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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 10:36 PM
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How much have you spent on Suspension?

There is alot of people wanting to drop there car and have no clue on how much it will run, Exp springs+shocks & struts+Labor+Camber kits+ Coilovers+ Air Bags+ spacers+ Alingment Everything you did to drop your car including up keep on tires to replace due to camber wear

List your mods and Cost? and if you had to change due to not liking your first set up and changing to a new set up
 
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 10:47 PM
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I spent close to $3K but that includes sways and endlinks which of course have nothing to do with my alignment but they're part of my suspension mods.
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by gary c
I spent close to $3K but that includes sways and endlinks which of course have nothing to do with my alignment but they're part of my suspension mods.
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How is your tire wear ? How offten do you buy tires?
 
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 11:17 PM
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My tires wear even all the way across, I have 20K miles on my Michelin PS2s, naturally my rears will wear out first cause I drive somewhat aggressively but still good for another 6 to 8K miles. Fronts may last forever, no inside wear at all and I run 37 PSI front and back. These tires are wearing very good considering the UTQG is 220.
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 11:33 PM
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$200 350z Tien H Tech Springs
$280 350z Tokico HP Shocks
$60 allignment

Put the springs/shocks on with a buddy of mine. Took about 3 hours.
Alignment is close enough to spec.

Grand Total: $540
 
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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Thats pretty Good how low did you drop it? and how are you tires
 
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 12:07 AM
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Thats pretty Good how low did you drop it? and how are you tires
The specs on another thread show the H tech drop for coupes is about .6" front and .3" rear. So it was very mild. I will probably do the spring mount mod in the future but I'm waiting to see how my 20's look on it before I do anything. Hard to say about the tires because the fronts already had camber wear before I bought the car due to the idiot cutting the stock springs so it was slammed in the front and camber was WAY off. The rear tires are wearing evenly though. I just bought the rears about 5,000 miles ago and see no camber at all. I'm on stock 18's at the moment.
 
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 12:24 AM
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Totaled somewhere around $2,500: (including labor)
Tanabe Pro-5 coilovers
SPC front/rear camber kits
20/25mm spacers
 
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 12:27 AM
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I dropped a big dime on my Tanabe coilovers... I'm sure they are cheaper elsewhere, but I was kind of stuck with what assaulttech was offering me. It was approx. $1700 for the coils. With that said, I absolutely LOVE them. My G is sitting on 20's and are on pretty meaty tires, and it still looks respectably low in contrast to the ground. They stiffen up quickly, but are adjustable to where you can be softer than OEM springs. Also, they're pretty lookin', hahah. I have camber pieces ($260) for my rears but I have yet to install them due to lack of dremel tool (I do all my car work myself; few exceptions being tint and some damage repairs). My car is dropped around 2". Not SLAMMED, but keep in mind I'm on 20's, with meaty tires. OEM bumpers and sides. I'll look lower when I get some body parts and new tires. No alignment issues as far as I can tell, so far, so I didn't get an alignment. Planning to spend money to have professionals roll my fenders; that's something I'd rather not risk. So, I've spent around $2000, but only about $1700 is currently in use. And again, I'm pretty sure the Sustec ProFIVES can be found for a lot cheaper than what I was stuck with. Cursed assaultech...
 
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 12:33 AM
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Probably around the $2000+ mark, going from springs, to coils, f/r camber, sways, diff spacers (if you count that), alignments, tools for different jobs, different tire setups (not counting actually changing wheels). Really adds up, but everything I have bought has been when it was either used or on sale for a great price and all work besides alignment and tire mounting/balancing has been done by myself.
 
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 12:49 AM
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That's what's up I see the going rate is about 2k I just got my coilovers spacers and rear tires to have the stretched and at 1k before install and camber kits
 
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 12:51 AM
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$70 for springs
$40 for alignment
So $120 lol
 
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 01:48 AM
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Originally Posted by herrschaft
Totaled somewhere around $2,500: (including labor)
Tanabe Pro-5 coilovers
SPC front/rear camber kits
20/25mm spacers
got any picss??? i want this set up.
 
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 02:33 AM
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Camber kit F+R T $525.00
Eibach springs $200.00
SPC toe bolts $44.00
install $250.00
Project Kicks Neo Nuts $220.00
Lifetime Alignment $120
Wheels + Tires $5800
BBK (in mail) $2k
Still on original tires

Total: $9159
 
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Gdriver90
Camber kit F+R T $525.00
Eibach springs $200.00
SPC toe bolts $44.00
install $250.00
Project Kicks Neo Nuts $220.00
Lifetime Alignment $120
Wheels + Tires $5800
BBK (in mail) $2k
Still on original tires

Total: $9159
Lol and I thought I was stretching the suspension with spacers, expensive rims, lugs, and bbk really push the definition. What camber setup are you running? I was going to guess SPC but how come you had to pay $40 extra for toe bolts???
 
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