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Old Mar 6, 2010 | 11:04 PM
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Are these the springs for the 350z?? Do you rub any since u have no dampening??
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 12:27 AM
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for all of you with these super aggressive/stretched setups with crazy negative camber, i guess there's no such thing as getting an alignment then since it's kinda pointless?

You guys must go through tires like no tomorrow. Just curious, for those of you with slammed, super aggressive, negative camber, how do you make it up the alignment rack? my car isn't slammed but i can barely clear the ramp. I scraped when my car was going down the ramp, and they were using wood ramps to get my car up and down the rack too.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by nyckid
for all of you with these super aggressive/stretched setups with crazy negative camber, i guess there's no such thing as getting an alignment then since it's kinda pointless?

You guys must go through tires like no tomorrow. Just curious, for those of you with slammed, super aggressive, negative camber, how do you make it up the alignment rack? my car isn't slammed but i can barely clear the ramp. I scraped when my car was going down the ramp, and they were using wood ramps to get my car up and down the rack too.


not pointless at all, total opposite actually, with setups like these it's extremely important that all your various alignment settings are proper, not just camber but things like your Toe, and others as well.

I personally had a scary moment because my toe was so out of whack, and I was in the middle of a circly highway onramp and my VDC kicked in wheels locked up, I almost ended up in the bush.

and as far as getting alignment done, there are special alignment shops in my city that service race cars that are even lower than the cars in this thread, I assume it's no different in the city you live in
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 02:00 AM
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Originally Posted by nyckid
for all of you with these super aggressive/stretched setups with crazy negative camber, i guess there's no such thing as getting an alignment then since it's kinda pointless?

You guys must go through tires like no tomorrow. Just curious, for those of you with slammed, super aggressive, negative camber, how do you make it up the alignment rack? my car isn't slammed but i can barely clear the ramp. I scraped when my car was going down the ramp, and they were using wood ramps to get my car up and down the rack too.
exactly what adon said. plus most alignment shops ortire shops have "drive on" racks. which are actually flat level to the ground. the rack is recessed into the ground and you simply drive onto the rack so no ramp is needed
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 02:18 AM
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having -3.3 camber HAS lowered ur car more, more negative camber to a certain degree does lower your car more so that is one of the reasons why you are scraping, more positive camber will bring the car more upright

ok so you're out of options for fender work

so basically you want to keep your car "lowered" but don't want to scrape and don't want to add more positive camber, no fender work AND now you want to add a bigger tire which will essentially raise the car so once again.. go stock or deal with it

if you want a bigger tire then you will get closer to rubbing on your fender, at which point the options are more negative camber and/or fender work


here in cali there are plenty of bad roads, construction and speedbumps.. how do people deal with being low? they avoid those streets and those problem areas but also utilize their fitment knowledge to their advantage

it's not for everyone because different people are in different situations, some can AFFORD to go low and some can't and if you HAVE to drive through those kind of conditions everyday and are scraping either deal with it(angle it) or go stock because getting bigger tires so you won't scrape anymore because you are lowered on springs defeats the purpose and is illogical
Well in that case I'll put on the 255/35/20 and see if I can decrease my camber a bit to raise the car a little.

The problem here is, there aren't too many alternate roads like in the US. They didn't think things through too well.

If I were to bring the camber around -3.00 would it make much of a difference in terms of ride height?

Also, will the scraping do any real damage to the car? Or just some cosmetic damage?

At the moment even angling it scrapes so I'm hoping with the new tires out back it should be better.

Thanks dre.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 02:31 AM
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Originally Posted by erklep
exactly what adon said. plus most alignment shops ortire shops have "drive on" racks. which are actually flat level to the ground. the rack is recessed into the ground and you simply drive onto the rack so no ramp is needed
Really? I don't know anyone here that has drive on racks, they all are ramps here from what i've seen. NTB, Firestone, etc. Even some of the performance shops that specializes in dropped cars are ramps.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 10:37 AM
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where are all the pix at??? not a single one on this page...Eurodre, rescue us...! LOL
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 10:49 AM
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Really? I don't know anyone here that has drive on racks, they all are ramps here from what i've seen. NTB, Firestone, etc. Even some of the performance shops that specializes in dropped cars are ramps.
Southwest alignment & Brake check on the northside have in ground alignment racks. This is in Houston of course.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 11:23 AM
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where are all the pix at??? not a single one on this page...Eurodre, rescue us...! LOL



some europoke just to get some peoples blood pressure up



this has GOT to be bags because if this man rides static i will buy him a beer and give him a high five






thats all for now folks!
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 11:40 AM
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haha, but the overall look is still clean
i got ya, just being a d1ck.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 11:43 AM
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whats new?
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 12:08 PM
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One of the hardest rides I've seen in a while.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by eurodre

this has GOT to be bags because if this man rides static i will buy him a beer and give him a high five


thats all for now folks!
gotta be bags. first pic he has minor rubber showing in the rear, second pic, he is tucking rim in the rear. soooo schexy though!
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 06:03 PM
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whats new?
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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