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Old Oct 19, 2022 | 08:15 PM
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lowering my car

okay i got a 05 g35 sedan and want to lower it. i’ve watched a lot of videos and people say it causes problems with the car that your gonna need to throw money at. i want to lower it about and inch and a half and camber just the back or all. just want to turn heads when i’m driving and pick my little sister up from school and her be the cool kid with a cool brother.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2022 | 08:19 PM
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Well its just gonna give you more negative camber. U can try to get the camber back in spec by getting adjustable camber arms n stuff.

Or u can just drive it that way and have the insides of your tires wear out a little faster.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2022 | 08:23 PM
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so what your telling me is that ima have to get camber arms for my car no matter what? that’s what other people were saying then also new toe bolts. just trynna figure out what i need so i don’t gotta get new tires every month and then not have to get a new alignments
 
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Old Oct 19, 2022 | 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by tyler ingle
so what your telling me is that ima have to get camber arms for my car no matter what? that’s what other people were saying then also new toe bolts. just trynna figure out what i need so i don’t gotta get new tires every month and then not have to get a new alignments
It really depends on how much u drop it. The more u lower it, the more negative camber u will get. If its not too much or u dont really drive that many miles a year, u can probably leave it the way it is.

I dont like the negative camber look, so I tried to get mine as straight as I could after my drop.

 
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Old Oct 21, 2022 | 09:13 AM
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If you lower the car at all you will NEED a camber kit, there is no factory camber adjustment on the front of the car.

Rear will need adjustable camber arms and SPL/SPC toe bolts which allow for an extra degree of toe adjustment compared to the stock bolts.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2022 | 03:12 PM
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Cleric I'm surprised you didn't include your stock line:

"It's a luxury sports car. Luxury = $$. Sports car = $$."

Not much you can do with these cars is going to be cheap. Get a Honda for that.... Either way you go, OP, you're going to pay for suspension parts or you're going to pay for tires. You decide.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2022 | 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by cleric670
If you lower the car at all you will NEED a camber kit, there is no factory camber adjustment on the front of the car.

Rear will need adjustable camber arms and SPL/SPC toe bolts which allow for an extra degree of toe adjustment compared to the stock bolts.
my very low car I picked up doesn’t have adjustable arms 🤣. I don’t even want to know the specs, probably -4.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2022 | 10:52 PM
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To play devils advocate, plenty of people have just swapped stock 350z springs onto their sedans and had decent (certainly not great) tire wear. A younger me may have been one of those people.

OP, look up the 350z spring swap. It's a good affordable first step, and it'll give you enough experience to be confident in swapping for adjustable camber arms once you've saved up and/or found a used set.

 
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Old Oct 28, 2022 | 10:11 AM
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Just make sure they are the REVISED 350Z springs. Look up the color dot codes, I think mine were 2 pink dot fronts and 2 purple 1 red dot rears.
 
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