roll center adjusters

 

SPC front camber kit you can purchase for $ 365.00 for the pair at TH Motorsports part # 72125
SPC also recommends the rear camber toe kit which is not expensive as well.
SPC recommends this when lowering the car plus the front kit gives you camber adjustment that the stock G suspension does not.
Your alignement place will now have more adjustement and get you a equal balanced settings right on factory spec or additional negative camber if you choose, but i would set the car up at factory specs and see how it feels with the car now lowered.
Stock camber is -0.4 for the front and -1.3 for the rear

 

RCA's don't help fix camber, they just return the geometry of the suspension back to factory angles. I have the Megan Racing set and they are pretty cool.

 

I don't know what your budget is but b2 auto designs sells a kit that comes with bc coilovers and spc camber kits for $1079

 

Finally most of you have come to the realization that once you lower our cars you're going to need a total camber kit! You could ignore this fact, run cheap tires cause they'll need replacing once a year! Cheap tires? Your life may depend on what's between you and the road, something to consider! If you intend to lower your G, do it right with either coils or coilovers (better height adjustment) and a camber kit from SPL since they offer enough adjustment to get back to OE alignment specs. You can buy quality tires without the concern of them wearing out prematuraly....enjoy the ride!
Gary

 

Since i run my car year round and deal with winter salt on the road, i was advised not to use coil overs which was my original choice. The salt is not good for adjustable coil overs. I don't have an issue using the Eibach pro kit and Koni shocks as my goal was to reduce the tire gap while getting new parts for the car suspension going on 7 yrs old and the car only having less then 10,000 miles and still its original tires.

I found below on a website injectedperformance.com and this is what they mentioned about the suspension of the 350z but should also apply to the G.

Nissan chose to employ multi-link suspension designs in the front and rear of the 350Z. Aluminum was used extensively in the suspension to reduce unsprung weight and improve handling performance. The double lower pivots found in the 350Z front suspension earned Nissan numerous patents and reward the driver with great straight-line stability and phenomenal turn-in response; a difficult combination to obtain. One shortcoming of the 350Z front suspension is the inability to adjust camber. The aftermarket has produced a number of solutions to this problem in the form of camber adjustable upper control arms. Some of the better upper control arms on the market also feature an adjustment to increase caster in the front suspension. With a few extra points of adjustment, the 350Z can be adjusted into a very capable cornering machine on the street or track.

The good news is forum members are all trying to give their best advice to help other members. This is where i learned the most about my car and what are the best options to do. It then comes down to what you want to choose to use to improve your car.

 

On top of everything said you also shoukd consider what kind of driving your going to be doing.

Any track or aggressive driving? Get coil overs

DD drop for fun? You can get away with lowering springs and aftermarket shocks.

Ill assume youve read enough to understand coilovers are going to make for an uncomfortable ride where as springs mimic stock ride more so.

If you do springs without after market shocks youll be fine for a while but eventually the stock struts will wear out. Youll need aftermarket at some point.

I dunno enough about these cars to comment on the need of camber kits but everyone else has shed their light on that aspect

 

What's wrong with the stock setup... it's pretty low and stiff

 

This is extremely misleading advice. A spring and strut setup that can be had for a few hundred less than 95% of the coilovers people on here run will greatly outperform said coilovers. You would probably need to jump to the kw v2 at least to match a good strut and spring setup, and those new are somewhere around $1700. If he isn't going for height adjustability he should just go with a quality spring/strut setup. If he wants to going with coilovers he should jump up to a kw v1 or something comparable at least.

 

 

I had to argue this on another forum, some camber is no big deal. The dead center spec for the rear is 1.4. If ur suspension isnt too worn u may get lucky. But apparently outside of static camber the g has another problem because all of the old heads complain of uneven wear at the slightest bit of camber.

 

Ummm no.........it's not

 

Stock setup is much better than racelands and other crap coils people are putting on their cars

 

I think the difference in opinion is because a lot of people here focus on the look and on the "wheel gap" instead of the performance; people have different goals in the car. And there is nothing wrong with that, it is a subjective matter of preference (as long as they are informed that what they are doing is ruining the handling of their car).

If you are talking from a performance standpoint, the stock setup isn't so bad. the wheel ratios of 1.3 and 1.4 are actually pretty stiff for a street car. It is pretty heavy and has a lot of chasis roll, but it deals with it decently well.

 

Ill tell you any lowering spring for the G application besides maybe Tanabes, is going to disappoint you in stiffness and performance. Most are progressive and not much stiffer if softer than stock. A linear 350z spring would be the way to go for performance, but then u get a big drop to where you will need camber arms.