a drop makes a world of difference. ride quality is definitely a little bit rougher than with stock springs & shocks, but it's easily liveable. i drive around my grandparents in the car and they do not mind. i also have hotchkis sways installed. the most annoying thing by far is the drone from by muffler:

Stock



Z springs all around + DIY custom painted OEM 17s





same setup but with custom painted, time-attacked coupe 19s





lastly, eibach z fronts (to drop me another inch in front), same z rears, same 19s

 

Your 2nd and 3rd pic with the painted OEM17s look like stock ride height?? What tyres were you running?

 

Yeah, it does, doesn't it....

 

Hey Calcl8 your car looks tuff!

 

shoot, i guess i lowered the car after i did the wheels. my bad!!
thank you!

 

hi i lowered my 2003 sedan with eibach sportline kit they will lower your ride a little more the 1" and it looks great i you want pics let me know
mariano33015@yahoo.es

 

^ Post up pics please

 

digging this up from the grave...

mike8684 is stock height on 20" wheels and from the pics it looks good imo...Just wish he would have posted one from the rear...

https://g35driver.com/forums/g35-sed...aint-shop.html

 

I raised my car by putting 225/60/17's all around--- by 5/8". The wheel takes up most of the room beneath the wheel well, I get good gas mileage (27-28mpg in hilly, highway terrain: 22-23 city), there is no rubbing with 4 adults riding, the ride is smoother than with the stock tires, it still corners nicely, and the car still looks classy, refined, sexy and fast.

IMHO, dropping the car (plus a good percentage of the mods listed by some G drivers) is an oversold, over-hyped, superfluous, impractical idea----- much like the latest "saggy pants" fashion, nose rings and head tattoos.

It appears that many of us have drank the Kool-Aid!

 

any pics?

 

+1 I'd really like to see your car Braintree

 

I DROPPED MY CAR ON 350z h-TECHS AND LOVED IT... IT WAS SOFTER THAN THE S-TECHS! I strongly recommend them!

 

yes, the G35 require a drop to look sharper, I am lowered on Eibach Prokit from a G35 Coupe. Surprisingly it is a little too low for me, plan to put stock back on.

 

Never thought to take pics of the car (I have a low obsession quotient).... it's just a car to me (although it gets a weekly bath, bi-monthly waxes with Colinate 845, weekly internal cleaning even to the point of a Lexol conditioning for the leather, and basically looks immacualte-- maybe I am a bit obsessed after all) not a Picasso, Donatello's David, or the ceiling of the Sisteen Chapel!!! Will post... just gotta take them when the weather clears a bit since all we're getting right now is cloudy days, freezing weather, rain and occasional snow.

 

to update this thread as my earlier posts were b4 I lowered per my sig.

Driver side b4 & after

passenger side b4 & after