Rochester's new G
02-08-2012, 07:27 PM
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Rochester, congrats on the new G and welcome to the club. Car looks great.
My opinion on the lowering is that it boils down to personal choice. Soem people do not mind the stock wheel gap, others outright hate it. I am kinda 50/50 on this, sometimes the wheel gap does not bother me and some other times I hate it.
Still, I am more inclined to spend money on installing Hotchskis sway bars for cornering performance rather than installing springs or coilovers for ride quality or wheel gap; cause the stock ride quality is just fine for me. Just my 2 cents.
My opinion on the lowering is that it boils down to personal choice. Soem people do not mind the stock wheel gap, others outright hate it. I am kinda 50/50 on this, sometimes the wheel gap does not bother me and some other times I hate it.
Still, I am more inclined to spend money on installing Hotchskis sway bars for cornering performance rather than installing springs or coilovers for ride quality or wheel gap; cause the stock ride quality is just fine for me. Just my 2 cents.
02-08-2012, 07:38 PM
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Thanks, thebals. You're absolutely right that ride height is personal preference. And when presented in that context, I don't have any issue.
OAN, as I get more and more used to the clutch and the gears, I've been experimenting with making a hard launch from a standing start. Yikes! It's pretty impressive. After winter moves on and these summer tires grab hold better, and my confidence grows, etc., I'm looking forward to playing without the traction control.
Anyway, liking this car more and more each day.
OAN, as I get more and more used to the clutch and the gears, I've been experimenting with making a hard launch from a standing start. Yikes! It's pretty impressive. After winter moves on and these summer tires grab hold better, and my confidence grows, etc., I'm looking forward to playing without the traction control.
Anyway, liking this car more and more each day.
02-08-2012, 09:30 PM
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Since you mentioned getting used to the clutch, remember to give the clutch mods a go. Easy to do and easy to reverse if you don't like one, the other or both.
I did both within a a couple months and love it this way.
DIY: Clutch Fix#1 - pedal travel - G35Driver
DIY: Clutch Fix #2 - Oh what a feeling
- G35Driver
I did both within a a couple months and love it this way.
DIY: Clutch Fix#1 - pedal travel - G35Driver
DIY: Clutch Fix #2 - Oh what a feeling
- G35Driver
02-08-2012, 10:28 PM
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Since you mentioned getting used to the clutch, remember to give the clutch mods a go. Easy to do and easy to reverse if you don't like one, the other or both.
I did both within a a couple months and love it this way.
DIY: Clutch Fix#1 - pedal travel - G35Driver
DIY: Clutch Fix #2 - Oh what a feeling - G35Driver
I did both within a a couple months and love it this way.
DIY: Clutch Fix#1 - pedal travel - G35Driver
DIY: Clutch Fix #2 - Oh what a feeling
- G35Driver
02-09-2012, 09:27 AM
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^ You can remove the spring (mod#2) without doing mod#1. In fact that's what I did. I drove without the spring for about a week before doing the 'pedal travel' mod.
02-09-2012, 11:46 AM
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Money better saved than spent!
02-16-2012, 09:45 PM
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Well... there are two of us at least. I'm in Irondequoit. The car is in the garage waiting for winter to end. Mostly because I'm too cheap to buy and mount snows for only a few more weeks.
02-17-2012, 10:15 AM
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Well... there are two of us at least. I'm in Irondequoit. The car is in the garage waiting for winter to end. Mostly because I'm too cheap to buy and mount snows for only a few more weeks.
Definitely get snows if you are going to drive around in the G in the winter. I got caught in a snowstorm as I was driving to get my snowtires, and had my Michelin Super Sports on....and it was one of my scariest driving experiences ever. No control whatsoever, going 5mph.
02-17-2012, 11:06 AM
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lowering the center of gravity does not translate directly to better handling. It's convenient to make that argument off-hand as part of a contributing rationale, but most people lower their cars because of a personal judgement that it's somehow an attractive look.
Go figure.
Go figure.
02-17-2012, 12:14 PM
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Like any mod, it all depends on the technique and the severity of the alteration. Too cheap or too much, and things get worse, not better. It's a simple truism that applies to a whole range of topics.
As for lowing the sedan, I don't care... because my G is perfect right where it is. The wheel gap is relatively uniform when the car is level, and that's where I want it.
I've spent the last few years over at Maxima.org, and there are yahoos over there cutting springs and rolling fenders with a baseball bat.
[youtube]S-BGIcRBPHM[/youtube]
As for lowing the sedan, I don't care... because my G is perfect right where it is. The wheel gap is relatively uniform when the car is level, and that's where I want it.
I've spent the last few years over at Maxima.org, and there are yahoos over there cutting springs and rolling fenders with a baseball bat.
[youtube]S-BGIcRBPHM[/youtube]