Lowering the car

edub370

say i do just decide to go with stiffer springs instead of coilovers, what other parts have to be changed when you put those in? (such as struts, shocks, etc...). or is your car more or less good to go with just these springs installed?

i'd think camber and alignment would be dramatically effected by just lowering the car 1"?

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Fire

With the drop you will need the caster/camber adjustment. The Eibach kits has adjustable upper A-arms in front (both adjusts caster and camber), adjustable toe bolts and camber arms in the rear. My settings came back into factory range with these. The kits are not cheap but give you the sense of security. After all the tires are $375 a piece so wearing a set of 4 will cost you more than the kits.

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2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 6MT coupe Back N' Black. 680hp

Nikon FM

What ^ said. If you lower the car get an alignment (camber etc); otherwise the tires will be worn "relatively" quick.

I got TEIN Monoflex coilovers with EDFC and then had an alignment and corner balance done. The difference on the track compared to stock is amazing!

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djpathfinder

I totally agree! And if you're going to bother to go through all this, might as well do it right and get front and rear camber kits to get all your adjustments done right.

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2010 370Z 40th Anniversary // SOLD

tsolin01

You won't have to change anything else as long as you can live with the alignment. Getting a front/rear camber kit would be required if you want more adjustability. But yea I'd wait until after to see if you want to get the camber kit.

As far as springs lowering the life of the oem shocks, you probably won't see a difference unless you're planning to track or autox. If/when the stock shocks give way, you can probably get new ones cheap here or just go the coilover route.

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SOLD 12/30/2011 2010 370Z Coupe Monterey Blue 6MT/Touring/Sport/Nav
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