The Complete SPL Front Suspension

OptionZero

yeah, the vendor here, Kyle (Import Parts Pro) had the best price, better than SPL's website

I think a place near you , Corner 3 Garage MIGHT stock it, but it doesn't look within driving distance of San Diego AND california tax is gonna get you

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JerryDeluxe

Awesome , corner3garage will install and do alignment , I'm like 55miles away

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JARblue

How did you pry down on the coilover? My regular spring seems like it's much more in the way than your Nismo springs. I couldn't even get it halfway compressed enough to remove the bolt and then the top mount plate made a horrible noise ...

**update** The top mount plate is fine. It appears the noise I heard was the stud(s) threads rubbing past the holes in the fender well. Before reinstallation I will check the threads and see if they need any repair (a proper tap and die kit might be in my future lol)

As for the bolt... I'm just an idiot. Even after getting the bolt clear of the spring, I was still having trouble removing it. The bolt head was pushing up against the top of the dust boot where the rubber is thicker (see attached photo). Finally, I realized I could just pull down the dust boot completely out of the way and have a ton more room

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Rusty

Did you unbolt the sway bar like I told you to do?

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JARblue

I removed the nut, but I never actually took the sway bar off the bolt. Just sliding the dust boot down was enough.

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blkwlf

Any regrets with going solid bushings everywhere? I'm worried about too much vibration on the street.

Rusty

Going with everything SPL. The only increase I noticed was when I installed the rear sub-frame bushings. To me, it wasn't that much of an increase. My Z is noisy anyway.

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blkwlf

Thanks for the info! I am currently considering going with all SPL up front and using whiteline bushings in the knuckles with SPL arms in the rear.

nasm

Thank you Rusty and others for this thread. However, I have installed the front arms, and I have followed the steps by making them almost identical to the stock arm. After that I took the car to the alignment people with the machine (Hunter machine).
The rear part was easy and straight forward. But the front one, he said that there is no way to do the alignment while the wheels are on, we have to take the wheels off and do the alignment.
I thought we will be able to do it while the wheels (front wheels) are on. However, he insisted to remove the front wheels.

Now my question is, while we are aligning the car wheels, the font ones, do we really need to take the wheels/tiers off?

Can someone help me with a video or pictures of step-by-step on how to align the front SPL front uper arm, because, I have searched over Youtube and I couldnt find any.

I will be grateful with your help and support, so then I can fix the alignment of the front wheels.

Regards,
NASM

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Rusty

Mine has been aligned with the wheels on. The guy agot to everything from under.

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Spooler

Mine too. Done with the wheels on the car.

nasm

Can you Spooler or Rusty, share a link of a video or images/pictures on how they are doing it? Please ... while the wheels are on the car, without removing them. I will be grateful.

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nasm

Any update please guys .. at least maybe someone might help with this .. I am planning to do it this weekend ...

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Sold: A7 370z 2014 - Stillen Catback - Testpipes - UpRev - Dropin filters - Silicon intake pipes - BC racing coil overs - Z1 Subframe collars - Z1 Engine and Trans Mounts - Oil cooler - CatchCan - Z1 brake lines. Now: I am building another car