nice!!!

 

nice choices vinh. i'm sure you'll be very happy with the HKS RS and the SPL arms. how low are you planning on dropping your car? i've read over on my350z that if you go low enough the SPL arms will hit in the fenderwell.

 

hey darren...

i've read the same thing about the bolt, i believe, that hits the inner fender going over bumps or bottoming out if you are too low. i'm not sure how low i plan to go, but will cross that bridge when i come to it. might modify the section with a trusty hammer

didn't get much done this weekend.

notched out the hole for the toe bolt and removed the front sway bar (thank goodness for breaker bars, those bolts holding the bracket are hella tight) and re-installed the muffler.

also sending out the rear spring bucket for powdercoat

tomorrow gonna try putting in the radiator. With the sway bar removed, might try putting the radiator in from the bottom for more room.

working on your car is fun stuff

vinh

 

Nice, the Sways are purple? i never knew that. why do you say your gonna see how long the end links last? are they known to break or something with aftermarket sways?

 

the hotchkis sways are red. I had them powdercoated to match the HKS coilovers

yeah, the OEM endlinks are known to break with stiffer sways...some don't have that problem, others do

 

sorry, no pics, but i got around to installing the SPL front upper control arms and front coilovers.

gonna start sanding and trying to polish the aluminum suspension components.

the PWR radiator had to be sent back because I mistakenly grinded and broke a weld. once that comes back, I'll install it and finish up my front sway bar.

the rear spring is waiting for the spring bucket to come back from powdercoat.

after that, the supension is done and I can get back on the road

pics will come as soon as I clean some stuff up.

diary continues next week...

 

how much positive camber will those front upper control arms give?
Had some problems with camber and my car is now close to stock height.

 

looks good vinh! can't wait to see more pics!

 

looks great man, good job!

 

well, didn't clean up, but here's some pics anyway...

going to go pick up some '06 headlights tomorrow, so got the front bumper off. gotta love ultra-wide angle lens...



here's a couple of pics of the front suspension:

 

note the bolt in question on the SPL control arm. as the suspension travels up/down, there is a small possibility that the bolt will hit the upper fender.

spoke to Kuah at SPL and they are working on getting a lower profile ball joint assemby to fix this issue. It will come as a free replacement to those who have already purchased a set.

but if you are not having any issues, than there is no reason to change out as the lower profile assembly will offer "slightly less articulation angle".

 

need a picture of these outdoors...but i think they look good. you'll never see them again, but i think little things like these add a nice touch to the car

work done by www.thepowdercoater.com

 

Looks great!!

Hard to keep clean but nice none the less.

 

NICE man..

I have a similar set up with control arm/ sway/ toe+camber.. but I'm still running tein springs with stock shocks.. If I had the money I would throw on a set of coilovers to finish it off!

 

any popping sounds post install?