Wow! What a difference!!
I'm still running Eibach springs, but had the Koni dampers installed at Lou's place (Amplified Motorsport). Yeah, I got lazy, but Lou has given me great deals, and his labor rates are more than reasonable!!

First thing I noticed was a more polite compression, still stiff, but it felt like a much smoother stroke.
Rebound is another story, gone is the jarring rebounding from bumps, the pitchyness on corners is all but gone. On a rough road high speed corner, the tail wont kick out as before, the damper is leaving a lot of weight on the tires, not a jerky rebound.
Ride comfort has greatly improved, especially on the truck lanes, where the highway has been washboarded. I dont feel like a Honda with cut springs anymore.

Lou's installer said it felt a little soft compared to the 370Z install he did, but my opinion, is that it still has a "luxury sports car" ride.
Besides the Z had Swift springs, which are a higher rate. The G has 75 Lbs more weight at each corner than the Z

Im going to give it a couple of weeks, maybe switch to Swifts, as Lou tells me the Swift rate are stiffer, but the ride doesnt suffer.


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Eibachs with modified spring perch, Koni shocks, and Hotchkis sway bars!!!

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wow very nice. now if only the front was a little lower id be all over this set up

 

I think the Swift springs are a tad lower.

This was a 1.2" drop both front and rear

Im Ok with this, as I still have some suspension travel left!

 

looking amazing

 

Nice I can only hope they make this for awd one day.

 

Not sure what hey will do, the coupe shocks were developed for the Z. approved for the G Coupe after pestering them to test it!!

 

Great review Pat

 

nice! I always wanted to try a similar setup but the arguement of "spend a bit more and get coilovers" always won me over. maybe some day... haha

 

I'm waiting to get these until my stock shocks die...hopefully soon lol. Thanks for the review. I've got my swift springs waiting for on order and I'm totally looking forward to this combo someday.

 

If your getting Swifts, you might as well spend the money on dampers!!





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How much damping did you adjust for to start out with? I don't think you will need much. with the Koni Sport inserts I've used in the past, a half turn was all it took.

 

When I spoke with the Koni engineer, he left the test car at 1/2 turn out of 2.
As he felt that was enough for a "Sporty" ride.

I took mine to 1 full turn out of 2. Any more would be too much for my taste.
As a matter of fact, every Koni I've ever installed starting with the Reds in 1978, was half way!!

Thanks for asking, I forgot to mention it in the OP.

 

You mentioned a modified spring perch. What do you mean?

 

Dropping the extra 1/2" that Eibach doesnt provide!!
So I'm now lowered equally 1.25" both front and rear!

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Does not affect anything but height.

 

Clean drop! Defenetly better then stock. Great review for those w springs! Grab some konis lol.