Decision time for Springs!

[Wes_888]

Yikes! it chewed through it that fast eh? damn....

how long did you wait again till you get it aligned from the time you dropped? Also.. maybe you were having too much fun with em... yeah? hehe

Sure thing! no rush on the results though... take your time.

[remo]

Hmm, that's a little scary. Scraping, alignment, tire wear. I guess there is no solution for us X owners

[NeuEraRacing]

Go with Eibach Pro Kit. I've never had any problems.

[AesonVirus]

I don't consider my issues to be real issues. This is what you deal with when you drop a car. My tire wear was caused from the toe being way to far out of spec and I drove that way for almost three weeks. I drive 100 miles a day so these things will happen.
Good news is that I got two full summers out of those tires anyway.
Hind sight, I should have tossed the OEMs on for the settling period, but oh well.
Point is, these issues are easily avoidable if you plan ahead. Don't do it they way I did... I'm an impatient moron.


I'll get the rear kit in a few weeks from now and get a second alingment and she'll be perfect.
I was warned... get the rear kit first, get it in and ready. I've just been too busy and tried fitting this drop into a crazy schedule.
Oh well...

[InTgr8r]

Originally Posted by AesonVirus

I don't consider my issues to be real issues. This is what you deal with when you drop a car. My tire wear was caused from the toe being way to far out of spec and I drove that way for almost three weeks. .....

Toe is definitely the tire killer with a drop.
I learned that on my '04 when I dropped on E-Pros.

IDK the AWD settings, but I changed the front toe of my '04 from the 0.04 to 0.00
and took .04 out of the back toe (same ratio)
The tire wear changed from radical to normal.

Did the same thing this time with the Z drop, & have had no wear issues at all.

[AesonVirus]

Yeah, my toe is still not perfect. I'm gonna have to ask them to dial it in a bit more on my next alignment.
They did change it from -0.08 to 0.04, so that is a HUGE difference. Should I be shooting for 0.00 as well?

My front camber is only barely out of spec, but the rear definitely will benefit from a kit. That's sitting at -2.3*. Looks great, but that's gonna smoke tires quickly too. I do want a bit more neg camber than what spec calls for, but I don't want to go overboard as well.

I dropped the car for looks as well as for the improved handling. Bringing the camber right back to spec does away with some of that improved handling.
I'm trying to find a nice balance between the two.

[InTgr8r]

From my experience yes!
0.00 is right at the low end of spec & makes a HUGE difference with tire wear.

I also like the feel of the car better too.
turn in is a little sharper, w/o being twitchy

....also
I reduce the rear toe by the same amount to keep the same fr to rr ratio.

I agree about the camber.
One of my reasons for a drop is to get more camber for performance.
That's actually what I use to decide on my front drop with the JIC.
I lower it until I hit ~ 1.6 neg fr camber =

[remo]

Not to hijack thread but if I drop my 09 X sedan with Eibachs this is what I need? Right?
http://www.thmotorsports.com/combo_p.../i-273882.aspx

It says:
2 Rear Camber Arms w/ Toe Bolts + 2 Front Adjustable A-Arms (Complete set for whole car front and rear)

It's kind of expensive and I'm not even sure if it's a right part(it shows 370Z)

[AesonVirus]

Hey Remo... Yyou should consider whether or not you even need the front kit.
The front kit is way more expensive than the rear but the gains from it are hardly anything, since we're able to get close to spec without it.
You will need the rear it though.

[remo]

Alignment kit is not a problem. Problem I see is that rear end is a little too low for my taste. It looks like you have a trunk full of stones. I wish I could drop it 1" all around but there are no springs like that

[mureshan]

Originally Posted by remo

Alignment kit is not a problem. Problem I see is that rear end is a little too low for my taste. It looks like you have a trunk full of stones. I wish I could drop it 1" all around but there are no springs like that

Go with Impul

[remo]

Hmm, I guess it's off topic but while I'm searching for "perfect" srpings for my X sedan I decided to visit official Infiniti web site (US) and saw couple of pictures of G37 sedan.
I attached it here. Doesn't it look completely dropped? I guess for advertisement they went with Eibach springs They fool us (sedan owners)

[pfarmer]

Originally Posted by remo

Hmm, I guess it's off topic but while I'm searching for "perfect" srpings for my X sedan I decided to visit official Infiniti web site (US) and saw couple of pictures of G37 sedan.
I attached it here. Doesn't it look completely dropped? I guess for advertisement they went with Eibach springs They fool us (sedan owners)

I think it may be the difference in appearance between 17 and 18 inch wheels since it looks similar to my XS.

[AesonVirus]

My friend's 08 Xs has the same horrible front wheel gap mine had.
Sitting them next to each other now, the difference is night and day

He's right, that pic looks slightly lower in the front than stock.

[kregg]

Originally Posted by AesonVirus

My friend's 08 Xs has the same horrible front wheel gap mine had.
Sitting them next to each other now, the difference is night and day

He's right, that pic looks slightly lower in the front than stock.

I lined up the rear wheel centerlines in paint. Looks like OEM is a tad higher, and they wrapped the wheels in rubber bands for their pic . I am bone stock.