I love the sportlines but would like to know if I can go just slightly lower without going to coilovers. I'm thinking 350Z sportlines would be too low . . . A spring that is rated at about 1.8F and 1.6-1.7 rear would be ideal for me. What do you think?

 

thats low enough.

 

+1, save money for shocks. Those things are gonna pop within a year.

 

x2 your low enough.

 

Thanks for the reality check! I am actually in the middle of swapping my OEM shocks with Koni yellow sports. I marked the OEM shock position when the car was on the ground. When I got the rear shocks off the car, I then compressed the shock to the point where I marked it and proceeded to bottom it out intentionally. In my little experiment, there was virtually no shock travel!! Maybe 5mm or so . . . In this application, is trimming the bumpstop pretty much a requirement? Or will the Konis make up for the lack of travel with added stiffness?

 

tanabe df210 are slightly lower if i remember correctly

 

I have Tanabe NF210's for a 350Z there rated @ 1.2 drop for a Z Front and rear then add another .5 for putting them on a G and thats 1.7 on all 4 corners... Last I measured I was at 1.5in all the way around like a day after I put them on....I am sure there a bit lower now...

 

That is what I was going to say as well

 

X2

 

how's the ride on the eibach sportlines, considering you have almost no shock travel? i'm debating on these springs or 350z stechs.

 

The ride is great. Particularly since I am now on Koni shocks I have yet to bottom them out. The front end did rise .4 inches from the pic in my initial post. But the ride height is now about where it was when I first put the sportlines on with the stock shocks. So either the shocks were so worn out that the ride height went down or the springs need to settle again after the recent upgrades. In the end I think that the sportline spring rates are great. As long as you have a good shock it's a good setup.

 

Thanks for the info.