Calling all "X's" with a lowered suspension!
#1576
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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Their tell
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Sales@bcracing-na.com
#1577
#1578
#1579
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
1” = 25mm 7/8” = 22mm
I need just a front bar too. Now we need to find TWO people that only want rears.
Tony: The 110-160% over stock, is that 110-160% of the base value (10-60% actually stiffer), or is it starting at double the OEM value?
I've been looking for a solid front bar that has a fairly small range of adjustment, ~50% difference between softest and hardest, that has a softest setting fairly similar to stock. (Compared to revised bar, which you stated already).
Last question, does it only come in blue?
Tony: The 110-160% over stock, is that 110-160% of the base value (10-60% actually stiffer), or is it starting at double the OEM value?
I've been looking for a solid front bar that has a fairly small range of adjustment, ~50% difference between softest and hardest, that has a softest setting fairly similar to stock. (Compared to revised bar, which you stated already).
Last question, does it only come in blue?
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
#1581
#1582
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.
#1583
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:
#1585
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.
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.
#1586
#1588
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.
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.
#1589