I have the RSR springs for the 350Z on my G35 Coupe currently. I am going to be installing the Tokico D spec shocks very soon. I was wondering what settings are you using on your shocks? I have about 150lbs worth of stereo equipment in the rear as well, so i'm not sure where to keep the settings.

I want to achieve a ride slightly firmer than stock, but most importantly keep the car handling as neutral as possible.

Also, should i get the Tokicos for the g35 coupe or the 350Z? I'm wondering if there is any difference. I'm thinking i will go with the 350Z shocks since i have the 350Z springs on the car. Should i not?

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

Since your running 350Z springs the 350Z D-Specs would be a good idea. The 350Z D-Specs are a bit shorter than the ones for the G35. As for the adjustments no one can really tell you exactly where you need to be. My suggestion is start all 4 shocks in the middle. Then start adjusting from there as you see fit.

 

Im hearing people saying to try 4 turns from full hard as your initial setup.
Tokico recommends 5 turns from full hard. You might want to do 5 turns
while you break-in the struts and go a turn or two stiffer.

Im getting mine in a few days ( yeah!! ) and will be installed probably
next Wed or Thurs night..if I don't have to travel for business. Im going
to set mine 5 turn front 4 turns rear on my lowering springs for break-in
and go stiffer if needs be.

 

Since i have a system in the rear, should i keep the settings in the rear firmer than the setting up front? Or would that not matter...

 

You might want to, but the reason why I am setting the rear firmer is to
get more over-steer bias so that I can make the rear of the car turn
even better...

 

go with the 350z tokico shocks. i had the 350z suspension on before and left the springs on. i had four turns from full hard and the ride has improved greatly. as for having the rear set on a stiffer setting, i think they may be a good idea. going over speed bumps, i could feel a difference in the stiffness between the tokico rear shocks on the 350z set up. if you got the 350z tokicos try setting the rears to 2 or 3 turns from full hard and see how that works for u

matt

 

Thanks for the help. I think i will go ahead and get the 350Z shocks then. Seems like there is no real harm in doing so, therefore i might as well.

I'll try the settings you have suggested. I'm thinking i'll start with 4 turns from full hard up front and 3 turns from full hard out back. We'll see how that goes.

 

That's the same setup I have. I have the G35 version of the DSpec shocks though. I ran 4 turns from full hard in the front and 3 in the rear at first but it was a bit too stiff. I had now have the rears on 3.5 which makes a slight difference but I like how the way it handles now. Understeer has reduced. I too have about 100 lbs of stereo equipment in the rear...2 amps, steel amp rack, wood floor...

 

Now would that be 4 full turns out of a possible 8 in the front and 3.5 out of a possible 8 in the rear? Or would it be out of a possible 16?

I'm assuming that there are 8 "full" turns and 8 "half" turns that can be made, hence the 16 way adjustable settings. Would that be correct?

 

Dumb question maybe but what if you use the 350 Z RSR springs with the stock shocks? At what lowering point do you need to switch to shorter shocks?

 

That's a greay area, one that will be clouded by the rational of not wanting to spend the money for new shocks, which will alway's hold some people back in making the best choice's when it comes to their suspension. That being said, I think it becomes a good idea on a sedan when dropped 1". Past that and it becomes more important. I noticed that even with the linear oem 350Z springs on the car and with the oem sport shocks when I did a short test, their was a grease ring very high on the front piston shaft, telling me the shocks likely were quite close to bottoming out internally. And that was only with a weeks worth of driving, in town no less.

What I do not know is how tall coupe oem shocks are, I don't know if they are the same height as the sedan shocks or if they are 3/4" shorter like the oem 350Z shocks.

 

I would set them to full stiff, then back off 4 turns. This plus the fact that the springs are 10% stiffer in the front and 22% stiffer in the rear, should give you a firmer ride quality. Since the rear springs increase spring stiffness more then they do in the front, I could see upping the rear shock stiffness, if a ride and drive tells you that's a good idea. You could also pop the hood and drop the fronts to 5 turn's off of full stiff and test.