What size tires r u running??

Offhand I think they were 255/40/18 295/35/18

Mine was actually about 8mm lower than the "expected" swift drop before I swapped my rims, then another 26mm lower with the new tires.:tup:

After my swifts settled. Not the best pics to show the "stance", but you get the idea.

Also has 15/20mm spacers and 265/35/19's and 285/35/19 RE-11's

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Swifts rule!

Has anyone recently been to the track or autocross with their new springs yet?

this is someone else driving my car:


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so...yes:roflpuke2:

WOOOOOOOO!! Gettin a little loose on that first pass!! Good fun!!

Looks like the car still handles better than stock!! It's good to see that these springs give a boost in performance as well an aesthetic improvement!

I can testify that it is a drastic improvement over the stock spring. I dont track the car at all, unfortunatly. Although I def get on it quite hard on an empty backroad. The changes these springs make are insurmountable by any of the competitors.

why buy swift when H&R Sport Pro lowers it more? ;p

Because Id rather my car handle good than look good.

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Quote of the day. Rep to you.

Fixed it for you!

this

Nice video red!

:facepalm:

I know it has been suggested before, but I've not followed this thread in a long time.

The drop with these springs are very nice. After getting the turbos installed and getting realigned, I think my car sunk further or bottoms out more easily. The front has slightly more negative camber, so I think it lowered the car a tiny bit more. The other drawback with bigger tires up front is that there is less headroom for suspension travel. Overall the handling is sick... I hardly peel out from making sharp turns. Everyday driving has been enhanced.

Basically, half the time when I drove over a speed bump my front lip, sides, and exhaust scrape. My CF sides are cracked! It was cracked a little before, but I didn't know from what (part probably from car lift).

I think the springs and OEM shocks make for a super soft combination. Perhaps aftermarket shocks can help?

^yeah, if you can find any aftermarket dampers...

I had tried many times to get any news from Koni but they never seem interested. It's a shame too, Swift springs paired with a set of Koni yellows would be amazing!

koni pretty much confirmed they aren't offering anything for the car.

That is ok with me as I was not totally pleased with Koni yellows on my Z33. Then again maybe it was because they were paired with H&R springs. No matter how I dialed in the compression on the yellows the car did not handle no where near as good nor look as good as the swift paired with stock shockers on the Z34. There might still be hope IF Koni were to make em for the Z34 and then paired with Swifts.

Did I hear somewhere or was it BS that the 2012 Z34 was going to have a reworked strut? If so I would be interested in testing a pair with my Swifts.

Hey guys, I got swift springs installed last week at the shop on my Z. I notice yesterday that every time I drove to a very smooth curve I hear the noise form the spring especially on front driver side. I don't blame that if I drove to drive way to hear that noise since drive way has more curve shape. But for the smooth curve i hear that noise too. Do u guys ever had that problem with swift on your Z? One thing i notice is the springs I got from swift didn't have plastics/rubber between the coils as in pics above. Is it the reason why?

haven't heard about anything getting reworked for 12, but who knows?

Your issues were almost certainly due to the h&r's. the yellows are top notch.


you need to move the rubber pieces from your stocks onto the swifts

My stock springs only have front rubbers. Not for the rear springs though. Do u think the noise issue something to do with the rubber pieces or something else.

Yes, there is a big picture with large print instructions in the box telling the installer to
swap them front the stock front springs to the new aftermarket front springs, my
installer did not see this very large picture and left them off, but I got lucky and have no
noise coming from them after 2k miles now.

Just did this install with my friend. What a PITA. You have to use the stock rubber pieces on the bottom of the springs.

Yup

Yes, my installer use all the stock rubber pieces for front (all the way to the top of the spring) and rear rubber at the bottom of the springs. The plastic or rubber I was talking about which came with the spring coils (clear plastic on the spring) which mine didn't came with the spring. The question is, is it the reason why my spring has noise when i drove to a smooth curve shape??

Mine didn't come with that either, that clear rubber piece on the picture above. But the stock rubber piece on the bottom has to go in the proper spot...

the rubber grey thing actually goes on the bottom of the front springs to avoid metal to metal contact between the spring and the shock. There is already a rubber bump stop on the top.

Yes, I checked it, the installer put the stock rubber piece in proper spot on both front and rear. So without that clear rubber piece on the spring as the pics above, Do u have any noise from the spring when u drive to very smooth curve?

I will put that gray rubber piece from front nismo springs to the swift spring and see it fix the noise issue.

it should, make sure you put them on the bottom of the spring.

Unfortunately my swift spring didn't came with rubber thing on the coil of the springs (top). I will try to put gray rubber on all the cretical locations anyway.

Im not talking about the rubber boot at the top. There is like a little rubber film thing that goes on the bottom....I did my springs on friday, and no noise.

No additional parts are supposed to come with the springs, its just the box and 4 springs.. NO RUBBER THING

Here, I went outside and took a pic. This is how you should have it, nothing else is required since there is already a rubber bump stop at the top.

Thanks guys!

Hey Ron, nice pic.:tup: will do the same

Yours has the grey piece at the bottom of the spring....You dont see that? That came off the stock spring, and it has to go on the swift spring.

:confused: I know...I have Swifts... I took that picture to demonstrate how it should be. I was talking to Rising Star