Hypothetical Active Suspension Mod

heebus · 02-10-2012, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Jordo!

Actually, it will feel softer after about a month.

Also, did you make sure the spring stabilizer thing was removed -- there's a thread on it. It's just for keeping the front lip from bottoming out during transportation to dealerships.

Yeah I had them removed. Is it after a month or a certain amount of driving? I'm at 850 miles now.

Jordo! · 02-10-2012, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by heebus

Yeah I had them removed. Is it after a month or a certain amount of driving? I'm at 850 miles now.

Hmm... if it hasn't softened up in another 250 miles or so, your only other option is to swap them out.

I found mine (regular Z, but shocks and springs from OEM Nismo) to be really rough for a while, but after about 1000 miles, they seemed to settle in and soften up a bit.

koffeegy · 02-13-2012, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by heebus

Yeah I had them removed. Is it after a month or a certain amount of driving? I'm at 850 miles now.

I know you said you had them removed, but you need to visually inspect for yourself. Seeing how the dealerships have no clue. I was told they were removed... hell, it is even on the checklist. After two months of the front still being lifted and the ride rough as hell, I check for myself and found a spacer on each side. Took it back, had them removed, and now it rides like a Cadillac.

heebus · 02-13-2012, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by koffeegy

I know you said you had them removed, but you need to visually inspect for yourself. Seeing how the dealerships have no clue. I was told they were removed... hell, it is even on the checklist. After two months of the front still being lifted and the ride rough as hell, I check for myself and found a spacer on each side. Took it back, had them removed, and now it rides like a Cadillac.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I could see them on when I test drove it. I had to bring it back the next day to have them removed and I could physically see the front end was lower and I couldn't see them behind the wheel. They couldnt remove them the first night because I got the car at 9pm and they didnt have anyone to take them off.

After they were removed I could tell the car had a smoother ride compared to the first night. Is it possible there is something there that I missed?

My coworker is going to let me drive his Z (non nismo) on the same section this week to see the difference.

koffeegy · 02-13-2012, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by heebus

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I could see them on when I test drove it. I had to bring it back the next day to have them removed and I could physically see the front end was lower and I couldn't see them behind the wheel. They couldnt remove them the first night because I got the car at 9pm and they didnt have anyone to take them off.

After they were removed I could tell the car had a smoother ride compared to the first night. Is it possible there is something there that I missed?

My coworker is going to let me drive his Z (non nismo) on the same section this week to see the difference.

I had to physically turn the wheel both ditections and found them hiding behind the springs against the fender well. They took four off the day I took custody (2from each side), but there were actually 3 on each side. Let us know what the outcome is please. Hope this helps. FYI, my friend still had the spacers on his 2007 350 NISMO. He had no clue.

heebus · 02-14-2012, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by koffeegy

I had to physically turn the wheel both ditections and found them hiding behind the springs against the fender well. They took four off the day I took custody (2from each side), but there were actually 3 on each side. Let us know what the outcome is please. Hope this helps. FYI, my friend still had the spacers on his 2007 350 NISMO. He had no clue.

Take a look at my springs. I don't think there is a 3rd one hiding.
http://i.imgur.com/g2NQwh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/4FxcAh.jpg

koffeegy · 02-14-2012, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by heebus

Take a look at my springs. I don't think there is a 3rd one hiding.
http://i.imgur.com/g2NQwh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/4FxcAh.jpg

Dont see one, but I can't see the back side either.Do you know what they look like?

heebus · 02-14-2012, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by koffeegy

Dont see one, but I can't see the back side either.Do you know what they look like?

Yes, I saw them in the sticky. Btw, the first pic is of the front right spring from behind and the other is the front left taken from the front.

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