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Old May 6, 2015 | 10:56 PM
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Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe

So months back Swift had the opportunity to test a set of lowering springs for the all-wheel drive coupe. Leonard at Swift told me that they were sitting on his desk for a while but couldn’t find a test vehicle in order to put them in to production. They already had applications for all the other iterations of the Infiniti G but of course required an actual test vehicle.

Lowering my car was not actually on my mod list but the all-wheel drive coupe looks ridiculous with its stock right height. I am part of the Alberta G/Z Club and at meets people would call my car a 4x4! So I jumped on the opportunity to get some free springs. I did all the work myself and have had a lot of experience working on cars and of course everything was done extremely meticulously.

I tested two iterations of springs from Swift and I am always skeptical of lowering a vehicle as a lot of my friends have and the ride quality is absolute garbage. I have to say that the ride comfort is almost identical to stock. Certainly the handling and responsiveness of the steering around corners has definitely improved.

Numerous very careful measurements were done to arrive at the final lowered ride height. They are -33 mm front and -25 mm back.
I am extremely happy with the aesthetics, ride quality, cornering ability of the car. I enjoy driving my car as a long-distance cruiser and very aggressively as well (I am currently dealing with a blown cat because of this lol).

Previous do-it-yourself guides on this forum on installing springs do not talk about lining up the top strut support. This is an obvious omission and it very important aspect of the install. The factory service manual describes in detail and that was the guide I followed.

Please feel free to ask any questions.

Before and after picture are below.
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Old May 6, 2015 | 10:57 PM
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Before pictures:
Attached Thumbnails Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_4.jpg   Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_5.jpg   Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_6.jpg   Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_7.jpg  

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Old May 6, 2015 | 10:57 PM
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more before pictures
Attached Thumbnails Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_8.jpg   Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_9.jpg   Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_10.jpg  

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Old May 6, 2015 | 10:58 PM
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Attached Thumbnails Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_11.jpg   Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_12.jpg   Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_13.jpg   Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_14.jpg  

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Old May 6, 2015 | 10:58 PM
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Attached Thumbnails Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_15.jpg   Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_16.jpg   Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_17.jpg  

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Old May 6, 2015 | 11:08 PM
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sore more after pictures

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Attached Thumbnails Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_1.jpg   Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_2.jpg   Swift Sport Springs for the AWD Coupe-tn_3.jpg  
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Old May 6, 2015 | 11:27 PM
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Looks great! Thanks for taking the time to do this and help bring another Swift application to fruition.
Nice job w/ all the pics too.
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Old May 7, 2015 | 12:55 AM
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It's a subtle drop but looks so much better than stock for sure!
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Old May 7, 2015 | 05:05 AM
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Thanks for the review and all the before and after comparisons. It looks like it should've came from the factory at that height!
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Old May 7, 2015 | 10:34 AM
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That looks perfect! The drop is appropriate for a winter weather region. Thanks DrKay. I now feel confident ordering myself a set.
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Old May 7, 2015 | 11:18 AM
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If that damn camber kit wasn't out of my reach at the moment, I'd order a set myself! (sedan though)
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Old May 7, 2015 | 12:42 PM
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so with this drop being that it is slight were you able to get the car back into spec without the use of a camber kit?
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Old May 7, 2015 | 04:09 PM
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drkay Sent you a PM
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Old May 8, 2015 | 01:28 PM
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Wow! Looks great, can't wait to get a set
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Old May 8, 2015 | 04:37 PM
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Drkay, what are the size of your tires?
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