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With the cruising thing, I just meant that the effect of cruising will be much less pronounced than accelerating from say, a stop light to cruising speed.
I gotcha. I guess I should be more accurate in case anyone else reads any of this. The tyres are always resisting motion...so they're always decelerating the car to some extent (rolling resistance). When coasting/cruising, generally, they will just toe whichever way is easiest. Scrub radius is a "lever" that either pulls them inward or pushes them outward.
I love how they ride. I feel bumps and dips in the road more, but I like it because the stock sport springs weren't stiff enough for my tastes. You should go for it! If you don't like them, you can always resell pretty easily!
The black nismos or the normal 370z springs are gonna be softer and may drop the car more since our cars are heavier, but I'm not sure because the red nismo supposedly drops it like 0.4"~ over the normal 370z springs. So maybe it would be about the same ride height on our G's.
I tried an experiment to find out the Sedan's OEM rates (the ones you have listed are for a coupe)...but I would need a spring with a known linear rate to figure it out. Unfortunately, Swifts have dead coils....so its not possible to do the experiment with those.
Maybe I'll enlist the help of someone with coilovers.
The procedure requires one to either be skinny or have access to an alignment rack.
This is what the guy said "T&L, are the OE spring rates you list initially of 8.5F, 8.2R Kg for the G37 coupe or the G37 coupe "S" model? What model year? I measured my 2010 G37 S sedan springs at 8.4F, 7.8R Thanks, Thomas"
So my buddies installed OEM base 370z springs and shock combo on their's and I believe I'm sold on it.
Maybe a spacer for the rear springs for my taste. Ride quality is well STOCK which is great being that it's now lowered.
Looks pretty good!! If you plan to use the same spacers as I did, just note that they don't raise it up as much as I expected them to after everything settled. It takes a few days of driving on them to settle down fully.
I think the smaller spacer that I used on the driver's side raised it up by maybe 1/8 - 3/16" and the spacer on the passenger side raised it 3/16 - 1/4". Keep in mind if you use that orange spacer, you'll have to trim the spacer and isolator a bit to get it to fit inside the isolator. But it turned out great nonetheless. I was just hoping for another 1/4" or so. Both sides are even now at least. I know some people have complained that one side sits lower than the other sometimes.
Looks pretty good!! If you plan to use the same spacers as I did, just note that they don't raise it up as much as I expected them to after everything settled. It takes a few days of driving on them to settle down fully.
I think the smaller spacer that I used on the driver's side raised it up by maybe 1/8 - 3/16" and the spacer on the passenger side raised it 3/16 - 1/4". Keep in mind if you use that orange spacer, you'll have to trim the spacer and isolator a bit to get it to fit inside the isolator. But it turned out great nonetheless. I was just hoping for another 1/4" or so. Both sides are even now at least. I know some people have complained that one side sits lower than the other sometimes.
Based on what I see I would like to try the Base suspension and see how it reacts. Im optimistic that It'll provide the look I'm looking for which is more comfort with a decent drop.
01-21-2021, 05:58 PM
