chippychip123 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 As the title really, I've recently lowered my 350 and had an 4 wheel alignment done and was just wondering if the front has any camber adjustment on the OEM stuff. i have the SPC rear arms and bolts and was trying to avoid buying the front ones. i know the rear OEM setup had some adjustment, just wondered about the front? As i had a sneaky suspicion the guy in the tyre place didn't really know 350's Cheers Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 no adjustment on front but you mays still be within the recommended camber limits, how much are you lowered by? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippychip123 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Too much probably about 40mm the car looks great though the printout says -2.26 camber nearside and -1.48 on the offside. i think im going to just see how quick it rips the arse out the tyres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 and when they do, swap them over, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 What springs are you on? I'm on adjustables and was dropped 40 and was scraping the ground and wheels were hitting arch liners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 depends on wheel width too tho Neil. The LMGT4's you are running are how wide again? 9.5 at the front and 10.5 at the rear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Think they're 9.5 rear with 275 tyres. I can't put any spacers on at all as the arch will destroy the tyre. Misses it by about 3-4mm. I run rays for the track though and at 40mm it's stupid low. Raised it to 35mm drop and still bottoming out on ground with bumper sometimes. Looks good though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippychip123 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Well I'm on coilovers and origional rays and the tread of the tyre is hidden by the arch i would say its deffinatly lower than what eibach springs drop. But im only on an Oem bumper now, I removed the ings lip because the height I wanted to run the car the lip was bearly 40 mm off the ground I'll get round to putting it in the forsale section soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark@Abbey m/s Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Well I'm on coilovers and origional rays and the tread of the tyre is hidden by the arch i would say its deffinatly lower than what eibach springs drop. But im only on an Oem bumper now, I removed the ings lip because the height I wanted to run the car the lip was bearly 40 mm off the ground I'll get round to putting it in the forsale section soon That is far to low , it will wear the front compression arms bushes out in no time , rear driveshaft angle will be excessive as well for constant running. I would say a max of 25mm is the most you can lower the 350Z to keep reasonable suspension angles. SPC make a nice front suspension top arm to allow the camber to be adjusted, not cheap thou. Raise it up a few MM I am sure it will ride far better and be more usable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 yep i raised mines and it made a hell of a difference. Alex always said to me that 25mm is as low without putting strain on other components and bushes. Some people prefer looks over function though, whereas, i want both The eibach lowering springs were a perfect set up to be honest. Im having issues getting my kw variant 3's adjusted to suit. And now i get alot of banging when hitting big pot holes from the front suspension/drop links/ bannana bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippychip123 Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 I think I do need to raise it a bit. The compression bushes are already torn and will be replaced shortly and I don't know about shafts as I haven't looked what height is the Lizards race car if you don't mind me asking? Looks a bit more manageable than mine Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greekman Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Well I'm on coilovers and origional rays and the tread of the tyre is hidden by the arch i would say its deffinatly lower than what eibach springs drop. But im only on an Oem bumper now, I removed the ings lip because the height I wanted to run the car the lip was bearly 40 mm off the ground I'll get round to putting it in the forsale section soon That is far to low , it will wear the front compression arms bushes out in no time , rear driveshaft angle will be excessive as well for constant running. I would say a max of 25mm is the most you can lower the 350Z to keep reasonable suspension angles. SPC make a nice front suspension top arm to allow the camber to be adjusted, not cheap thou. Raise it up a few MM I am sure it will ride far better and be more usable. +1 dangerously low mate. Had mine that low for a while and could easily knock the cats eyes off the road On standard rays Car would get unsettled easily too. About 25mm all over and the front cambers were about 1.4 degrees. I dont understand why your cambers are so different tho. I got the spc front camber arms and adjusted the front camber to 2.5 to eliminate understeer but Tyres don't like it. Neither the bushes. Spc kit is great with easy and more precise adjustment. Before that I had another kit (don't remember the name-blue with lots of Allen bolts on the plane) which was ok but had to adjust to 0.01 of the degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark@Abbey m/s Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Steve's car isnt used on the road so it doesnt really have as much issues as running a car lower on the road as the car is serviced a lot more between runs. But it is only around 30/35mm lower than a stock car , we also run small diameter tyres so this makes the car look a lot lower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippychip123 Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Oh ok cool, I think I'll be raising it up a bit then. Another quick question for Abbey is, as a more fit and forget type bush which is better, a super pro poly one or your rosejointed ones? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark@Abbey m/s Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Personally I think the rose jointed bush is the way to go , it is only a few more pounds expensive than the Super pro bush. We can supply these as well thou. If the car is running so low I feel the compression arm is running out of it's safe angle so it will over work the bush. The rose joint will work up to far greater angle than a super pro bush. We have had no troubles with rose jointed bush , I have been running these on my JDM car for 3 years now no noise issues either. They be back in stock very soon may even be next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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