coilovers

Richie

im so lost on what coilovers to go for.... could anyone offer me some advice?

JoeD

The car comes from the factory with coilovers. Err, wait...

370z4Steve

ask first why you want them?..track , street, lowering, etc..

Richie

ride height and damper adjust coilover like the teins or hks ect..

Richie

lowering street and track lol

bullitt5897

Honestly the best bang for your buck and I mean the best bang where you can take the car to the track and put down fast as heck lap times would be KW V3's if you work it right with the vendor you can get them pretty low on price I mean sub $1800.00... I have seen it done before.

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Richie

after my last set of kw's rusted up and got all corroded i need to look at somthing different i think ?

mrmixitup

This.

Right now the market for coilovers for the 370Z sucks because of the short length of time the car has been out. Hell, if it wasn't for the G37, we wouldn't have any since all existing 370Z kits are actually G37 kits which have nearly identical suspension setups.

If you're willing to wait another year, there will be much better kits available.

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G37Sam

myG37 members swear by the KWs. From those who track to those who just want a drop (that can be achieved for 1/10th the price sometimes)

I hear Tein is coming up with Electronically adjustable damping, now that's something I'd wait for!

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Red370

the Stance GR's dont look bad, never tried em though. I had Tein Pro's with EDFC on my G, fukin awesome those.

bullitt5897

where and what did you put those things through to get them to rust! I put well over 30k+ miles on my last set of V3's about a third of that was track time in the South East... I saw no corrosion or rust at all. The things looked brand new minus some rubber that was stuck on them from sticky tires .

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Valentino

How long you had them before they rusted?

I was going to order the KW V3 this week.. hmm

Richie

8 to 9 months.. maybe its all the rain we have in the uk?

Z1Performance

First thing is to set a budget

Next is decide what use (real use) the car will be put through. "Track" is a useless term....like "Import Model". Track use with street tires is not "track", for example, and will demand a far different setup than a true track oriented car

Finally, post sale support. The lure of a low price is all fine and well, but when the manufacturer has 0 post sale support (this is how lots of firms operate...no rebuilding services, etc), or when the vendor isn't around anymore, you end up with expensive paperweights

bullitt5897

not to sound like a jerk richie but I do not see this a common issue! I have never seen one rust and I live in GA where the humidity is constantly 150%+ and it rains 60-70% of the year. Rain was definitely not the cause of the rust! How long ago was it when you bought your coilovers? For what car did you buy them for and what kind of punishment did you put the coilovers through. Cause I thrashed the HELL out of mine and my s2k buddy is running them now and he swears by them I think he is up to 100K miles on them!!! and they perform flawlessly!

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