ZOSTER33

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[QUOTE=vmastros;3426869]Your ride looks pretty good. I'm jealous.

Thanks a lot!

rpm&my_G35

Technically speaking, yes. If you want to be completely within spec then you will need camber kits such as the SPC/Eibach parts. If you search you will find plenty of opinions.
I don't have any and am just within spec except for the front camber which is way over.
A forum friend of mine has the same setup as I, and after two seasons he has no unusual or rapid tire wear.
If you go any lower than what an Eibach Pro-kit provides, then you should most definitely invest in camber kits.

The left image is my alignment and the right is my friends. Note his is a 2008 G35S 6MT so the springs where a little bit different than mine.

(Zoster - Sorry for going off-topic. Just trying to help the guy out. Maybe these would be useful to a few)

ZOSTER33

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(Zoster - Sorry for going off-topic. Just trying to help the guy out. Maybe these would be useful to a few)[/QUOTE]

Not a problem thats why I started this thread, to help others like myself. I will be getting a wheel alignment tomorrow and I will post results afterwards.

Thanks for the help and info!

rpm&my_G35

Something I noticed in your post #34 you said "The drop was about 1.25" in front and 1.50" in the rear."

It's the other way around. 1.5" front and 1.2" rear.

ZOSTER33

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Yea you're right...according to the Eibach website but to me it seemed like I went lower in the rear than up in front...

rpm&my_G35

The car initially has much more wheel gap in the front than the rear. This is why they design the springs to lower the front by 1.5" and lower the rear by 1.2". It levels out the car and evens out the wheel gap to give it a better overall look.

ZOSTER33

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Here's my first wheel alignment after installing new wheels! He said the camber needed adjusting but that IHO I didn't need to go out and spend money on a camber kit because it wasn't off by much? What do you guys think?







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botlfed98

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your car looks 10x lower on the side shot than it does from behind.

ZOSTER33

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LOL...yea they had to lift it from underneath for the lasers to shoot across to one another.

rpm&my_G35

Looking at the alignment sheet you provided, some things don't make sense, unless I'm reading it wrong. Based on my experience with the prokit, many of those initial and final numbers do not make much sense.
Front toe and castor should still be close to spec but no way should front camber be close to spec without the use of adjustable camber arms.
The same goes for the rear toe but the camber can be just within spec.

Edit: How low had the springs settled before you did the alignment? It looks low enough.

Am I misreading the numbers?

ZOSTER33

iTrader: (7)

It been just shy of 1 month since the install and to be honey with you I don't know anything about those numbers on that sheet?
Do you think I should take it to a different shop to see what they come up with?
I still have to measure the ride height for you but I can't find my tape measure...lol

rpm&my_G35

Did you ever find that tape measure? lol

ZOSTER33

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NO.....

But I do have a tape measure here at work. You need me to measure the height for you?

rpm&my_G35

No not really. I was just curious how much it finally settled for you since we have such similar cars.

Are you enjoying the ride with it lowered and on 20's?
I really enjoy the improvement in appearance and handling and find that I haven't had to drive more couscous/evasive on the roads where I live.

1SMOKEYG

Zoster or anyone else with the Eibach PK----

I'm kind of curious to know what your ride height is (from the ground to the center of the wheel well). I just lowered my G on Tanabe coils and I had to adjust the front b/c it was just too low.

front: roughly 27 inches from the ground to the center of the wheel well
Rear: approx. 26 7/8

Just looking for a comparison...