Ok gang time to get serious about these swaw bars. I told the folks at BC racing about our interest. To prove my point anyone who so wishes please shoot Tim at BC racing an email to hammer the point home. He is a very cool guy!

Their tell
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i sent him an email....comeon guys lets show him how important this is to us...i stated that i have been praying to the jdm gods for Sways for our X's and if he could help the X community it would be Great!!!

 

Tony from Motordyne is willing to do it, but we have to get him a front sway which I dont have, and honestly I am not going to buy from a stealership and send it to him.

 

IMO their is a reason Motordyne does not publish any specs and had to have then extracted over a few posts. Nothing personel, I would not touch them. And I don't see it making the grade of "something is better then nothing".


1” = 25mm 7/8” = 22mm


How do you leverage a 60% increase in force with a 25mm front bar. It does not add up, not when a 32mm solid bar from EVO350 netted a 30% peak increase. And their numbers aren't mathed, they give in lbs torsional rigidity specs for the oem bars and theirs. I have the EVO350 bar, you cannot move the holes any closer to increase leverage, angle is bad enough.



Sorry, I would approach Progress or Hotchkis before Tony.

Progress
Front 33mm Solid 3-way
Rear 22mm Solid 2-way

Hotchkis
Front 35mm Hollow 4-way (love to see end link angle on the stiffest setting)
Rear 34mm Hollow 3-way

 

Hey Lumpia, I haven't been on the site for awhile. The last time I was on you had BC Coilovers on............what happened?

 

Could someone give me an idea what the drop and ride with coupe springs (sport) would be on a stock 04x? Too bouncy?

Are there specific years that will swap or will any work?

 

i had coupes all around before. dont like the look of the drop so much, the feeling is a bit harder for the X.

friend of mine had the 350z all around, that spring is so soft and smooth.

as of right now im sitting of tein s-tech, loving it, but i wanna get coilovers.

 

Long term I plan to get coilovers as well, but dropping it is just one of several things (wheels/tires and body kit for starters) I want to do after picking up my X a couple of weeks ago. It hit me today that a Z/coupe drop would be relatively cheap and easy to do.

After doing a lot of reading the last couple of hours it looks like the best approach will be Z springs on the stock struts in front, and coupe springs and shocks in the rear.

While I love the car I hope to get it looking a little more like Lumpia:



and less like this:

 

if you do that, get some revised shocks for the rear. It will be alittle bouncy with the coupe springs on.

 

Found a good deal on eibachs on amazon. Free shipping + 25% off when you buy "Mother's Hardcore Enthusiast Kit" for $62. Be careful looking up that one at work. Promotion goes through July 4.

Picked up a rear sway in addition to the springs, $350 for everything including the detailing kit.

I think I'll try that on the stock rear shocks for awhile and swap to revised Z rear shocks or Tokico blues if it's too bouncy.

 

Hey what's up guys. I have an 04 X.............can anybody show me a picture with 350Z S-tech springs all around? Or anybody know how low it will be? I searched but didn't see any pictures.

thanks

 

It is hard on the front axles to be too low? i looked at mine and they are bent alottt

 

My priorities are a sportier feeling suspension/less roll/better response/weight transfer etc. first, comfort and reliability second (i realize these are usually at odds with the first) and then making my X look less like a 4x4 is like a bonus heh.

So after all that, are something like the BC Racing Coilovers (and some camber kits) a good option? Or is there a solid spring + shock combo that that's good out of the box? Or should I just not f with it and most solutions are just about the drop?

The coilovers sound like they give pretty good performance and a decent ride, but it also sounds like they lower the rear a ton at the highest setting, like a finger and a half. Does this rub or bottom out with people in the car? Has anyone set up a spacer in the back? Where do people order these?

Or is there a spring + shock combo that does a good job out of the box? Last I looked into this, it seemed like that changing the springs alone led to the suspension being jumpy and the shocks biting it early.

 

I have been looking for lowering springs for my 06 g35x and I can't find anything . I've seen on the forums that people use 350z springs but I don't want to do that. does anyone know where I can get brand name springs for my g?

 

^you can by any RWD G35 springs and use them. Its the front struts you can use.

i think all 106 pages have stated once least on every page.