Bolt on 15mm will be an issue with stock studs....20mm will be fine. Reason why regular spacers work with stock wheels is due to cut outs inside the wheels for certain extended lugs.

I took my car for its first long ride since installing my Swifts. 275 miles out to St Louis.

All I have to say is WOW! This is how the car should feel from the factory. It feels like a sports car should. The nismo set up that I had was extremely harsh and fatiguing. I could drive this all day and night.

I love it!

what are/were you doing in STL?

Good to hear, i'm waiting to have mine installed very soon. What shocks are you using? I'll still be on the stock shocks.

I am here for work. I leave tomorrow.


I swapped back to the stock shocks and sold the nismo springs and shocks.

:tup: cool deal just what i wanted to hear...

Mine felt great with the stock dampers but feels AMAZING on Koni's:tup:

Sorry, but this is little vague. Can you expand on why the Konis feel amazing on your car? What specifically improved over your stock shocks? How do you drive your Z? Are you happy with both cruising and performance driving? I noticed that your camber is uncorrected...do you feel that this is complimenting your driving style. Have you noticed any abnormal tire wear? Any side lower than the other? Lastly, what settings do you have your Konis set at?

Just trying to get more thorough feedback from you. My Z handles turns/corners very well with my Swift/Koni setup...even on the softest setting, but I find it a little too harsh for everyday commuting. Not that the Z rides perfectly smooth from the factory. I didn't get the chance to drive my Swifts with stock shocks, so you're able to give a more detailed review than I can.

For me, Konis add a great deal more control. The car's tendency to wander while driving straight is almost gone, cornering is far more precise (dive in is gone) and I can corner faster than with stock dampers. The Koni's are also adjustable so you can determine the amount of under/over steer to your driving style.

BTW: I drive my 370 very hard.

Pretty much this.

How do you know my camber is uncorrected??? After I installed my Swifts I was aligned. The Koni's def dropped it a tad more so the camber is prob slightly out from where it was. I was running on the softest setting until last weekend when I stiffened them up one turn front and back. Ride is stiffer than Swift on stock dampers but a harsh ride dont bother me at all. Its not even that harsh. Cant expect performance and comfort. I drive my Z hard btw. The Koni/Swift combo is far more rewarding than the Swift/stock setup.

Mr. Alchemy -- thanks for letting me jump in. I could not resist. :tup:

I love my Swift Springs! Still handle great too. ;)

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Less typing that I had to do:tup:

The tendancy to wander has nothing to do with your dampening from your struts and everything to do with your alignment. Just for future reference in case someone thinks their wandering car can be fixed with new shock absorbers when what they need is an alignment.

:iagree: get an alignment first

Just switched my Tein springs for the Swifts last weekend and I find them to be a lot better for driving and comfort!

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Been having mine in a box for a while but i should have them, and my new Work GS4's and SPL camber/toe kit installed friday.

Go for it. They are phenomenal.

Is the camber kit just for the rear? Or all the way around? Seriously considering getting some Swift springs and spacers after I finally get my exhaust. From what I have read it seems the rear definately needs a camber kit to get it back within spec.

I'm just going with the rear kit and hoping that will be enough.

It should be. I did not have to do the front.

Awesome thanks guys. :tup:

I am getting the SPC rear camber arms on this week. I made it all last year without them but my rear stockers wore away like butter. Suprisingly even though...

What's your front camber at now? Mine's at -1.7

The rears are at -2.8 and the 305's look WAYYYY out of spec at that angle.

My front is -1.5, I think (I need to look it up) and my rear is -1.6 -1.7.

Your rear camber sounds way too negative.

Sounds like what I am heading towards. I want to try and even up the camber to about the same -1.7 on the rear to match the front.

I think that is a good plan.

got mine going on this saturday!

Prepare to be amazed. :tup:

That's what I wanna hear since I'm getting mine installed tomorrow morning:happydance:

This!!

So far Swifts have been the absolute best suspension mod I've done on the Z. I freakin LOVE them!!!

I though that also.... Until I installed Koni's.

What happened when you installed Koni's?

How big is the difference of the drop on a swift vs Tein's?
Which vendor has a good price for a swift?

KamiSpeed $314 shipped.

Here's a tip too. Shop around, especially with our vendors. You can save a pretty nice amount because they all want to beat each others prices. I got mine for $295 shipped to me:tup:

Thanks.
So is evryone here is on agreement that the swift springs is far better superior in handling VS Tein?

Just swapped Chinook's Teins out for Swifts last week.....

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And I thank you wheee! Couldn't be happier teins were not horrible by any means but the swift springs just seem to handle a little better and I was getting a fair bit of rubbing up front with the teins and so far with the swifts there has been none. Save the money and do it right the first time! Got my swifts from kamispeed, service was great!