Gram Light 57D Setup Pics!!!
 

Just finished a new AE Performance 370Z setup today and wanted to share the pics with everyone.

Big Thanks to Swift Springs, Mackin Industries & Hankook Tires !!!

Specifications:

Gram Light 57D's - 18x9.5 Square
AE Performance Custom Blend Ivory White Ceramic Finish
Hankook Ventus RS-3's - 265 / 285
Swift Springs Linear Lowering Springs

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Great shots! Now lose the splash guards and find some posh looking center caps.

Haha, Thanks!

We never run center caps, even though GL makes some pretty nice ones.

Clean setup!!

the white wheels looks fresh.

very clean setup

Do you have any profile or side shots of the car? I'm curious on the stance of the Swift Springs, thanks!

Those look great. I would only buy white wheels to put on a white car.

Looks good. They look more for track so no centercaps! :p

looks really good, I like !

question though ... how come the top pic has no splash guard but all the rest do ?

Looks better WITH splash guards.

I believe the way the wheels are turned they are hiding the splash guard from view.

To be honest I was thinking of getting some of the Swift springs, but that car really doesn't look lowered to me. I know you have 18s on there, are the tires the right size (same overall diameter as oem) or are they smaller?

Sexy - this setup is going to make a lot of the racers happy.

looks awesome, how come you went with the progressive springs and not linear? It seems to be a track biased setup..

I will post up some profile pics on Wednesday. We like to give the springs a couple of days to settle before looking at the difference in ride height. I will also swap the stock wheels and tires on for a better comparison.

They ride amazing though!

That's an optical illusion, the wheel is cranked and it is hiding the splash guard.

Here are the differences between tire OD. They are much different than stock and that is where the variation in ride height comes from. I will post pics of the car with the stock wheels and tires so you can see the difference in ride height.

Bridgestones

Front - 26.8
Rear - 26.5

Hankooks

Front - 25.3
Rear - 25.9

*** The Swift Springs 370Z Lowering Springs are Linear Springs***

Explanation from Swift:

- They appear to be progressive, but with the weight of the car, the tight coiled portion is actually fully compressed keeping the spring rate linear.

This was done because they did not want to have any slack on the shock and spring when the shock is fully decompressed. This is beneficial when driving onto a driveway or going over heavy dips.

Good question, we work close with Swift Springs on all of our race car setups, so we were really excited to hear that they were going to start manufacturing lowering springs as well.

We prefer to test as many parts that we offer as we can and this was a great opportunity to try them out.

That being said, I think these springs ride amazing on the street. They feel great in the corners and we will post a full review when we get them out on the track.

But we expect great things and we are very excited about this new product.

Let us know if you have any other questions and we would be happy to help.

Thanks, I'm looking forward to the profile pictures on stock tires, that will be great.

I took the tire diameter difference into account when I viewed the pics, and I pre ordered a set of these springs already. I'm glad to hear they ride great!

Yeah, you will be very happy with them and ride height should be about perfect on stock wheels and tires or stock OD.

Car looks great! I want a set of lowering springs, and the white wheels make me want to powdercoat my stock 19"s white.

Let me know about the lowering springs. We are taking pre orders for the next batch because this shipment has already sold out!

These springs are by far the best out on the market right now. I will do a full review on them. I have tracked them over the weekend and let me tell you, they are amazing. They are a good amount stiffer than the nismo rates (no body roll) but they feel smoother than stock driving on the streets.

Stance is good and even and I couldn't be happier.

-have to throw a big good job to Swift on their R&D for the product.

:tup: looks good!

Any luck with getting these pics? :tiphat:

Will hopefully have the stock wheels back on the car tomorrow, so I will shoot and post right after.

Looks very aggressive, I like it! :tup:

That's a great look. Nice.

Sexy Car :tup:

the sizes is 9.5 front and rear? et?

Thanks.

Thank you, sizing is...

et22 front et-03 (+12 w/ 15mm spacer) rear

265/285

Thanks ;)

with a spacer, wouldn't that be a et-18? I thought spacers lowered your offset

Looks like its ready for a drift session in the moutains of Japan LOL... Good Job.

I like the white on white, its pretty nice if I say so myself. We have a similar setup coming for somebody with the color match, but different wheels and white on white and a nice change from the normal black and silver wheels.

No, et +12 add spacers 15 mm, total offset -3.

Blah, right concept, wrong starting point. Thanks for the clear up

white on white!

Casey, that looks awesome. What is the offset on your wheels? I would like to run a square, 18" set-up on my car, too. :tiphat:

PS: OOPS! I SEE YOU ALREADY ADDRESSED MY Q. THANKS.

How does this not look lowered......oem shocks and springs with base models have like 1 3/4 - 2 inches between the fender and tire