Richmond/Henrico/Petersburg/Colonial Hgts G group
#7411
02-25-2011, 07:00 PM
#7412
02-25-2011, 07:21 PM
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Not trying to be a douche(though I am one) but I would reconsider the coilovers unless you're going to track the car. You can get the car lower than just doing springs but unless you get dual adjustable shocks you won't see a performance gain. Unless you just want the car slammed I wouldn't spend the extra time or money on them.
Everyone that has done springs with about 1" drop with front upper control arms, rear links and toe bolts has been happy with the ride. And they usually don't wear the tires any more than stock.just my $.02
Everyone that has done springs with about 1" drop with front upper control arms, rear links and toe bolts has been happy with the ride. And they usually don't wear the tires any more than stock.just my $.02
#7413
02-25-2011, 07:26 PM
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#7414
02-25-2011, 08:16 PM
Alright Im new to this car and am still trying to find out what most people go with and what not, so advice taken. What are the most popular springs used for a good drop and dd use. I went from an s2000 to this and I never even considered springs for it, most people go with coilovers on those.
Plus, im on 20" rims......20x9.5+17 255/30/20 and 20x10.5+17 285/30/20.
Some of the other guys go with Eibach prokit with just a little more of a drop. If you come out tomorrow then you can gauge what you like or dont.
#7415
02-25-2011, 09:18 PM
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#7416
02-25-2011, 10:54 PM
Alright Im new to this car and am still trying to find out what most people go with and what not, so advice taken. What are the most popular springs used for a good drop and dd use. I went from an s2000 to this and I never even considered springs for it, most people go with coilovers on those.
The front of a G has a coil over set up and when you install coilovers on a G the rear springs don't mount over the spring anyway. Coilovers follow the factory arrangement anyway. You can adjust the height of the car but as you do that you are changing how much the spring is compressed(it's height) and therefore changing it's static spring rate. So if you adjust too much you're taking the spring out of it's engineered compression/rebound rates from static height. So it may look and feel like it's wonderful but actually perform worse than stock.
And then if you adjust too much you're taking the shock out of it's "sweet spot" even if it is a DA. Chris Alston wrote a great deal about this in one of his set up books.
I know a guy who tracks a car with Eibach Sportlines with swaybars and it pulls better lap times and carries higher corner speeds than most Gs/Zs that have a ton of money in their set up.
WOW that was long winded.
#7418
02-26-2011, 08:33 AM
Hey guys whats going on. My name is Joe and I live in Henrico. I just got an 04 g35 yesterday in a trade. and i thought i'd introduce myself. Im always down to go to some meets and ill probably be on here more now 
heres what she looks like, all stock and terrible iphone picture
heres what she looks like, all stock and terrible iphone picture
always in the mood for something gruesom
#7425
02-26-2011, 05:54 PM