yes and no...

i'm running Z springs in the front and Z springs/shocks for the rears. remember we dont have an option for front struts yet. I"ve only had this setup for a week.

I have coupe springs for the rears not installed.

As for my staggered wheels, Yes i do and my AWD SEEMS to be working just fine as of now.

 

Got it. It's been a long time and I got it mixed up. I thought x has to use oem for rear shocks. You are right. It's the front shocks that we need.

When I had the z springs my cambers were really bad. It was -2.5 cambers I think and my tires got killed.

I had the coupe springs like you as well that wasn't installed. Anyway, I ended up selling both the z and coupe spring set.

Staggered looks mad nice but I am not sure if that's good for the awd in the long run.

 

yea, that's why i said FOR NOW, no one can really say this or that on it. It might put more stress on the system, but whos to say nissan didn't beef the system up just a bit or overbuilt this system. Its a system that has similarity to the r34 skyline's and a LOT of them run staggered on their AWD systems. Yea its not pound for pound the same system but its like big orange to little orange rather then apple to oranges.

I like it for now, i'll see how things are down the line. Check out my thread in sedan media section for pictures of the staggered setup

 

Just checked your thread. A dropped always look good. You have really bad negative camber that's for sure. You should get camber kit and fix it up fast or you'll just burn away your tires.

 

Gotcha. I am considering kumho ecsta asx or goodyear eagle gt. They are both asymmetric (non-directionals) I believe. I like the aggressive look on the eagle gt.

Suprised you didn't went with wider tires and went stock size.

 

^ i would stay away from the goodyear eagle line. that aggressive thread is VERY VERY loud.

 

Really? You've had them on before? I currently have the Avon m550 and they are roaring!...hehe

 

one of my failed attempts were eagle GT in 225/45 on the fronts, i had them on for 3 day and yea very happy they were the wrong size. they were pretty much new as well, had least 8/32's on there.

i would say the way that aggressive thread stands out is about the same as how loud they are on the road.

 

nice pictures man...reminds me i gotta do mine also!

 

Any chance your alignment was off? if toe is way off it may be dragging the tires and creating roaring sound??? just a thought

The reviews on the tires are pretty good though...

 

i had the GT tires on before any mods were done. i think it was based off the thread design and the grip it makes sense that the road noise would be more. the tire could be really good in terms of traction but the road noise really killed it for me. even if its the best tire made the noise will make me rate it VERY LOW.

i take back what i said about the all the EAGLE line being loud. my eagle RSA in my fronts are not loud. they are just your NORMAL all-seasonal tire. not great in anything but fair/average all around.

if you buy new you have a 30 day warranty to return them. so go for it if your getting it new. i bought a pair of used tires so it could be bad to begin with. it sounds similar to jeeps driving on the highway with all out mud tires on.

 

30 day warranty is from tirerack? Wait, so you can drive it for almost a month and return for FULL REFUND???

 

I wanted to keep the stock sized rubber because they're my winter tires and narrower tires will bite better through the snow.

 

I using same jack stand.

 

not 100% on full refund. and not 100% sure on tirerack's policy.

I think its more on the maker's policy and the location where you buy it. I know people who have returned them after a week. because the store said give it a week or 500 miles for them to break in. They returned the tires for another brand and paid the diffrence.