FitmentJunkie

I dunno... sometimes we hit 60 on the m1 😂

I've a feeling they will be in the way of the wheels if I'm honest. I've seen them before and never really been fussed about them. I don't think height will be an issue, I'm pretty confident I can get it to sit where I want it to. It's more the rigidity of the body.

Haha Its will be well looked after with plenty of bubble baths

Lol Don't forget, I'm also going to mutilate it

^^ scratch that, a quick Google reveals that no, polybushing camber arms etc on this car is not a good idea as they require movement across 2 axis. But perhaps the subframe kit would be worth a pop. I notice whiteline offer a bushings kit for there anti roll bar? Worthwhile?

For the minimal mileage I do, I'm quite happy to have terrible handling. I live quite central in the country so no show is more than 2 hours from me. So I'm all good. But without this thread, I wouldn't have know that the uprated sway bars don't sit any lower, and that polybushing would have little affect because on my other car it was completely opposite I don't see why a car needs to handle well to travel at 30-50mph in a manageable fashion and at 70mph in a straight line for motorway use. This car will never go on track. And it will spend most it's time parked under a tree outside my house, where I will go out and take things apart for a laugh on it. We all use our cars for different things and as I said I have a pretty nippy run about. This is just a @*!#'s and giggles toy, and the suspension is only the first thing I'm going to ruin But coilovers and arbs seems a good shout to begin with, and bushes as and when if it isn't stiff enough, I'll look into bushing kits tho as I will also be changing the camber arms etc and if it seems like I'm changing everything that would be bushed, I'd be silly to not just bush it.

To me fitting air is the easy cheap way out and I will get no satisfaction from it whereas custom suspension and arms etc that I have put my own thought and graft into, that's what I'm here for. I modify for fun not for performance or handling I was asking about spring rates to get first hand feedback and how solid they would be at certain rates. I'm asking about polybushing and arms so I can be prepared prior to slamming the car. Why slam it down and break something when that can be avoided by asking for advice

Not rub

I wouldn't fit air to a Jap car. I have a German car specifically for comfort and speed. The 350 is a toy that will be driven to shows and other small events but that's about it. Stiffness won't make it low no, but it's going to be lowered to the point the arches will sit against the tyres so I need it to not run, hence the required Stiffness:) My legnum I had maybe 3mm clearance between arch and tyre, I could wedge a credit card between the two and it would stay there, and it didn't rub while driving, so I'm after the same thing here

Oh sweet. Some good advice, cheers man. So my best route will be coilovers and arbs at the same time and go from there. The car won't be driven much so I'll look into bushing down the road if required. So on spring rates, anyone running anything higher than 20?

im not too fussed about handling tbh, thats not really why i have a 350z but ok, so uprating the arbs, the downside to this may be that i presume they may hang lower to the ground? but you would choose that route over poly bushing any components? at the moment hsd are winning the coilover race as they can offer 18kg front and 16kg rear with dampers valved to suit of course.

been doing a bit of research the past week into coilovers as i want to run the car quite low i know i need to get it pretty stiff. still umming and arring over a couple of brands but am curious about polybushing. my last jap car ran tein coilovers but i had a total of 48 polybushes in my suspenion (the car was dual wishbone) so im just curious what sort of measures people on here have gone to to get a nice rock solid ride. and if you know, what you have, what sort of spring rates are people running?

It will be a DE engine, I'm pretty sure. Although I like the look of the later engines it's not really important as I'm not fussed about speed or power as the car will most likely get filled with audio. Just this time round wanted to go NA so don't have to be concerned so much about leaving my car running for 2 or 3 hours at a time

Cheers guys.

Hi guys. Thought I'd join up because I've just begun my search for a 350 to use as the Base for my next project. Hoping to find some good tips on what to look for, ideally looking under 100k miles, decent service history and probably around the 05 plate. Not new to Jap, I have a fully stanced mitsubishi legnum and a Mercedes SL as a runabout, so the 350 will replace the legnum.