Drop in Progress

Old Mar 25, 2011 | 12:27 AM
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Yeah I hear you Jason, he told me he would get me "taken care of" but I just got tired of waited and just did it.

I am happy that I did too. I will PM you what I am thinking for the wheels and can take some pictures over the weekend if you are interested.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 07:37 AM
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Post some pictures with it on the car at least, so we can "ooh" and "aah" at it before you go all conservative on us.



j/k, but do please post some photos.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 08:12 AM
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haha I will be sure to post up some pics just waiting on the spacer to come in for the front wheels. I am going to at least wait until I get my alignment next week before I make my final choice about selling or not. Really don't want to sell as I love the design of the wheels and of course inexpensive forged Rays.

Maybe if I play around with the camber a little more it won't be as bad..
 
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 10:46 AM
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Couple teaser shots before I get everything complete. Enjoy!


 
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 12:23 AM
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I am subscribed and waiting with baited breath to see how this turns out.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 02:05 PM
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Five day update:

I wanted to hold off a little while about my impressions on the new setup until I was able to put some more miles on them. I also drove through some less then wonderful roads this morning so I got a good feel of the comfort levels.

To start I can only compare this to the Stock setup vs. Eibach/Tokico HP because they were installed together. As some of you may know I was very worried about bouncing with the springs. Honestly, I believe that with the Tokicos it is just as stable or a little bit better then stock. In the corners it feels more balanced and flat, keep in mind I haven't done any track driving so I can't give the impressions off the street. However I would expect coils to outperform in that type of setting.

When it comes to comfort.. yeah of course the ride is a lot firmer and you hear more road noise. On normal roads to me a least it doesn't feel much different then stock. I have to say that I was very pleased and surprised about that I was expecting it to ride much harder. However when the roads start to get a little rocky I can feel a big difference over stock, it is less forgiving and it shows.

Overall, I am very satisfied with my choice of the Eibach springs and the Tokico HPs. When it comes to price, performance, and looks I don't think you can go wrong with this combo.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 02:11 PM
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looks good dude!
 
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 02:24 PM
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Looks really nice, if i ever get a 2nd gen PG will be my only choice.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 03:19 PM
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Thanks guys..

I just put up the 370z Rays for sale if anyone is interested.

https://g35driver.com/forums/19-inch...ml#post5771525

They are just too aggressive for my taste but I am sure someone would love to snag them right up.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 03:22 PM
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what u planning to get for a new setup!
 
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 04:02 PM
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I will let you guys know as soon as I pick something up. I think I have a deal going but who knows what will happen from now until then.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 04:05 PM
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i am in the market for some wheels so if you know of a good local dealer, lemme know homie
 
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 09:14 AM
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Looking for some advice from you offset experts. I am looking at a non-staggered set of wheels which are 8.5 +22 but I am concerned they will be just as aggressive as the 370z Rays that I am selling.

The front I am not worried about too much but the rear of the 370z is...

19x10 +30 and the new wheel is 19x8.5 +22

according to this http://www.1010tires.com/wheeloffsetcalculator.asp I should have 11mm more room on the outside.

Do you guys think this should be enough to keep my wheel inside the fender if I reduce my rear camber from -2.75 to something like -2.0

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 12:17 PM
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Hey Mike,

You should be able to run those offsets no problem. Just get smaller tires. Your best bet is to go with 245/35/19's.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 12:35 PM
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Thanks again Jason, you have helped me out quite a bit with all this drop/wheel process.

Also the only guy on here to knows what I am planning as well.
 
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