about 450 or so... I think.

 

From those pics, I know where you live.

 

May I ask why your tint was so much?

 

ceramic tint......not as dark but block out much more heat.

 

I thought the front still looks great, but a little lower with H&R (hard to tell). The backs look very close to me. I have a hard time believing their published numbers though because they use the same PN for 2006 and the heavier 2007. If they are correct, H&R and Eibach should be pretty much the same. H&R drop is 1.3fr/1.2rr, Eibach drop is 1.4fr/1.3rr. You bring up a very good point about the shocks/struts between the sport and journey. Has anyone checked with the Infiniti parts counter to see if they are actually different part numbers?

I'm also pretty certain that anyone lowering their 07 to these heights will have alignment issues.

 

is that your daughter in the last pic ??? ))

 

Are we speculating that the spring kits may produce different drops on Journey/Base models vs. Sport models?? This could really throw things off. I guess we could look at pics of my car vs. Hikos drops. Mine is Journey and his is Sport both lowered on H&R Springs. I think they look pretty similar?!?! As far as drop goes anyways...

My car measures approximately 26 3/8" to the highpoint in the fenderwells all the way around... maybe Hikos can check in with his measurements.

 

Looks good man.

I hope someone comes out with some springs that don't drop it quite as low though. Something like 1"front, .9 rear.

 

Response to me?

I had ceramic on my first A4 and I know it was under $250 for all windows except the windshield.

 

Yikes ... from the service manual, stock height on a journey is 28.11 in front and 27.83 in back. The calculated drop would be 1.74 in front and 1.46 in back. Of course this doesn't count as the measured drop because you are using those very cool aftermarket wheels/tires..

 

yea, it was in response to your question....

i havent checked prices for tint here in socal but ive read $130-180 for regular non ceramic tint. i havent heard any prices for ceramic.

hokie: measuring from the ground to the center of the fender isnt accurate. tire/wheel size (different brands of tires measure slightly differently even int he same size) and tire pressure all play a big part. from my experience, measuring from the center of the hub to the top of the fender is more accurate.

 

OK... I hadnt remeasured since I got the tire pressure set a little better. SO, from approximate center of the hub (obviously didnt remove wheels) I am at 13.5" front and 13.75" rear. I think, I did it really quick before leaving for work and tried to remember it until now, haha. How does that compare to your Eibach drop Terry?

 

Well, Actually measuring from the ground up is perfectly valid .... as long as all the variables are the the same. Heck, that's how it is specified in the service manual.

Anyway, the measurement from ground to highest point of fender arch on a G35S using Eibach springs and stock sport wheels/tires is 26-5/8 in front and 26-3/8 in back. This, in addition to more negative camber on the front of H&R equiped cars seems to indicate H&R does lower the front more. Some of you are going to jump in and notice that if you do the math, they don't add up Eibach's measurements.

The problem with the stock specs is that there is no tolerance given, so we can only take comparisons to the service manual as "rough". Even if mobileg35 provided ground to fender measurements, we can only judge relative drops. In addition ... the stock heights of the G35/ G35S / G35S-4WAS / G35x are all different adding to the confusion (I guess this shows there are actual differences in the suspension components between the different versions).

According the the engineers at Eibach, the best way to measure the actual drop is to measure before spring install and measure after spring install from the top of the rim to the top of the fender arch. This minimizes variations in the wheel, minimizes tape measure "errors", and the other errors acidrane mentioned as well.

 

yes thats her!

 

mine is on H&R too!!