Sedan Chat Thread
He wants to raise his rear height... by what I'm guessing is a half-inch. I would, too, if I could do it for free, and my my rear Vossens wouldn't poke with the loss of neg camber.
Modding the car is all about compromise, and I suppose some people just really, really hate compromise.
Modding the car is all about compromise, and I suppose some people just really, really hate compromise.
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That noise on decel that sounds like a turbine winding down?
There was quite a bit of at-idle vibration after the install. So I removed the heavy rubber damper nubs that were attached to the mid-pipes, and the vibration all but went away (mostly). You don't have that option, because you don't have the OEM cat-back anymore, so IDK what to say, except maybe to put this cross-member back on, like we're talking about.
Have to come up with some creative way to weld bolts with bushings to match up with the original holes on the ends. Hmm. Anyway, here it is:
There was quite a bit of at-idle vibration after the install. So I removed the heavy rubber damper nubs that were attached to the mid-pipes, and the vibration all but went away (mostly). You don't have that option, because you don't have the OEM cat-back anymore, so IDK what to say, except maybe to put this cross-member back on, like we're talking about.
Have to come up with some creative way to weld bolts with bushings to match up with the original holes on the ends. Hmm. Anyway, here it is:
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My mechanic had a lot of good things to say about Tein when I had my exhaust installed (he is a authorized dealer for Tein). One of his key selling points was that if they were to break or get damaged they were very easy to repair or rebuild. I was really close to picking up a set but since I didn't really hear much about them on here or on the Facebook pages I decided to go with RSR when the time comes.
My 09 G37xS (AWD) Lowered on Tanabe - Droopy Bum fix too!(PICS) - G35Driver
Not at neutral when I was on RHFC with stock catback, and non with RHFC with ARK.
Lubed up my rear sway bar bushings with some green synthetic waterproof grease I picked up at Auto Zone. No more squeak 
Also noticed one of the exhaust mounts that bolts to a stud was missing a bolt. Fortunately I had a something to fit in my collection-of-miscellaneous-nuts-and bolts-collection. And that, boys and girls, is why it is probably a good idea to double check all the hardware a few hundred miles after installing a cat-back
While I was at it, I dialed in another turn, front and rear, for the Konis. This takes me to 3 sweeps from full soft for the front and rear. Surprisingly, the PSS seem to have softer sidewalls than the Potenza S04s, so I wanted to stiffen things up
Also noticed one of the exhaust mounts that bolts to a stud was missing a bolt. Fortunately I had a something to fit in my collection-of-miscellaneous-nuts-and bolts-collection. And that, boys and girls, is why it is probably a good idea to double check all the hardware a few hundred miles after installing a cat-back
While I was at it, I dialed in another turn, front and rear, for the Konis. This takes me to 3 sweeps from full soft for the front and rear. Surprisingly, the PSS seem to have softer sidewalls than the Potenza S04s, so I wanted to stiffen things up
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Bought set of wheels with 245/45/19 tires, still have decent tread so I'd like to try to get a year or two out of them (drive <5000mi/yr). Calc says 3.6% increase in overall dia. which will throw off speedometer (slow) & odometer (short) readings. Anything else I should be concerned about??
And looks are subjective but not entirely hating a little extra meat around the wheel
And looks are subjective but not entirely hating a little extra meat around the wheel
Bought set of wheels with 245/45/19 tires, still have decent tread so I'd like to try to get a year or two out of them (drive <5000mi/yr). Calc says 3.6% increase in overall dia. which will throw off speedometer (slow) & odometer (short) readings. Anything else I should be concerned about?? And looks are subjective but not entirely hating a little extra meat around the wheel
Lubed up my rear sway bar bushings with some green synthetic waterproof grease I picked up at Auto Zone. No more squeak
Also noticed one of the exhaust mounts that bolts to a stud was missing a bolt. Fortunately I had a something to fit in my collection-of-miscellaneous-nuts-and bolts-collection. And that, boys and girls, is why it is probably a good idea to double check all the hardware a few hundred miles after installing a cat-back
While I was at it, I dialed in another turn, front and rear, for the Konis. This takes me to 3 sweeps from full soft for the front and rear. Surprisingly, the PSS seem to have softer sidewalls than the Potenza S04s, so I wanted to stiffen things up
Also noticed one of the exhaust mounts that bolts to a stud was missing a bolt. Fortunately I had a something to fit in my collection-of-miscellaneous-nuts-and bolts-collection. And that, boys and girls, is why it is probably a good idea to double check all the hardware a few hundred miles after installing a cat-back
While I was at it, I dialed in another turn, front and rear, for the Konis. This takes me to 3 sweeps from full soft for the front and rear. Surprisingly, the PSS seem to have softer sidewalls than the Potenza S04s, so I wanted to stiffen things up
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Lego, how did you adjust the rears without dropping the struts? I REALLY, REALLY want to stiffen up the rears. Since it's been some time since I've done mine, turning the screw on the top of the fronts all the way to the left is full soft, correct? Thank you in advance, sir!
I had made sure to mount the rears with the window facing out. Jacked up each side individually, took off the wheel, and squeezed my hand up in with an allen wrench and got them turned.
It would have probably been easier to drop the shocks. They are only held in by 3 bolts, and the two at the top are like 10mm. If I do it again, I'll just drop them.
The adjustment **** should have the firm direction on it.
