Nismo Z Suspension: All Nismo 370Z Owners Check Here FIRST!

YzGyz

Yupper, remove those things. The ride is so much better. Your dealer is BS! By leaving those on, you would loose a lot more tire/road contact every time you hit some kind of bump both big and small. You might be thinking, "why are sports car's shocks to stiff then? It feels like I'm sitting on a rock!" When the car's "weight is on the suspension, you want it stiff so you have less body roll and and you can feel the road better so you can control the car better. Take a toy matchbox car with those simple wheels on that rod. Put that car on a flat surface and gently lift the car off the surface. You wont feel the weight of the car not shifting off the wheel slowly but you will feel and see the the car almost simultaneously loose contact off the surface at the same time. It's basically a brick. Now get yourself a good RC car. One that cost lets say $80+. Do that same thig you did to the matchbox. As you lift slowly and releasing the weight off the suspension, you will see that some of the weight is still left on the wheels just to about till you lift the wheel off the surface. Those thing wont let your springs on to extend when your car's weight is lifted off the wheels (when you hit a bump). Less extension = less contact time. Less wheel contact = less control of vehicle. This is why it's so hard to design good shocks. It's tough designing springs that are will provide a smooth ride yet stiff enough to keep the body from rolling left and right during a turn, and yet be able to have the compliance to keep surface contact. I'm just restating the above in simple terms with example to clarify.

on a side note, my new to me nismo with 16,xxx mile had these on them. DOH!!! I have only driven ~30 miles and thought it was extremely weird that my car was rougher than my bros Mustang Shelby. The other thing that was bother me what that every time my car put it's weight back on the wheel after a moderate size bump, the care would somewhat steer itself into whatever direction. I would then have to readjust my trajectory to get to where I was going.

Lets just say the 1st owner is a DOUCH BAG that don't know jack about sports cars.



One for each side.

YzGyz

tlr3715

Found out this morning the 2013 Nismo I purchased on Saturday has at least one spacer on each front shock. I thought there was too much space between the tire and wheel well, and now I know why.. Getting them removed at a local dealer today.

Rusty

They take out the 2 that they can see. But leave the one in the back on because they can't see it.

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tlr3715

I saw mine by turning the steering wheel all the way and looking down at the tire... not hard to see. I think they just forgot to check.

Tazrek

hmm I have a 2013 and dont have any....Maybe they learned their lesson?

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iissmart

Do the spacers visibly lift the front lip? Anyone know how large the gap should be before/after removing the spacers? Trying to figure out if I have the spacers without taking it to a dealer...

Rusty

Turn the wheels all the way to one side. Now reach around the tire, and feel around the coil spring. Make sure you feel the back of the spring. Sometimes tha dealer will remove 2 of the spacers and leave the one at the back of the spring in place.

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DJ44

Just bought a used 2013 with 4300 miles and going to check ASAP. Will post what I find

1slownismo

I bought my nismo 4 days ago, I did notice the front end a bit higher inside my Garage then when I bought the car. I just checked and both of the front have it. I'm glad I only have about 200 miles on it so far. Going back to the dealer tomorrow morning.

kornflake7

My nismo since getting it has been bumpy/road noise etc. just checked this thread and sure enough they were there. Took my car in 3 times to get checked out for the tires wearing uneven etc they never noticed em. Could this cause suspension alignment problems? I've had the car 1k miles, bought at 16k certified pre owned, noticed bumpy ride etc from the get go

focusondeez

I am so glad this forum exists.... I was looking to see what other suspension set ups other Nismo Z owners went to, since I was certain I wasn't the only one who thought it rode a bit rough. Sure enough I found this thread and went straight to my garage to find at least 2 on each side. The Nissan sales manager who also owns a Nismo Z tried to convince me that they are optional and that he is going to keep his on for better cornering.... hahahahaha! I tried to tell him they are put there for shipping purposes only and he said..."well I will do some research on it"....

fuct

wtf?!?!?!?!

Rusty

The guy is a moron.

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tazdale38

Mine has 2 on both sides of the front. Its a 2013 Nismo with 1400 miles on it. What the crap? Will it handle better when these are gone?

Rusty

There is 3 of them on each spring. Two in the front that you can see. The other is in behind the spring. You have to reach behind the spring to feel it. Jack the front of the Nismo up and remove the spring spacers. The dealer was to remove these during dealer prep. But a lot of dealers don't even know about the spring spacers. The reason they are there. Is so the front of the Nismo doesn't scrape during transport. REMOVE THEM!

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