Suggestions or advice on lowering the coupe - Page 2 - G35Driver

Apr 28, 2011 | 08:41 AM

#16

Bozo954

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From: South Florida

P.S..............I saved the 2 links below you provided on another thread, so I'm ready to read up on things.

But I still need your opinion on the Lexus, though, only if you need to add to what's been posted already, of course. C'mon man.

Quote:

Originally Posted by timmy4me

99.9% of the forum will tell you coils. why? a few reasons. they'll slam you much more than any spring can do. since it sounds like you wanna slam your car, the lowest spring will eventually blow your shocks and struts, then costing you upwards of $500-600 for a new set like d-specs, already making your total somewhere between $800-1000 for springs and shocks/struts. see my point? cost wise, it's the same or cost effective to go with coils. which brings to the next point, no adjustability. higher end coils let you adjust height as well as dampening. since you want a more quality ride, coils will be the better choice again cause of the dampening adjustability.

don't get me wrong, a lot of people are running new or oem shocks with lowering springs, myself included, running oem shocks with eibach sportlines, a 1.5" drop. I love the ride, I like it more than the oem ride. however, when you lower your car with springs you WILL want to lower it more, and more, and more. I didn't think I'd want to be lower, but it only took 2 week for me to want to go slammed, and I will in the summer. you'll prolly eventually want the adjustability too when you visit family out of town and you don't know road conditions or move somewhere with mt. everest of speedbumps.

stance gr+, bc, function& form are the few most common/quality coils to get right now.

keep in mind. you'll also want, or rather more need rear camber kits and front a-arms to get back in alignment specs.

a few links to check out:
https://g35driver.com/forums/brakes-...ew-thread.html

https://g35driver.com/forums/brakes-...w-updates.html

Apr 28, 2011 | 10:55 AM

#17

4D05G35

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Originally Posted by g35brandon

Not to threadjack, but I'm really hoping someone can help me out here since I have a related problem.

I switched to m45 19 inch rims with 30mm spacers all the way around, as well as g35 h-techs and tokico hp blue shocks. Normal driving is fine, however if the road is bumpy at all, I scrape. If I have people in the back, I scrape because of the weight. I didn't think this would be a problem when putting all this together, but I was wrong. What can I do to fix it?

Thanks!

Its not really related to the OP's question so you should have searched a little to find your answer.

But while im here, it sounds like you need to roll your rear fenders. Sounds like your tires are rubbing on the inner lip of your rear fender.