Seems a bit overpriced, at least in NY. Installations and adjustment is usually 150-200 plus 100-125 for an alignment.

 

Coilover install
Height adjustment
And then alignment

For 475, is over priced?

 

Height adjustment all by itself is an afternoon of d1cking around. Tweak things 3 or 4 times in one day, and the whole day will be over before you know it.

Alignment can be $100 to $150... I think $475 is fair to maybe a little high. However, if it's a trusted shop with skills, it's totally fair, IMO.

 

Hold up, haha. I think he meant Coilover install, height adjustment, and then alignment

 

Yeah, I know. I don't get what you're pitching Gregor. Point is, the shop is itemizing everything as a one-stop process, and time is money when you're constantly removing wheels and turning coils. STownSaint, at the end of the day, $475 is fine, but it should probably span a number of days.

1. Tell the shop approximately where you want the height floor to fender, in comparison to where you are right now, and that's where they'll try and hit it first shot.

2. Assuming they're pretty good at eyeballing toe after the suspension install, drive the car around for a couple days, take a bunch of measurements flat & level one each corner, then bring it back to have them tweak the height. At this point they'll be counting threads on the collars in order to accommodate your changes.

3. Then you drive it around for another few days, and come back for an alignment.

No camber arms? Once they bring toe in spec, if camber is whacked then you're looking at more parts, more labor, and another alignment. It can be a heck of a slippery slope, buddy.

 

Thanks for everyone's feedback!

First time doing suspensions mods, so a bit apprehensive, but pretty much ready to pull the trigger.

FWIW not really looking to lower the ride height too much, any tips on floor to fender measurements? Have 245/40/19 all around if it matters. And thanks again

 

Stown, I was at 25.75" dumped on B&G springs, this was too low for my preference, made driving stressful when the roads got bad or speed bumps, inclines etc came into play. I'm at 26.25 all around now and it's MUCH easier for a daily, this is zero fender gap. I like the zero gap look, but if you don't mind a bit of space in there I'd shoot for a 26.5 to 26.75 to the fender, I think that range will still look great and make your drive pretty uneventful.

FWIW, if you have time available I'd try the DIY install, that way you'll fully understand what needs to be done to make adjustments to your ride height and you'll get to know that aspect of your car much better. But if you don't that price seems reasonable (as long as it's a shop that does this on a regular basis).

 

^Awesome, thanks for the tip

Realize lowering a vehicle has its compromises, but certainly trying to avoid having to change the way I drive. And yup, some fender gap is preferable to me, just want to make it smaller and even all around.

Also factoring in that I might need spacers after too.

Slippery slope, like old man Rochester said...

 

I'm at 26 3/4" floor-to-fender on all four corners. Based on how our car is designed, having equal height like that actually introduces an imperceptible 1/2" rake.

I also have 245/40ZR19 in the front, but 275/35ZR19 in the rear. They're pretty wide, and the rears are cambered at -2.2* and -2.3*.

STownSaint, you have a square setup on your 6MT?


What the heck? God damn punks.

 

^thx, have any issues with scraping on "normal" roads?

(Believe you got your tire sizes mixed up )

EDIT: staggered wheels but square tire size. Not sure why I did that, honestly.

 

So I smacked my transmission on a very tall speedbump.... that killed a sensor.... Took it to my friend at Infiniti, got it fixed, and while he was at it, got me a software update for the thransmission and for the ecm. Its a totally different car now. In manual mode, shifts are almost instant, throttle response is much better, smoother gear transitions, DS mode on the highway allows you to hold onto power for longer when rapidly slowing down. According to him, car should also be making a tiny bit more power now (like 5-7 hp) and give me a tiny (almost unnoticeable) increase in fuel economy. So freaking excited lol. Everything is coming together, new headlight bulbs arriving in a week, new swaybar and endlinks coming in this month, finally rear camber kit lol.... -2.4 is a bit much haha. And of course the new exhaust.... as soon as its in stock lol. This summer is going to be freaking amazing.

 

You're right, I noticed that too, and corrected it while you were typing.

Lowered now for two years and 10,000 miles, and I've never ever bottomed out or rubbed the fenders. However, it's not like I go Dukes of Hazard on the car. I lightly scrape the inner flap under the front bumper all the time. Just going in and out of my driveway I have a 50/50 shot at that happening.

Meh. You learn to live with it.


So your rears are stretched, huh? That's going to affect how you assess the look of things when you lower the car.

Which wheels again? Wait... you said 19", so I'm guessing Sport Coupes? That's only a 1/2" stagger, so same size tires probably isn't as big a deal.

 

^yup sport coupe wheels. Rear size is OE spec, so if anything, front's too wide. Looks wise it's pretty much a wash (to me):

 

Oh. OK, I get it now. And yes, the tire fitment is hardly noticeable. I suppose if you eyeballed it for a while, you'd see the difference.

Wheels and wrapped trim looks good. Just a conservative drop then... like 1/2" in the rear and 3/4" front. That's assuming your CO's support that intent. It seems most are designed to go real low, because that's what most people want.

 

I too am at 26 3/4" on all four corners. I have the same rears tire sizes...but I'm cambered at -1.7* in the rear. And I do scrape in the rear when cornering, particularly with 3 or 4 people in the car. I should probably bump it up (down?) to -2* because I've trimmed my fender liners but still rub under those conditions.

My front are no issue because I've smaller tires than Rochester's (235/40).

BTW, thanks for those numbers again, I think I can have my rubbing issue solved now without doing another Sweeny Todd number on the liners.

Sean