Adriank Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Where abouts in reading you based mate, never seen your car about. Would be interesting to compare heights, and have a look at where your rubbing, but id be willing to bet its the flexis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FIDDYZ Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Where abouts in reading you based mate, never seen your car about. Would be interesting to compare heights, and have a look at where your rubbing, but id be willing to bet its the flexis... The stealth look is obviously working Jon!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M350ZB Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I think it's more terrified of the repercussions. that bad :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon350z Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Where abouts in reading you based mate, never seen your car about. Would be interesting to compare heights, and have a look at where your rubbing, but id be willing to bet its the flexis... The stealth look is obviously working Jon!! Must be I currently live in Sonning, but about to move to Caversham Heights. I rarely drive into the centre of town which might be why you've not seen me about. I'm pretty sure it is the flexi, so its not too much of an issue. If it gets worse when i'm lower i'll wrap the y-pipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon350z Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Rather than start a new thread thought I'd revive an old one. I just had my coilovers fitted and my zed is now a little lower, which means I am now scraping even more, main point of concern for me is when I scrape the mid section of the car, I believe the lowest point of the car is the cats (correct me if I'm wrong) how detrimental is it to keep scraping these is only happen a few times, but at work I park in the mutli story and I have to park on the top as that my companies floor and I scrape on every ramp, which was quite painful and the noise it makes, really makes me cringe. I'm probably going to raise the car a little, but I left my c spanners somewhere and until I find them I can't raise the car. Also while I'm on a similar subject, after fitting the coilovers the camber on the front is a little off, the mechanic tried to adjust it but as you may know there is little room for this on the front of the zed. Front camber arm are quite expensive, is there anything else I can do to dial the camber out. I think raising may help a little, but Thanks in advance for the advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Yeah raising should help, as the geometry will come closer to standard spec, but will still be out. I'm guessing Dixon mentioned Cusco front camber arms, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon350z Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Yea, but i think they are very expensive for what are are, going to see how much i can get some for, then decide. TBH i'm more concerned about ripping the bottom of my car to bits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcash5 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Just to answer your original question Jon, how often do you scrape/ bottom out .... erm well Multistories carparks are now a no go, high streets, garage ramps, speedbumps, some drives, dropped kurbs roadkill in the road, humpback bridges are all off the route, so no I never scrape, purely because I dont take it to any of these! Would I change it ..... HELL NO!!!! I love it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon350z Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 I wouldn't change it apart from the road to my house has speedbumps and I bottom out on those and I can park elsewhere for work but will have to pay upwards of a £10 a day, or i can park on top of the mutlistory for free. Just that I go over those twice a day, so its quite a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Well, you could go one better and get that hydraulic lift system from KW, yeah it's over 2K, but then you'll never bottom out again Doesn't that compromise on the Z's handling though BM? I mean it sounds similar to an air-ride system and you don't really want bags to replace the coilies. I dunno what the system is like though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FIDDYZ Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Rather than start a new thread thought I'd revive an old one. I just had my coilovers fitted and my zed is now a little lower, which means I am now scraping even more, main point of concern for me is when I scrape the mid section of the car, I believe the lowest point of the car is the cats (correct me if I'm wrong) how detrimental is it to keep scraping these is only happen a few times, but at work I park in the mutli story and I have to park on the top as that my companies floor and I scrape on every ramp, which was quite painful and the noise it makes, really makes me cringe. I'm probably going to raise the car a little, but I left my c spanners somewhere and until I find them I can't raise the car. Also while I'm on a similar subject, after fitting the coilovers the camber on the front is a little off, the mechanic tried to adjust it but as you may know there is little room for this on the front of the zed. Front camber arm are quite expensive, is there anything else I can do to dial the camber out. I think raising may help a little, but Thanks in advance for the advice I got some C-spanners and may be able to help this weekend with maybe dans help!! Lowest point on mine is the ypipe flexies... Cuscos a-arms are good but there are some others on the market that are a tad cheaper, Did you say that you had an issue with the toe bolt on the PM to me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FIDDYZ Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Well, you could go one better and get that hydraulic lift system from KW, yeah it's over 2K, but then you'll never bottom out again Doesn't that compromise on the Z's handling though BM? I mean it sounds similar to an air-ride system and you don't really want bags to replace the coilies. I dunno what the system is like though. Nope, no compromise on the system, its just a way of dialing the stanchion up and down I belive, KW have been running these on cars racing in the porsche super cup with no issues. Its a copy of the robertura system that is found on ferraris and Lambos. No replacement of coilies either... its a unit that sits on the top of the excisting KW system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon350z Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Rather than start a new thread thought I'd revive an old one. I just had my coilovers fitted and my zed is now a little lower, which means I am now scraping even more, main point of concern for me is when I scrape the mid section of the car, I believe the lowest point of the car is the cats (correct me if I'm wrong) how detrimental is it to keep scraping these is only happen a few times, but at work I park in the mutli story and I have to park on the top as that my companies floor and I scrape on every ramp, which was quite painful and the noise it makes, really makes me cringe. I'm probably going to raise the car a little, but I left my c spanners somewhere and until I find them I can't raise the car. Also while I'm on a similar subject, after fitting the coilovers the camber on the front is a little off, the mechanic tried to adjust it but as you may know there is little room for this on the front of the zed. Front camber arm are quite expensive, is there anything else I can do to dial the camber out. I think raising may help a little, but Thanks in advance for the advice I got some C-spanners and may be able to help this weekend with maybe dans help!! Lowest point on mine is the ypipe flexies... Cuscos a-arms are good but there are some others on the market that are a tad cheaper, Did you say that you had an issue with the toe bolt on the PM to me? I think I left them at DMS, if you are up for helpng on Suday that would be great. I thought I had an issue with the rear toe but looking at the print out the left rear is 0.01 and the right rear is 0.03 so i dont think thats too bad. I've also looked and the spl but again they are quite expensive, what do you think about the ibacia's? (or whatever they are called) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Well, you could go one better and get that hydraulic lift system from KW, yeah it's over 2K, but then you'll never bottom out again Doesn't that compromise on the Z's handling though BM? I mean it sounds similar to an air-ride system and you don't really want bags to replace the coilies. I dunno what the system is like though. It's a system that is fitted additionally to the existing KW coilovers and is activated with a button from the driver seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon350z Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 If someone wants to pay for me to have the KW coilovers with lift system, Im ok with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FIDDYZ Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Did you mean saturday or sunday? Think Dan may be coming over sunday and I need his help cause hes got the jack!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon350z Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Did you mean saturday or sunday? Think Dan may be coming over sunday and I need his help cause hes got the jack!! Yea Sunday, i'm not about Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcash5 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I would come and help but I cant get over the speedbump outside your house Mark ha ha ha how ironic!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriank Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I scrape a lot aswell, the front lip takes the most of it! Dan do you scrape on the bumps in crowthorne? I hit them all :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriank Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Rather than start a new thread thought I'd revive an old one. I just had my coilovers fitted and my zed is now a little lower, which means I am now scraping even more, main point of concern for me is when I scrape the mid section of the car, I believe the lowest point of the car is the cats (correct me if I'm wrong) how detrimental is it to keep scraping these is only happen a few times, but at work I park in the mutli story and I have to park on the top as that my companies floor and I scrape on every ramp, which was quite painful and the noise it makes, really makes me cringe. I'm probably going to raise the car a little, but I left my c spanners somewhere and until I find them I can't raise the car. Also while I'm on a similar subject, after fitting the coilovers the camber on the front is a little off, the mechanic tried to adjust it but as you may know there is little room for this on the front of the zed. Front camber arm are quite expensive, is there anything else I can do to dial the camber out. I think raising may help a little, but Thanks in advance for the advice I got some C-spanners and may be able to help this weekend with maybe dans help!! Lowest point on mine is the ypipe flexies... Cuscos a-arms are good but there are some others on the market that are a tad cheaper, Did you say that you had an issue with the toe bolt on the PM to me? Oh the advantages of the Buddy Club Y with no flexis, i used to scrape the flexis on the Nismo Y all the time, now the exhaust doesnt touch anything :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srobrien Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I bottom out daily, its usually on the metal guard covering the midpipe flange though so im not that concerned. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Ah thanks for the info Fiddy and BM- that new piece of kit is amazing! I've always wanted something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Blimey a hot topic indeed 5 pages now...... the local council don't like cars at all here and have surrounded the estate with bumps and potholes I have to drive in the middle of the road to avoid damage and mine is boggo height !!!! I think there is an EU standard height and size look on t'web but if wrong the council will change them because of fear of being sued for damage ..... worth pursuing I think ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPO Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 A mate of mine with a lowered car years ago smacked off his oil sump on a speed hump, he thought it was due to his car until while stuck at the side of the road a merc saloon did the same thing! He sued and got all costs back from the council... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon350z Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Don't really want it to come to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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