M35 Aftermarket Suspension

[Jetwreck]

About to order some bc's for my stag, sick of shitty slammed springs making me bottom out practically every day. I do like a fang but my 180s for that, do you guys recon 12 kg's all round I like what zei said hahah

12kg's are fine for the front.....12kg's are a too hard for the rear imo.....but then again I'm try to get a lot more power to the ground than stock.....I'm running 9.3kg's in the rear atm and it's very snappy in the wet........12's in the rear would be a little bumpy as well.

In between 8-10kg's would be fine in the rear....if you want to play around with it more get a good adjustable rear sway bar.

[Jetwreck]

About to order some bc's for my stag, sick of shitty slammed springs making me bottom out practically every day. I do like a fang but my 180s for that, do you guys recon 12 kg's all round I like what zei said hahah

12kg's are fine for the front.....12kg's are a too hard for the rear imo.....but then again I'm try to get a lot more power to the ground than stock.....I'm running 9.3kg's in the rear atm and it's very snappy in the wet........12's in the rear would be a little bumpy as well.

In between 8-10kg's would be fine in the rear....if you want to play around with it more get a good adjustable rear sway bar.

[zei20l]

What springs you got? I wana bottom out....

I'm still trying to research what's the best suspension to use to go low. BC are cheap and go low, but how low? Then there's StanceWorks ZeroClearance coilovers for the 350Z which are built to go low not for performance, but they're a little more pricey.

the BCs can go low. VERY low. check out my display pic, that was the height they came out of the box, looked awesome, but impractical. there was plenty of thread left to go lower, and also higher, which is where i went lol

[ironpaw]

the BCs can go low. VERY low. check out my display pic, that was the height they came out of the box, looked awesome, but impractical. there was plenty of thread left to go lower, and also higher, which is where i went lol

So what's a practical yet low height (in mm/cm) for our cars?

in your avator pic - is that 10cm off the groung?

[zei20l]

nope its more like 8cm off the ground lol

mine is a practical low height where its at now. but the back needs to come down a little, to pull the front bar up slightly as its a tiny bit too low

[ironpaw]

nope its more like 8cm off the ground lol

mine is a practical low height where its at now. but the back needs to come down a little, to pull the front bar up slightly as its a tiny bit too low

So how high is it off the ground now?

[zei20l]

around 120mm at the front bar, the rear a little higher for when i actually have stuff in the back.

[JayM35]

Where yours sits is where I want mine, possible lower... My chassis will have to grow balls of steel for the speed bumps into my workshop!

[wht510]

Where yours sits is where I want mine, possible lower... My chassis will have to grow balls of steel for the speed bumps into my workshop!

HAHahhaahha... I'd really like to see how low your car is going to be and how much damage you are going to do to the underside.

[zei20l]

just get some underbody bracing like i did. less flex

here is where it sits now. my wheels are around 5% under factory size.

[wht510]

Where would the underbody bracing go? The lowest point on my car is the exhaust and no amount of bracing is going to fix that

[zei20l]

one braces the bottom rear of the rear subframe. another between the rails just in front of the rear sway bar, and another at the front binding the two black bar things that bolt to the bottom of the front suspension behind the rack.

they all sit higher than the lowest parts of my car - stupid factory mid muffler the size of my house

[iamhe77]

just get some underbody bracing like i did. less flex

here is where it sits now. my wheels are around 5% under factory size.

Nice wheels Iain! (just need bigger tyres on them)

*sigh*

[zei20l]

might need new wheels soon anyway lol

so ill let the rubber wear out first. dont wanna run spacers

[JayM35]

This one's on SilkRoad's. Top arms hit body, can just fit a match-box between the ground and one of the arms.

I intend to get a new exhaust made up to sit a bit higher, build a sump-guard and modify the rear setup so everything sits a bit higher, so I can drop it lower.

[zei20l]

hows the handling? i imagine its not good!

looks good tho

[bigkevracer]

In between 8-10kg's would be fine in the rear....if you want to play around with it more get a good adjustable rear sway bar.

If only there was a sway bar group buy going at the moment...

[JayM35]

What handling? TBH, on the road the Stagea is always going to be a big wagon... for the moment when I want handling I have the RX7, my Stagea will be my impractical daily driver that shouldn't be a daily driver, until it gets ripped up.

[zei20l]

lol fair enough!

being that low all your arms are at the wrong angle and having no travel left in the suspension means the ride would be harsh!

anyway, like i said, looks the goods. i still love the pearl white in the M35........ should have bought the RS aero in pearl white that i looked at

[JayM35]

Yeh, i'm regretting not taking the time to check out other Stagea's before I got my one.

I had jsut sold my Forester and wanted a new car, and dad(importer) had just bought this one in, took it for a drive, and instantly fell in love. The modern tidy interior, the standard handling, the sound, etc..

If I had of known the turbo one's were so easily available, or the manual ones were out there, I would of tracked one of them down... Now i'm stuck with the poor-spec.. Oh well, it's kind of motivation to do something radical to it, knowing I cant make it any slower than it is now haha