering degree. I suspect the springs could be damaged if driven with the spacers on. Think about this, the spacers basically links 3 or 4 of the spring coils together, and won't allow them to compress. On Mine, there was only 1.5 coils free to compress. In a normal situation, the forces of the car gets dissipated by the compression/expansion of the springs over a period of time. With most of the coils tied up, most of the forces of the vehicle is loaded up in only a couple of the free coils. This may cause the spring to have compression fatigue. The overall spring rate may be lowered. Again, I am just trying to make some sense out of my college books. I am by no means a hardcore mechanic. What do you guys think?

By the way, I found the stupid f'krs today. One on each side. I have been had the car for 2 months with 500 miles on it. Stupid Nissan dealership. First they left deep swirl marks all over my car, and now 2 spring spacers.
You'd think the biggest Nissan dealers in LA would know what they are doing.

Equinox · 03-23-2010, 01:45 PM

well I have 7000 miles on my car, and have been to one SCCA auto cross event, and just today, found one space on either side of my front suspension. I'm definately talking to my alabama dinky *** dealership. I should have known when I ordered the Nismo, they were like, Nismo what? We don't have that - and then when it was delivered the salesman was like "Wow that is T-totally different!"

Nismology · 03-25-2010, 06:05 AM

Wow! Good job man. I gotta check to see if mine has them on there still. I've only had mine for a week now but if its on there, i'm taking it back so THEY can take it off.

Nismology · 03-25-2010, 07:56 AM

Yep! I had 3 of them on the front left and 3 on the front right! Thanks to the awesome hydralic jack, it only took me 5 minutes to take them all off...and in the dark too. lol! I only have 500 miles on mine so I don't think any damage to the coils were done. Thanks again man for that awesome discovery. No wonder why the ride seemed to be a "little" rough! I would've taken it to the dealership to point out there mistake but its kinda an inconvenience with my work schedule. I'm due back for an oil change soon so i'll be sure to mention it to them.

01-06-2010, 09:21 PM	#80 (permalink)
mdbrich Base Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: ATX Posts: 171 Drives: Nizmo, DD Honda Fit Rep Power: 16	1 Last edited by mdbrich; 02-23-2010 at 12:37 AM.

01-07-2010, 03:35 AM	#81 (permalink)
chrisn Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: georgia Posts: 16 Drives: 2009 PG 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 16	Just crazy......I had all three on both sides! During a drive back from downtown today I was saying to myself "WTF was someone thinking make the ride so stiff", but once again I just tacked it up to track intentions. As far as a lawsuit goes, if someone came in to a corner too hard the intended braking dip would not be there thus you would be skating on rubber. I hope someone at Nissan and more importantly NISMO is watching this thread! Great find and thank you! __________________

01-07-2010, 07:10 PM	#82 (permalink)
Joseph B Base Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Woodinville WA Posts: 160 Drives: '10 Nismo 370Z Rep Power: 15	Just checked my car last weekend, low and behold they were there. Just the ones on the inside. Thanks to the forum I didn't find them miles later once I jacked up the car. Vehicle was purchased from Tonkin Nissan in Oregon, though it was Nissan of the Eastside in Bellevue WA that did the PDI. Last edited by Joseph B; 01-07-2010 at 07:13 PM.

01-08-2010, 09:42 PM	#84 (permalink)
bobapooluza Base Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 7 Drives: 2010 370z NISMO Blk Rep Power: 15	Me too! 62 miles into my new Nismo and knew something was not right about the suspension. Looked at mine tonight and there they are - 3 on each side! Time for the floor jack!

03-02-2010, 01:10 AM	#87 (permalink)
RedNismo Base Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Glendale CA Posts: 92 Drives: 09 Nismo Z #389 RD Rep Power: 15	Spring Spacers I am not a rocket scientist or a genius. But I was a physics major, and have a engineering degree. I suspect the springs could be damaged if driven with the spacers on. Think about this, the spacers basically links 3 or 4 of the spring coils together, and won't allow them to compress. On Mine, there was only 1.5 coils free to compress. In a normal situation, the forces of the car gets dissipated by the compression/expansion of the springs over a period of time. With most of the coils tied up, most of the forces of the vehicle is loaded up in only a couple of the free coils. This may cause the spring to have compression fatigue. The overall spring rate may be lowered. Again, I am just trying to make some sense out of my college books. I am by no means a hardcore mechanic. What do you guys think? By the way, I found the stupid f'krs today. One on each side. I have been had the car for 2 months with 500 miles on it. Stupid Nissan dealership. First they left deep swirl marks all over my car, and now 2 spring spacers. You'd think the biggest Nissan dealers in LA would know what they are doing. __________________ 2003 Skyline 350GT--Tein Suspension, NRG Strut bar, Nismo CAI w/bypass, JDM emblems, Nismo Graphics... 2009 Nismo Z34 #389-- Clear Bra

12-26-2009, 06:35 PM	#77 (permalink)
stiso Base Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: z Posts: 42 Drives: z Rep Power: 16	Now that it's off, i kinda miss the stiffness while cornering, might need to look into stiffer springs up front!

01-01-2010, 10:40 PM	#78 (permalink)
DJ_TJ Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: soul cal Posts: 29 Drives: 09 nismo #0097 Rep Power: 16	when i first got mine i jacked up the front and pulled off one of these from each side. then when i pulled off my wheels for the first time a couple hundred miles later, i found two more on each side!

01-03-2010, 01:16 AM	#79 (permalink)
aliveZ Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: St. Louis Posts: 114 Drives: 09 Nismo-PG #0229 Rep Power: 16	they're reproducing under there.

01-08-2010, 09:37 PM	#83 (permalink)
Blackcrimzon Base Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: AZ Age: 42 Posts: 190 Drives: Nismo 370z 09 Rep Power: 16	Wow i cant believe that all these nismos have them on there. My car was in the shop for a week so when i read this i couldnt go and check. But i just got it back from the body shop and sure enough they were there. But not just one on each side but three on each side! I was like really? So i took it back to the dealer and let them know that they should look at the other ones they sell. Thanks for this and good looking out

01-13-2010, 12:30 PM	#86 (permalink)
Dustin@Z1 The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NLA Posts: 1,313 Drives: NLA Rep Power: 18	Its not a bad idea to make the dealerships perform the work. Like bobapooluza mentioned, you never know what you deal or special you might be able to work out.

03-23-2010, 01:45 PM	#88 (permalink)
Equinox Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Beaumont, TX Posts: 685 Drives: 06 Porsche Carrera S Rep Power: 18	well I have 7000 miles on my car, and have been to one SCCA auto cross event, and just today, found one space on either side of my front suspension. I'm definately talking to my alabama dinky * dealership. I should have known when I ordered the Nismo, they were like, Nismo what? We don't have that - and then when it was delivered the salesman was like "Wow that is T-totally different!" __________________ Check out my Albums '13 Subaru WRX STi \| '06 Porsche 911 Carrera S (SOLD) \| '96 Mazda RX-7 6.0L V8 RHD (SOLD) \| '09 Nissan Nismo** #0058 (SOLD)

03-25-2010, 06:05 AM	#89 (permalink)
Nismology Base Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 5 Drives: Blk Nismo 10 0062 Rep Power: 15	Wow! Good job man. I gotta check to see if mine has them on there still. I've only had mine for a week now but if its on there, i'm taking it back so THEY can take it off.

03-25-2010, 07:56 AM	#90 (permalink)
Nismology Base Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 5 Drives: Blk Nismo 10 0062 Rep Power: 15	Yep! I had 3 of them on the front left and 3 on the front right! Thanks to the awesome hydralic jack, it only took me 5 minutes to take them all off...and in the dark too. lol! I only have 500 miles on mine so I don't think any damage to the coils were done. Thanks again man for that awesome discovery. No wonder why the ride seemed to be a "little" rough! I would've taken it to the dealership to point out there mistake but its kinda an inconvenience with my work schedule. I'm due back for an oil change soon so i'll be sure to mention it to them.

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