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Stock G35 - Wheel Well Gap

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Old 05-09-2012 | 03:17 PM
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Sounds good, thanks a lot for the help, appreciate it.
 
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Old 05-10-2012 | 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by ddzc
I'm confused, this car is on h techs and it looks lower than Bretts :S

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/...lemmon_2-1.jpg

Dailydriven, I was going to do that but the ride quality honestly is horrible, it's so bad...any passenger in my car complains about it too...not sure if they're just crap or blown..you don't want them trust me..
Originally Posted by DailyDrivenCoupe
you're eyes are definately decieving you my friend. he is on stock 17's so that is why is may appear that way

im kinda baffled, must be blown. haven't ever really heard of tein having such crappy ride quality
I'll get better pictures for y'all tomorrow. My old camera's lighting was terrible.

Originally Posted by DrewDrew
I'm 98% sure 350z struts are a tad shorter than g35 struts and will give an extra half inch give or take on the drop, but don't quote me on that. I do know for a fact they are different lengths, but not sure if the compression rates are different that they drop a little lower or not - so don't quote me on the drop. I did a quick google search on it, but didn't find much and gave up. LOL. I would order g35 struts, but that's just me - it'll make such a minute difference that it wont be noticeable.
Z struts ARE about .5" shorter than G struts. At least the piston is. The actual housing is the same size.

Also, FWIW, putting Z struts on the G is worth it if you're dropping the car. If you go with G struts and Z springs, you'll increase the amount of distance the piston has to travel and wear the G struts out faster.

Z struts are also easier to place into position inside of the wheel well than the G's are because of that .5" in height difference, believe it or not.
 
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Old 05-10-2012 | 04:23 AM
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I got some Stechs on OEM shocks
 
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Old 05-10-2012 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by DrewDrew
Need to straighten some things out.

350z springs - any kind - will drop a g35 coupe an extra .5" on top of what they're rated at for the 350z. It's an extra 1" for sedans.

350z h techs look like a g35 s-tech drop because of that reason. 350z h tech - .9/.8. .3 diff in front than g35 s tech and .1 in the rear. Some people may see the 25% difference in the front, others wont, and most people won't see the diff in the rear as it's less than 10% difference.

your best bet is what gary suggested. s-techs will be a bit too much of a drop.

to the guy with tein coilovers, tein is known for terrible coilovers and especially dampening - which is why your ride sucks. they make fantastic springs though.
Good info.
 
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