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KaienZ34 05-03-2013 11:43 AM

I thought mine did, but I had the bump stop in wrong. Fixed that and the are just as quiet as stock.

wheee! 05-03-2013 11:44 AM

Seems like all the issues people have been having are due to lack of attention to detail during the install process. Nothing but 'win' from mine....

onzedge 05-03-2013 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by wheee! (Post 2298869)
Seems like all the issues people have been having are due to lack of attention to detail during the install process. Nothing but 'win' from mine....

:iagree:

I have zero problems, only smiles and giggles.

speedfreek 05-03-2013 12:05 PM

No noise coming from my springs. I will be installing my toe bolts tomorrow to fix the issue I am having with scrubbing the rears off. Picked up dremel bit #115 for the task. Hopefully all goes well.

kenchan 05-03-2013 12:10 PM

i run swifts on my other car which is my dd. drove all winter through salt and hardly washed.

unlike tein and tanabe springs where the paint started cracking off in one winter use, the swifts held up fine. the springs are wound very well to match the stock dampers too. i think this is the only spring manufacturer that actually tests the ride quality of the car.

the others (tein, tanabe, eibach to name a few) are like just eyeball the spring rate, should work.... and it doesnt.

ZMan8 05-03-2013 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by speedfreek (Post 2298917)
No noise coming from my springs. I will be installing my toe bolts tomorrow to fix the issue I am having with scrubbing the rears off. Picked up dremel bit #115 for the task. Hopefully all goes well.

:tup:

KaienZ34 05-03-2013 12:11 PM

I installed my spl rear camber arms but didn't need the spc toe bolts to get the rear back in spec. Now I just some front camber adjustment and i'll be good.

speedfreek 05-03-2013 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by KaienZ34 (Post 2298928)
I installed my spl rear camber arms but didn't need the spc toe bolts to get the rear back in spec. Now I just some front camber adjustment and i'll be good.

Well mine may be the tech at Firestone doesn't know what he is doing. But they said it is the best they could do to get it back in spec (which was 0.15 and 0.18 deg toe). When I got new tires installed last week at Nissan they said "our tech thinks he can get it in spec." I said, "can you guarantee that as in if you can't get it in spec I am not paying." They said "No." So I figure it would be best to go ahead and install the toe bolts and take it back to Firestone to get the toe dialed into 0 deg rather than to pay a shop $80 to try and get it in spec with the stock bolts. Right now I am only out $10 for drill bits and a couple hours tomorrow to do the install.

bmarcinczyk14 05-03-2013 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by wheee! (Post 2298869)
Seems like all the issues people have been having are due to lack of attention to detail during the install process. Nothing but 'win' from mine....

I brought mine back to the installer to try and fix the creaking noise, he even removed the suspected side again and greased the sleeve that's supposed to prevent the creaking noise. I got it back and at first I thought he fixed the problem, but after a day it started creaking again. It's not a biggie, it's only going up curbs slowly, normal driving I don't hear anything from them, so I think I'll just live with it.

ZMan8 05-03-2013 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by bmarcinczyk14 (Post 2298950)
I brought mine back to the installer to try and fix the creaking noise, he even removed the suspected side again and greased the sleeve that's supposed to prevent the creaking noise. I got it back and at first I thought he fixed the problem, but after a day it started creaking again. It's not a biggie, it's only going up curbs slowly, normal driving I don't hear anything from them, so I think I'll just live with it.

Very strange it keeps doing that after several times of reinstalling it. :ugh2:

wheee! 05-03-2013 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by speedfreek (Post 2298941)
Well mine may be the tech at Firestone doesn't know what he is doing. But they said it is the best they could do to get it back in spec (which was 0.15 and 0.18 deg toe). When I got new tires installed last week at Nissan they said "our tech thinks he can get it in spec." I said, "can you guarantee that as in if you can't get it in spec I am not paying." They said "No." So I figure it would be best to go ahead and install the toe bolts and take it back to Firestone to get the toe dialed into 0 deg rather than to pay a shop $80 to try and get it in spec with the stock bolts. Right now I am only out $10 for drill bits and a couple hours tomorrow to do the install.

You can always get the toe back to spec, but the camber will suffer or vice versa. You cannot get both back to spec without a camber kit and toe bolts... so either live with -2.8 camber or get a set of toe bolt and camber arms!

speedfreek 05-03-2013 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by wheee! (Post 2298963)
You can always get the toe back to spec, but the camber will suffer or vice versa. You cannot get both back to spec without a camber kit and toe bolts... so either live with -2.8 camber or get a set of toe bolt and camber arms!

Rgr that. I already have the SPC rear camber arms on and the rear camber is 1.7 - 1.8 IRC. So toe bolts it is.

KaienZ34 05-03-2013 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by speedfreek (Post 2298941)
Well mine may be the tech at Firestone doesn't know what he is doing. But they said it is the best they could do to get it back in spec (which was 0.15 and 0.18 deg toe). When I got new tires installed last week at Nissan they said "our tech thinks he can get it in spec." I said, "can you guarantee that as in if you can't get it in spec I am not paying." They said "No." So I figure it would be best to go ahead and install the toe bolts and take it back to Firestone to get the toe dialed into 0 deg rather than to pay a shop $80 to try and get it in spec with the stock bolts. Right now I am only out $10 for drill bits and a couple hours tomorrow to do the install.

:tup:


That's cool i'm not picking with you, I was just saying what mine looked like.

speedfreek 05-03-2013 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by KaienZ34 (Post 2298988)
:tup:


That's cool i'm not picking with you, I was just saying what mine looked like.

No worries. Perhaps you are running more camber with your setup allowing your toe to be near 0.

KaienZ34 05-03-2013 03:35 PM

I know it's been talked about before, but does anyone know if SPL is ever going to come out with a front camber kit?


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