spring/ winter setup.. since me and buckeye are typically hit with a lot of snow.

It makes sense to least swap out springs since it only takes 30 mins.


I think the coupe springs will not drop you an inch like most stated. I measure mines out with full Z everything and its about 1 inch all around.
Whenever these coilovers come out, if they are sub $1000 i'll most likely grab them because i am not completely happy with the fronts.

i really love my wheel setup. sadly i had 3 people in the rear on it rubbed so bad today. i'm going with coupes springs in the rear in hopes of the rubbing to be gone otherwise i might need to run something else.
orginally i bought this off a Z owner who ran michelin pilot sports 235/40 265/40, i kept the rears and ran a 225/45 goodyear f1 and that pissed off the car with the AWD light on, i found a cheap set of 235/45 in eagle RS-A or eagle LS tires so i'm running those. Only reason why i did that was because my 265's had about 50% thread and should be good till end of summer or next summer. So then i can get new tires. I love the wheels sitting flush. I'll take some much needed pictures and post them in the X suspension thread.

orginally i thought the drop was 1.5 inches on the X ~> Z springs. but honestly it was more of 1.0 over all. maybe 1.25 at the MOST but not 1.5 at all. I measured at 3 places so i'm not wrong on this, wheel gap, fender to ground and fender to center cap. all showed just near an inch. but this inch drop is VERY noticable, i did a 1.25 inch drop on my 4th gen maxima and you cant even tell. this one you look and can tell its lowered, not SLAMMED but lowered.

 

For X's the drop on Z springs is 1.5" for rwd's the Z springs drop it 1". The x's are .5"s higher to begin with...but in the end it leaves us at same lowered height..

 

Well, I know that's what the "book" says, but I'll trust Turtle's numbers since he actually has an X and measured it. But I'm probably not going to do the Z/Coupe drop. I might do Coupe all around or go even milder with Sedan Sports in the back and the Coupes in the front. I don't mind the tire gap too much, and I do get a lot of snow in the winter.

Turtle, what size tires are you going to run when you replace the 265's? You could easily do the 225/45F, 255/40R setup. Otherwise it's 235/45's all around, and the tire selection in that size is pretty limited (I've got a list if you want it).

 

no sure about the tires.

I just bought the coupe springs for the rear and they SHOULD be going in tomorrow. i'll get measurements now ( with the full Z setup ) and then the coupe setup.