Ok.... I have Rev 1 of the bracket now, but it's going to be another week or two before I can do the install. So to help some of you to better understand what I'm doing, here are some photos of the Rear 370Z NISMO Damper w/Forward Braces and my Rev 1 Bracket all bolted together.

 

Well.... I was able to do the install!!!
Here's the original Cross Brace (top) that was removed and the NISMO Cross Brace/Damper/Angle Braces.
Here's my Offset Bracket mounted where the original Cross Brace mounts.
I used the original bolts from the OEM Cross Bracket to mount it to the body.


I made accommodations in my Offset Bracket to attach the wiring harness, as the original harness mounting points were covered by my bracket.
Here's the Cross Bracket & Damper in place (as seen from right rear wheel area).
I use M8x60 Bolts, Finder Washers & Nyloc Nuts. The reason for the M8s is the Forward Angle Braces will not accept anything larger and by bracket was designed with the holes (slots) based on the size of the holes in the NISMO Cross Brace.
You can also see the Forward Braces going over the exhaust and under the Diff.

Here's the forward right side mount for the Angle Brackets. The bracket that it mounts to already has M8x1.25 Nuts welded in from the factory. I chased the threads to clean them out and use M8x50 bolts.

 

Here's some photos of the bracket prior to wielding....

 

I don't know squat about this kind of fabrication, but damn if that doesn't look like professional work.

 

Anyone know if this bracket is spot welded or completely welded? Hoping spot welded so I can drill it out and reweld it.

 

By the images in the 2nd post, it "appears" to be spot welded.

 

I'ven been trying to install the Cradle Braces for my coupe but can't seem to remove these nuts. what's the torque spec on these nuts?

 

I have absolutely no idea. However, torque specs are always indicated in the FSM diagrams. Find this in the FSM, and you'll find your answer.

 

1 million foot pounds of torque. Have fun with that.
All G/Z suspension bolts are torqued to scream due it being a "sports car" despite any trim.
I learned that with a couple of them. 1/2 bar with a cheater pipe will be your friend.

 

Purchased a set on Ebay and got these installed.

081B7-0455M is a thru bolt and can be subbed for any Class 10 M10 50mm Long Bolt. I used what I could find at Ace hardware, an M10x1.5 50mm Long Bolt with 2x Washers and Class 10 M10x1.5 Nut(per side). For the bracket side an oversized OD washer would be beneficial but not required.

11298-CA015 is an M10x1.25 bolt, I used an extra trans mount bolts that I had leftover from the Junkyard that fit. But a bolt that is at least 25mm long is good.30mm will work as well as the cavity is pretty deep.

You can get all the hardware for <$10.

Thanks Modme for this info!

 

9 years ago I wrote that I bought the hardware listed at the top of the thread, so yes.

All these years later, and I'm still wondering why the RWD G doesn't have this bracing, when the AWD (and Vert) does.

Whatever the reason, it's a straight-forward, bolt-on mod. Have at it, Zack.

 

Sorry for commenting, i ended up reading down further and saw you mentioned it was correct and deleted my post. wish i bought these back then. The brackets themselves have gone up a lot in cost.

 

Not to be the proverbial "dead horse" but looks like these come on the 370Zs, sadly I should have also done this 10 years ago as they are no $120 each for the brace.

 

I bought them used on eBay and sprayed them, far cheaper. I think I paid $60 for both and they made a noticeable difference.

 

I didn't realize how much different the coupe and sedan rear was until someone tried to install the 370z nismo rear chassis damper on a sedan. The examples in this thread were on a sedan and the bracket used only works on a sedan.
Credits to Ron Chinner on facebook. He machined the bracket for the sedan and made it work on his car. I bought the same bracket and hopes to install it soon.
Picture credit to him also.