Exactly. It's much easier to spend less and go for a subtle drop rather than spend big and be stuck with too much of a drop and risk the chance of scraping or worse damaging something. Do you have any issues with camber? Any idea on spring degradation in relation to miles?

I know it depends on where the car traveled but ideally I'd like to find springs with not too many miles on them,

 

My rear camber is very slightly out of spec. I really thought it could be adjusted out with the stock arms, but my alignment shop said there was no adjustment. I may take it somewhere else for a second opinion.

As far as spring life goes, I think they last for quite a while under normal conditions. I think the pairs I bought both had around 20k, but that was just an estimate.

 

keep us posted on this. having same issue. i raised the car a bit which solved the problem but i would like to have it lower.

 

If you don't get a camber kit, how badly will it affect tire wear? I'm also hesitant to run staggered wheels. It's much easier to source 4 rays wheels rather than asking people to split fronts/rears. But then I can only rotate side to side rather than around all 4 corners.

 

you can get away with no kit up front but you would need the kit in the back. they are not that expensive.

 

With which rear springs? You can probably get away without a camber kit in the rear with the sedan sports, but it's right on the edge. Like I mentioned before, I've read multiple sources that say there is a very small amount of adjustment in the stock arms so I really thought the shop would be able to get them back into spec. I didn't get a spec sheet printout from the alignment shop, but I think he said the rear was between 1.5-1.75 degrees of negative camber. This is obviously out of spec, but not horrible. He also straightened out the toe which eats up your tires faster than camber.

I haven't installed a rear kit yet, but I may eventually. You can get one for less than $200 and install it yourself. I'm going on a roadtrip down to Houston next week so I'll check the tires when I get back to see if there is any noticeable wear.

As far as the staggered Rays go, you may be able to buy a set and trade out the rears for somebody's fronts or the other way around. I also prefer to have the same size wheels all around so I can rotate them however I want to. Rotating them side to side wouldn't really accomplish anything so you would have to remove the tires and switch them to different wheels (assuming you get the same size tire all around).

 

^best way to do it. Buy one FULL set and wait for someone who wants to trade or buy. I bought a set and then bought one rear and waited another 3-4 months and picked up my 2nd rear to make a complete rear set.

as to how long can you go with a kit.... i killed the rear tires in about 7k miles.
Get the rear for sure and see about the front camber, toe is adjustable in the front.

 

With which springs?

 

Could i put a sport coupe suspension in that includes springs shocks and struts?

 

springs and rear shocks only. Fronts don't fit. Its been said thousands of times in the thread alone.

 

Thankyou thats the answer i was looking for.

sorry i didnt want to sort through 109 pages to find that answer

 

2006 G35x
18x8.5 Rota SVN 245/45/18 35mm offset

I put 2005 G35 coupe front springs on my stock shocks. The rears are completely stock.

Before drop: 28.5"
After drop: 28"

I've put 2000miles on them. Similar ride quality to stock. No alignment issues.

 

2006 G35x blk/blk/abc/nav/nismo got the car brand new on oct 2006, and 2 weeks ago I went into reverse and my front tires locked up. Look what happened to my front shaft assembly ! omfg




^ Other end of Shaft assembly - Funny how thats fine....








^Whole nissan part, can't replace just one part
<br>
$1,027.00 to fix, AND
it gets better
the shaft damaged the outside of the transfer case, (still works tho for now) and the metal assembly broke a small hole in the bottom of the engine block in the dead space area. they sealed it with silicon, just can't blv this crap... what now

 

Okay guys.
Next on my list is a drop. I've been reading this thread for a while now, and still am not exactly sure on this tho. So help is some direct help is really appreciated.

I think I'm set on getting the BC racing coilovers, but need some help on exactly what I'll need to do. Right now I'm riding extremely high I feel like so I want a pretty good drop. My main question is about camber kits. I want to know if it is really necessary. I want to keep it drivable, don't need to completely slammed but the smaller my wheel gap can be the better. What would happen if i don't get the camber kits. How low could I go without causing problems or ruining my tires ever 5k miles. What benifits would the camber kits do? Exactly what is their purpose other then changing the angle of the wheels?

Pretty much, I just wanna know what you guys suggest. Can I drop the car on the bc's without camber kits or am I gonna ruin into issues.

Thanks alot for any information on this,
Alex

 

get the coilover $1000, get the rear camber/toe kit from SPC $200 and then get an alignment $100 and you will have no worries if you just lower the car a little bit. Your fronts are not going to wear out that much since toe can be adjusted already. Rotate often and your good.

benefits of camber kit is exactly what you said, you DONT ruin your tires every 5k if you have them. $200< pair of tires every 5k