:icon14:Just crazy......I had all three on both sides! During a drive back from downtown today I was saying to myself "WTF was someone thinking make the ride so stiff", but once again I just tacked it up to track intentions. As far as a lawsuit goes, if someone came in to a corner too hard the intended braking dip would not be there thus you would be skating on rubber. I hope someone at Nissan and more importantly NISMO is watching this thread!:icon23:
Great find and thank you!

Just checked my car last weekend, low and behold they were there. Just the ones on the inside. Thanks to the forum I didn't find them miles later once I jacked up the car. Vehicle was purchased from Tonkin Nissan in Oregon, though it was Nissan of the Eastside in Bellevue WA that did the PDI.

Wow i cant believe that all these nismos have them on there. My car was in the shop for a week so when i read this i couldnt go and check. But i just got it back from the body shop and sure enough they were there. But not just one on each side but three on each side! I was like really? So i took it back to the dealer and let them know that they should look at the other ones they sell. Thanks for this and good looking out:)

Me too!
 

62 miles into my new Nismo and knew something was not right about the suspension. Looked at mine tonight and there they are - 3 on each side! Time for the floor jack!

My dealer gave me a $300 credit for service/accessories so turns out it wasn't that bad. Doesn't take but a minute to get them off once you get the wheel of the ground.

Its not a bad idea to make the dealerships perform the work. Like bobapooluza mentioned, you never know what you deal or special you might be able to work out.

Spring Spacers
 

I am not a rocket scientist or a genius. But I was a physics major, and have a engineering degree. I suspect the springs could be damaged if driven with the spacers on. Think about this, the spacers basically links 3 or 4 of the spring coils together, and won't allow them to compress. On Mine, there was only 1.5 coils free to compress. In a normal situation, the forces of the car gets dissipated by the compression/expansion of the springs over a period of time. With most of the coils tied up, most of the forces of the vehicle is loaded up in only a couple of the free coils. This may cause the spring to have compression fatigue. The overall spring rate may be lowered. Again, I am just trying to make some sense out of my college books. I am by no means a hardcore mechanic. What do you guys think?

By the way, I found the stupid f'krs today. One on each side. I have been had the car for 2 months with 500 miles on it. Stupid Nissan dealership. First they left deep swirl marks all over my car, and now 2 spring spacers.
You'd think the biggest Nissan dealers in LA would know what they are doing.

well I have 7000 miles on my car, and have been to one SCCA auto cross event, and just today, found one space on either side of my front suspension. I'm definately talking to my alabama dinky *** dealership. I should have known when I ordered the Nismo, they were like, Nismo what? We don't have that - and then when it was delivered the salesman was like "Wow that is T-totally different!"

Wow! Good job man. I gotta check to see if mine has them on there still. I've only had mine for a week now but if its on there, i'm taking it back so THEY can take it off.

Yep! I had 3 of them on the front left and 3 on the front right! Thanks to the awesome hydralic jack, it only took me 5 minutes to take them all off...and in the dark too. lol! I only have 500 miles on mine so I don't think any damage to the coils were done. Thanks again man for that awesome discovery. No wonder why the ride seemed to be a "little" rough! I would've taken it to the dealership to point out there mistake but its kinda an inconvenience with my work schedule. I'm due back for an oil change soon so i'll be sure to mention it to them.

Awesome share thank you!

great stuff. Just got my car last weekend and it is coming off tonight....

Got mine Saturday. Looked last night and I have 3 on each side. Off to the dealer this afternoon.!!

^Just lift the car up and take them off. They come right off without any force.

Yeah, after my mess with the dealership pretending they couldn't see them (as we both were staring at them), then taking forever to remove them, and then denying they existed in the first place was pretty frustrating.

Jack up then front a few inches and pull them out. Very easy and stress free.

LOL I think we got our cars at the same dealer by what city you live in. Don't count on it.

I'm glad this has helped so many people!

Wow. Another one here. Thanks for the heads up on this issue. Probably would have driven forever and never been the wiser. I had all 6 still in (3 on each side). Went to a local tire shop (I don't have a jack) they jacked it up and removed them in about 3 seconds.

Unbelievable.

Without this forum post I never would have known. Thanks so much!!

Question: I had 3 on the front left and 3 on the front right. Are there any on the rear? Guy at the tire place I had jack the car up said he did not see any on the back, but just want to be sure. Anyone finding these on the back -- or are they just on the front?

Thanks

Just purchased a 40th Anniversary edition. Does anyone know if it shipped with spring spacers, too, like the Nismo models?

Never hurts to look, but the 40th probably will not have them.

:iagree: The 40th is basically just a optioned Touring Sport model with different colored parts so I wouldn't expect the spring spacers from the Nismo.

*sigh* i had checked this thread and the front when i first got my car (2700 miles ago). Didnt see anything but I had asked at the dealership and they said they got them. Changing the oil today and sure enough, one on each side, near the top of the spring, couldnt see them w/o it being jacked and w/ a flashlight.

Truly a thread that needs to be bumped every now and again.

It's obvious it's doesn't matter what part of the country you are in, no ones is immune! Nissan needs to communicate this to the dealers better.

Thanks for the info guys, much better ride

Remove 2 spacers 1 on each side much better ride back doesn't hurt anymore 1/2" drop in front :driving:

Found them both on mine as well. Thanks to the blog for pointing this out! Took an ok ride to being a great ride!

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

After you removed the shipping spacers how did the car ride?

Z suspension
 

Went to the Nissan Dealer in Glendale today. They took out the transport spacer, three on each side. I can't believe I drove the car for 11 months with out knowing why the car was so stiff. Rides very nice now. Dealer is willing to give me some extras for free.

Z suspension
 

Went to the Nissan Dealer in Glendale today. The took out the transport spacers. I can't believe I drove the car for 11 months with out knowing why the car was so stiff. Rides very nice now. Dealer is willing to give me some extras for free. Shame on them for not PDIng the car.

I used a floor jack, too the car up 2 or 3 inches and they came out quite easily. I can't even imagine how many test drives were driven with these still on the car!

found all 6 of them (3 on both sides)

oh btw for all future/present nismo owners, make sure you check the tire psi also...

my tires were at 45psi all around (tire reads 40psi max and factory recommendation was 35psi) so after I put them at around 36psi all around the ride become dramatically smoother and more comfortable...

Just brought Nismo Number 414 home today....
Guess what I found!
Shipping Spacers on all four corners.

Thanks for the heads up on this! They are coming out in the morning!

wow.. I'm glad you guys are checking your suspension. Thanks to G Fo12ce for making this thread to alert all Nismo Owners.

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ok so i remember seeing these spacer, either at the dealership or in my dreams? i remember checking again but wasnt there... until i read this thread, i stuck my tiny arms to reach behind my springs and suprisingly i felt those spacer!! its funny bcuz i thot i was only dreaming about my car, these dam spacer are real!

all four corners? I thought they were front only. news to me!

I've had my Nismo for a month now. It was an 09 that never got sold. But when I went to jack up my car to look for the spacers in the front. I found just one on the front right side.

Are there any in the back? No one has answered this yet. If there are, how do you get to them to remove them?

Are there any in the back? No one has answered this yet. If there are, how do you get to them to remove them?


Update to my comment about all four corners:

After jacking up the rear and thoroughly inspecting it, I could not find any in the back.
(4) in the front, there are two on each side. One was visible, the other had rotated all the way to the back side of the spring, so it was hiding.
Reach around to see if you feel it. If not, then they probably removed it from the pdi or they never come with them.

The way to check the rear, is jack it up or lay flat and look. Feel around the spring. It should just be a coil.

I had none on the back just like you. Just one on front.

On my rear bumper, it's only being held onto the car in the middle with one pop rivet. There should be 2 other pop rivets attached to a bracket on either side of the central bracket. I went to a dealership that has 2 Nismo's and they have 3 pop rivets holding the bumper on. I'm going back where I bought mine and asking what the deal is? I doubt very much the factory forgot to connect the other 2 brackets. My crap is just hanging there. The other 2 brackets I mean.

Why would they not be attached to the bumper? Unless someone pulled it off to repaint it I think. I think there is something the dealership is not telling me.

just came back from the dealer, I had 2 on each side. They did not even apologize :(

Another good tip, that's the first thing I did after I drove it home and let the tires cool down.