.5" drop in rear without springs...
#1
.5" drop in rear without springs...
can someone direct to the link or page where they modified the spring top hat for the rear off a g35 coupe to drop it like .5". Something about cutting the rubber mount on top or something like that. Let me know. tried searching but not too sure what to search for. Thanks.
#2
That would be my doing. Let me explain the whole thing. I've done the mod for two other people, one Z owner with Zeal coilovers and one sedan owner that is running front oem Z springs and rear oem sedan springs. It first started out as a quest on my part to hopefully get rid of some sponginess the rear of my car. I cut down the rear upper spring seats, cutting about 3/4" of material off, then back filling with hard plastic spacers that I fabracated. The idea being to try and make myself a firmer upper spring seat bushing.
When they are cut, their really isn't a way to cut less then 3/4". Reason being that happens to be a point that the part offers a natural cutting guide. To try any other point would be rather futile do to the nature of the material (it's like cutting a thick car tire). What ever rear drop anyone would want, less than 3/4" is a simple matter of fashioning a plastic bushing to back fill.
http://pics.montypics.com/gcoupe35/2...r_bushings.jpg
http://pics.montypics.com/gcoupe35/2...r_bushings.jpg
Hope that helps.
When they are cut, their really isn't a way to cut less then 3/4". Reason being that happens to be a point that the part offers a natural cutting guide. To try any other point would be rather futile do to the nature of the material (it's like cutting a thick car tire). What ever rear drop anyone would want, less than 3/4" is a simple matter of fashioning a plastic bushing to back fill.
http://pics.montypics.com/gcoupe35/2...r_bushings.jpg
http://pics.montypics.com/gcoupe35/2...r_bushings.jpg
Hope that helps.
#5
Originally Posted by Gsedan35
That would be my doing. Let me explain the whole thing. I've done the mod for two other people, one Z owner with Zeal coilovers and one sedan owner that is running front oem Z springs and rear oem sedan springs. It first started out as a quest on my part to hopefully get rid of some sponginess the rear of my car. I cut down the rear upper spring seats, cutting about 3/4" of material off, then back filling with hard plastic spacers that I fabracated. The idea being to try and make myself a firmer upper spring seat bushing.
When they are cut, their really isn't a way to cut less then 3/4". Reason being that happens to be a point that the part offers a natural cutting guide. To try any other point would be rather futile do to the nature of the material (it's like cutting a thick car tire). What ever rear drop anyone would want, less than 3/4" is a simple matter of fashioning a plastic bushing to back fill.
http://pics.montypics.com/gcoupe35/2...r_bushings.jpg
http://pics.montypics.com/gcoupe35/2...r_bushings.jpg
Hope that helps.
When they are cut, their really isn't a way to cut less then 3/4". Reason being that happens to be a point that the part offers a natural cutting guide. To try any other point would be rather futile do to the nature of the material (it's like cutting a thick car tire). What ever rear drop anyone would want, less than 3/4" is a simple matter of fashioning a plastic bushing to back fill.
http://pics.montypics.com/gcoupe35/2...r_bushings.jpg
http://pics.montypics.com/gcoupe35/2...r_bushings.jpg
Hope that helps.
#6
Originally Posted by Gsedan35
That would be my doing. Let me explain the whole thing. I've done the mod for two other people, one Z owner with Zeal coilovers and one sedan owner that is running front oem Z springs and rear oem sedan springs. It first started out as a quest on my part to hopefully get rid of some sponginess the rear of my car. I cut down the rear upper spring seats, cutting about 3/4" of material off, then back filling with hard plastic spacers that I fabracated. The idea being to try and make myself a firmer upper spring seat bushing.
When they are cut, their really isn't a way to cut less then 3/4". Reason being that happens to be a point that the part offers a natural cutting guide. To try any other point would be rather futile do to the nature of the material (it's like cutting a thick car tire). What ever rear drop anyone would want, less than 3/4" is a simple matter of fashioning a plastic bushing to back fill.
http://pics.montypics.com/gcoupe35/2...r_bushings.jpg
http://pics.montypics.com/gcoupe35/2...r_bushings.jpg
Hope that helps.
When they are cut, their really isn't a way to cut less then 3/4". Reason being that happens to be a point that the part offers a natural cutting guide. To try any other point would be rather futile do to the nature of the material (it's like cutting a thick car tire). What ever rear drop anyone would want, less than 3/4" is a simple matter of fashioning a plastic bushing to back fill.
http://pics.montypics.com/gcoupe35/2...r_bushings.jpg
http://pics.montypics.com/gcoupe35/2...r_bushings.jpg
Hope that helps.
What size are the plastic bushings, and how long did this take to actually do..
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Originally Posted by tkman00
Gsedan35 - ur inbox is full, is there any other way i can contact you (I also sent an email to ur yahoo acct)
#9
Originally Posted by g_man35
What size are the plastic bushings, and how long did this take to actually do..
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#11
You'd get a 1/2" drop by not installing both bushings, just one. I wasn't after a drop when I did the mod, just to kill off as much soft bushing material as possible.
No, you can't buy the plastic bushings, not that I could ever find. I fabbed them in my garage out of sheet cutting board plastic. They are 5 1/8" across and measure's 2 9/16" on the inside
No, you can't buy the plastic bushings, not that I could ever find. I fabbed them in my garage out of sheet cutting board plastic. They are 5 1/8" across and measure's 2 9/16" on the inside
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What I wanted them to do was to lesson some of the bounce that my 2003 350Z suspension produces. In that mission, they didn't have a effect. I did get a improvement in the amount of communication from the rear tires, though nothing harsh or objectionable. Since I did get something out of the mod, I didn't see the point in bothering to pull the bushings or spend to have the car realigned.
How many bushings would you need?
How many bushings would you need?