Sorry John...I mis-read your question.
I was at the auto body shop and was a bit distracted when I answered you.

This hasn't changed anything...I'm still considering on buying it out after the lease.
The damage is only scratches and small dents...the front spoiler lip and scratched wheel is going to be replaced, so no issues there.

I hope this answers your question.

 

I can echo the bad winter. The roads are atrocious. There are frost eaves and potholes virtually everywhere, avoiding them is virtually impossible. Its like a frogger swerving left and right.

I am not getting a few sounds from the front end like a bit of a clunk. Not sure if it is the sway or something else.

 

It does. I'm interested in seeing you active on the forum again, with mods that you might not do with a leased car.

Dents? Actual dents? Damn-n-n-n.

 

I will be more active once this depressing season has past and hopefully my financial situation improves too.

~and yes...DENTS! John...DeNtS!

 

wow brother really sorry to hear that. specially since i have seen that sexy front lip in person. I hope you are able to get everything fixed and at a reasonable cost. I'm glad I wasn't around boston this winter, otherwise I probably would have my car in the same or worse condition than yours right now.. stay in touch and shoot me a PM anytime

Carlos

 

Got Swifts installed today on my 37X today. Loving the drop! Alignment to follow next week.





Before:

 

yep I'm kinda over it to be honest. I want more of that OEM ride quality back

 

I got my 11 G37XS aligned today after my Swift Spring install. On the front the caster and camber are not adjustable from the factory. After the spring install my front camber is -1.75 deg and caster was + 5 deg. Toe was set to 1/32 in. In the rear the camber and toe is slightly adjustable from factory. Before the alignment the rear camber was ~ -2.25 deg on both sides, after adjusted it was -1.5 deg and toe was set at 1/16 in. I'm thinking of getting adjustable front arms to take some of the camber out. What has anyone else done? How much inner tire wear can I expect with this much front and rear camber? If you are near Portland Or I highly recommend the Line Up shop for any car alignments. That is their specialty and the have really cool old school equipment to dial in your ride.

 

Dropped my G37S 6MT on Swifts yesterday. It turned into a much bigger job than anticipated. The 19mm nut that holds the front struts in was a nightmare. Ended up breaking a bunch of stuff; breaker bar, socket, ratchet (don't buy Harbor Freight crap is the lesson there). Ended up needing a 24" 1/2 inch breaker bar with a 4 foot cheater pipe to get those damn things to break loose! WTF...

Anyway, I'm happy with the result. Rides as well as stock, and I like the drop. Now I need spacers for the stock wheels or pull the trigger on something else. Was researching fitment this morning, but that won't be for a while.

I'm just shy of 27" FTG at the rear, 27.25" at the front. Hopefully it settles a bit up front or I'll be using Rochester's droopy bum mod.

 

It's going to settle into the upper seats. Even after adding 3/8" poly spacers to the rear springs, both front and back measurements are between 26.6" - 26.9".

In any event, that looks real good in those photos right now. G'luck.

Honestly, I think every car is different, and there is no definitive this-will-happen-to-you scenario here.

 

Got my alignment done today, after about a week and a half of letting the springs settle.

Here are the results (stock camber adjustment only, no camber arms installed):
Front & rear toe within spec
Front camber at -1.3 & -1.5
Rear camber at -1.8

Not bad at all. I'm ready to take it up into the hills and give it a good thrashing.

 

Lucky SOB. Let's see where you are after another year.

That's exactly what I'm hoping to achieve after getting rear camber arms installed.

 

Thoughts on only installing the front springs? Any significant cons?
Hs anyone done this?

 

Did you ever get around to installing rear camber arms? I'm about to order a set of Swift's for my X I just cant decide if I need to order arms as well. How was the tire wear without the arms?

 

I had about 5000 miles on PSS with -2.0+ rear camber, without any uneven wear, and 7/16" of tread left from the original 10/16".

Rear camber arms are scheduled for install next week, along with Tein Basis coilovers.