Well here goes my first thread/post. I have been patiently planning my attack on my 05 G35 Coupe 6MT. I plan on starting with the suspension. i am undecided on weather to go with an eibach spring and koni shock set up or spend the extra money and go with a tein basic coilover system. For a normal daily driver what would be the ideal way to go? Also is it hard to adjust the set up on the coilover system? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks and look forward to hearing back.

Cheers

 

spring + shock will cost almost as much as basics, esp if you buy used basics, i've seen them go for $500ish

go with coils, otherwise it'll be hard to find your perfect drop

 

Nice. Now if i do go with the Basics, would it be ideal to go with the EDFC or is it fairly easy to adjust these coils myself? My idea of the EDFC is that i get it mounted somewhere within arms reach and can simply play with different settings while not even getting out of the car. Is it that simple if i spend the 400 or so extra to have this installed and mounted? Almost sounds to go to be true. Nice Volks chen! I haven't got there yet but that will be the next step. I'm looking at the G10's and GTM's.

 

first of all.. EDFC is for ride comfort (stiffness) of the shocks, nothing to do with height adjustment. I've however, seen one person who used TWO EDFCs, one for stiffness and one for height. I don't even know how that was possible, must have costed him a lot of $$ to have it customized like that.

Also, Tein basics do not allow EDFC, because their shock's dampening is not adjustable. You will need Tein Flex or ComfortSport for that, which costs more $$..

Adjusting the coil's height is easy, but just not very easy to turn those wrenches - quite some manual work. So once you've found a height you are happy with you don't want to change it again

EDFC is not $400 - the setup is about $350, but installation will cost easily $200 due to drilling holes and routing wires. I wouldn't recommend it unless you really planning dropping some $$.

in the end, it's all about how much you wanna spend. Welcome to the forum!

-Cheng

 

i'm in a similar situation as the original poster. i have an 05 and was thinking of doing suspension. its a daily driver and i was looking at the tein basic coil overs.

would a camber kit be necessary also or can just the coilovers be installed?

 

Coilovers= complete suspension - Shock and spring combo. You don't need a camber kit if you adjust your coilovers to stock height. You can always adjust your coilovers so that you get the perfect drop allowing you to stay at factory or as close to factory camber / caster as you can.

I am actually regreting buying an eibach sportline kit and tokico shocks for the 350z. I figured it would give me a good drop but I spent almost as much as getting a coilover setup. The only benifit is I can replace any shock fairly easily as they go bad instead of haivng to buy or deal with getting a rebuilt replacement coilover. Plus I've had coilovers on my other cars and I hardly adjust them anyway.

 

I would buy a BC setup before I bought the Tein Basics. It's a little tough to tell you what you should buy. I would narrow down your choices and then search for reviews on here and my350.com. They'll be more benefitial then our attempts at pointing you in a direction we feel is better.

I for one, went with the Tokico D-Specs and Cobb Tuning 350Z springs. The ride is great by my account, very firm yet smoother than stock (until of course you hit those big bumps). I chose the D-Specs due to their high number of installs on the Z/G chassis. They definitely seem to be the first strut most people get. If you want a better shock brand then go with Koni, plus when it comes time for a rebuild, you can get them revalved to a custom setting if you wish. The Tokicos can not be rebuilt.

As for springs, again look at some the spring threads to get an idea of what kind of drop you want. The suspension faq is really good about detailing the kind of drop and rate you'll get.

 

I went with the Eibach's and shock combo on mine. Was a daily driver with 2-3 visits a year to the road coarse a year. Rode well, handled great, was great for every day. I personally thought a coilover was a bit overkill for every day driving and the little track I did.