just drifted through some corners on my way home....man I missed these controlled and prolonged drifts.....it's so much fun!

you're correct. 75" wide vs 72.6" on the Z

That's what I thought...thanks chops!

awesome guy, awesome thread :)

nice write man

i'm backing alex up on this one^^ i've driven both and the lambo is fun as a "i'm going out to eat and i want everyone to see me" car while the GTR is more of a "i want to drive it all the time and i want everyone to see me" car :icon17: the lambo was too stiff for daily use and the seats, while supportive, were too stiff for my tastes. i think that you'd be better off with the GTR regardless of my nissan brand loyalty. plus if you are thinking of an 05 that means it's probably got some mileage on it and things are going to start going wrong and it's gonna get costly to repair and maintain. the GTR isn't "cheap" to maintain but it is a nissan so it won't be as much as a lambo, not to mention it will probably be more reliable overall

T1R Coilovers......Anyone using these?

Unfortunately the numerous parts I bought from Rick@VIP is currently stuck at customs, and I'm bored of driving a stock car. A quick call to AJ Racing locally to see what they have that I can buy, and they have the T1R coilovers in stock. My H&R Springs from Rick@VIP may get here any day now, but I can't stand the stock height anymore. So I might just go and buy these coilovers tomorrow. Couldn't find much info here though.

I've had T1R parts on my GTR and the 420ztt before so I know the brand is of quality.

These spring rates are 12 F and 8 R. Good for street driving and mountain carving while maintaining comfort. Adjustability can drop the car by 2 inches or so. 46mm monotube design and 24 way compression and rebound adjustable. No pillowball mount, but high tension urethane bushing, so no noise over bumps.

I can't stand driving a stock car anymore so I'll buy these and install them tomorrow. I'll give a review of them here afterwards. Great price too.

Type One Racing :: Suspension & Brakes :: Fairlady 370Z (Z34) :: T1R B52 Damper kit - Nissan 370Z 09+ (Z34)

really? You have springs coming and you're buying coilovers that you dont know anything about?

Not to criticize man, and Im trying to follow the though process, but it does seem like the most sound decision. I realize money isnt a factor here, but :icon14:.

Anyhow, :driving: its your car!

He's had them on his GT-R and previous Z so he has an idea about the brand's quality.

Alex, you do sound obsessive-compulsive. Ha ha. In the last post you start by saying "maybe I'll buy them" to two paragraphs later saying "I'm definitely buying" (well maybe exactly in this words). LOL. In my opinion, if you want to lower the car and are concerned about performance, quality of ride and a balance between shock and spring, then coilovers are the way to go. Afterwards, get your car corner balanced once you find the desired ride height...it'll greatly improve handling for sure. :tup:

$1500 CDN is a decent price too.

I've ridden and driven T1R equipped cars before (S2k) and I loved the handling on the street, even though it's a little to the soft side. Just wondering if anyone has these on their Z yet and can give some feedback.

It's like me having the hypermax 3's on my GTR and asking owners here to see if they have it on their Z and can give some feedback. Different weight, different power, different purpose, which can result in different characteristics when pushed hard, even though I've experienced it on another car.

There's a lot of KW V3 and Tein MonoFlex fans here. A little pricier but really good quality. You could argue that they are more race/competition oriented but I don't find my Teins too harsh for daily driving.

I have KW V3 and thought it was the best in the world and tried hks hypermax and Powertrix and i feel like a dumba$$ to only say KW is the best. Bomb a$$ coilovers but I found the ones that are better then my KW

I'm sorry are you saying KWs are better or worse than HKS and powertrix?

Im saying Powertrix in my opinion are better then KW and HKS. I have both sets on my car and test on track and on the road. I feel that Powertrix is better. They have a huge presence in the 300z community. Ask Rick at VIP STATUS he has em on his car and a few other members also.

Oh ok gotcha. thanks for the info. :tiphat:

whats price range on powertrix?

The V3's are ok...I've had them on the 420ztt but moved on to the Hypermax 3's and couldn't be happier. I've had Teins on the 420ztt as well but didn't like them too much.

Oh well if I don't like the T1R's, I'll go buy the Hypermax 3's.

Alright...here it is. T1R coilovers installed. I borrowed the hoist in a friend's shop and installed the coilovers, the Stillen G3 Intake, and the EVO-R CF rear diffuser.

The coilovers was straight forward to install. You'll see a few pics at the bottom of this post. I lowered the car by about 1 1/2 inches front and rear. Got rid of the gap. After I get my CF kit and my aggressive wheels, I may lower it even more to achieve the stance I want, and then corner balance.

Sorry I don't have any pics DURING the installs as my hands were greasy and dirty...didn't want to hold my camera like that.

My first impression of these coilovers...well first of all, I have it adjusted to full stiff setting. It's just beginning the break in process, but initial thoughts are that these are great street coilovers. Easy for carving the corners, and with full acceleration the nose doesn't dip much. With the dramatically decreased body roll, the car reacts to left / right change of direction very fast. It makes the car a lot more responsive. Over bumps and rocks, it's very apparent. However it doesn't hop or jump. It swallows up the small bumps. Lets you know that it's there, but takes care of it. I like that. With some sway bars, this would be a great back road carving machine. I'm loving it.

Stillen G3 Intakes - GODDAMN that was a pain in the *** to install. Took me a good 3 hours to install. I got it done without removing the front strut brace, but it would have made it a lot easier with it off. It has a little growl after 3k rpms. There is also a pretty apparent "punch" after 4k rpms. I didn't expect this much difference on the butt dyno. Pleasant surprise. $300 slightly used made this a great bang for the buck mod.

Rear CF diffuser - Fits pretty well. Wish it was just ever so slightly longer to fit perfectly into the groove. To keep it on, instead of drilling through the bumper and the diffuser, I used window silicone. This puppy ain't going anywhere. Looks great!

Oh and as a bonus...my parts from VIP Status finally came in! Well just the HKS Hi-Power exhaust and MXP resonated test pipes, and the H&R springs which I'm going to be selling. My CF kit did not arrive for some reason...:( I'm going to install my exhaust and test pipes next Wednesday. Then just my kit and wheels to complete my first phase of mods!! And the car isn't even 2 weeks old yet! LOL...

Before:

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After:

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Looking good. I ordered my kit in November and still haven't gotten it yet either.

Hey Alex, looking good man!!

You're probably already aware, just thought I'd mention it anyway, the G3's are notorious for rubbing through the AC lines.
Rubber wrapped around with a zip-tie does the fix.

Wow no I didn't know that. But I guess I'll be wrapping it up sometime next week when I have time...probably when I install my test pipes and exhaust.

Thanks for the tip bro!

watching your z build gives me great pleasure :p

Looks good. Needs alignment...the reason the steering feels so fast is because of all the negative camber you just added by lowering the car...

Cracks me up that there is no snow in that picture & we have snow here in ATL.

Already aligned. Running -1.7 front and -2.0 rear camber. The "steering feels fast" I was referring to was the balanced feel of the car and the lack of body roll, not traction.

LOL...it was snowing here 2 days ago, but melted the next morning by rain, and we had an afternoon of sunshine yesterday. :tiphat:

There are two AC lines situated under the driver side intake tube near the front of the car (just behind the curved part of the tube and in front of the area where you had to make the cut in the plastic frame). A piece of rubber heater hose or similar zip tied around the AC lines (I did both of them just for safe measure) will prevent the rubbing. The AC lines are only on the driver side...none on the passenger side. :tup:

Did you install front and rear camber kits too?

Yup I know where they are...I installed the intake myself lol. I didn't know it would eat through the AC line. I'll take the bumper off and wrap it next week when my kit comes in and need to be installed.

nope.

If not, then how did you have the front camber adjusted to -1.7? Did it just end up like that? When I did my alignment after dropping on coilovers, they couldn't adjust the rear to -2.0 without a camber kit. -2.4 was the most they could correct to with the OEM parts. That's why I was curious.

I'm not sure...it was just printed out to me at the alignment shop. I was pleasantly surprised too.

Sorry, didn't mean to sound like a nag, or make it seem like I don't think you know what you're doing. LOL. When I did my G3's I had to dig into some early G3 posts to find out about the problem and where it was located. From one of your earlier posts, it sounded like you didn't realize about the known problem, so I assumed you haven't come across the same posts. Thought I would give you the 50 words or less version to save you from having to dig and read. Again, I apologize for making that assumption. :tup:

no not at all. I really appreciate your input! :tup:

Oh well, it worked out well for you then. The front camber is not adjustable with the OEM upper control arm. Unfortunately, my front camber was really out of whack (-1.0 on the left and -1.6 on the right) after lowering, so I ended up getting front and rear kits to bring my alignment to -2.2 front and -2.0 rear.

I might go even lower after I get my kit installed...so I might have camber issues then. We'll see.

Ha ha, I'm sure Vancouver streets are better than Edmonton streets. I have a 3/4" front drop and 1/2" rear, and I scrape more often than I like, and I'm pretty careful.

So, what was it like to have Lambo doors on your old 350Z? What did you like about that style door, and what did you not like about them? Any special considerations to consider (e.g. caution with underground parking with ceilings less than x feet of height)?

That's weird I have about double your drop, and my camber is more in spec...

Lambo Doors? It was just a ricer kid fantasy I've had and needed to get out of my system. Popped the cherry, and I'm good now. Never again lol. It was fun for the first month though. After that, I don't bother lifting it up anymore...just open and shut. The doors you have to open normally until about 30 degrees, then you push up to lift the hydraulics. I just open to the 30 degree mark and close normally after a month. It doesn't raise that high that you have to worry about where you park. But it chews up your door inner panel though, as the guide pin isn't always fluid or accurate.

I also have 15 and 20 mm spacers, which will also increase negative camber...that's why. After the drop and before alignment my rear camber was -2.9.

I was just curious about the liveability of Lambo doors. Good to get some insight. But, Lambo doors should really just stay on a Lambo, IMO.

I agree. However a funny fact is that the first "Lambo door" was found on the 1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo concept car due to it's poor rear visibility. Lambo took that idea and created the first production vehicle with the "Lambo doors" due to the same issue...poor visibility.

With our poor shoulder checking visibility, we should have gullwing doors.

And funny that the gallardo doesn't have lambo doors at all... and from what I heard the new Murc replacement will do away with the lambo doors as well.

My fav doors now is the Aston Martin's....simple, unique, elegant, subtle.