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Mat- How do the BC's ride? I have a set waiting to go in the car pretty excited and would like a bit more of a drop nothing too illegal though..

Edited by Seano350GT

I know like any mass produced coilover where they overcome limited valving options using different spring rates that the ride can be hit and miss but the research i did on people using them in 350's and on g35driver suggested they were very good in this platform. Similar to when i had my 530 M-sport - all the e39 M5 owners swore by them, even over much more expensive german coilovers. Sometimes they just get it right.

As for preload - there are pretty specific instructions, especially in the rear due to the OEM style setup (separate spring and shock). As i said, i haven't driven the car yet. I'll wait for the springs to settle first, then I'll adjust height and preload - then do my damping. But i'm also missing one 20 inch rim at the moment, with a 17 in it's place - so it's sitting a bit skew-if at the time being, can't do any adjustments till i get that wheel back.

Sean - the drop is pretty flexible. I have a good 1.5 inches up and down from where they are right now. I'm not about riding it in the weeds, but if you wanted to go low you could. At the height it currently sits, it is 100mm clearance at plastic cover in front of the rear subframe and 110mm at the undertray at the front, and I'm pretty happy with the way the wheels sit in the gaurds, but will plan to drop it a little more at the front, but I want to maintain 100mm clearance.

Sweet thanks for the info. When i looked into coils i originally was gonna go with Stance GR+ - All the american's said they're amazing and ride so much better than the BC's and blah blah blah but i couldn't justify the extra $400 (inc shipping) to get them here when the reveiws i read on the BC BR's were awesome.. Plus the fact that Boostn Imports in Brisbane stocks these for our car and got a great price. I am keen to get them on the car, have no intentions to "slam" it but i will be pushing it in terms of legal height same story as you Mat.

Wasn't sure what size to run up the front, so decided to buy some china 215/35's and see how clearances are then maybe go to something a bit wider in a decedent brand in a month or 2

Also lowered the car about 1cm at the front which is now max low without taking helper springs out

So it is now effectively 19x9-11 with 215/35/19 and 19x10.5-3 with 245/35/19

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really cheap cost $10 a month to sign up, they will hold an item for up to 90 days, then you can consolidate it all into one box as I did above, costs $2 an item then whatever it cost to send the box.

That box cost me like $90 to send, but in comparison I also had 2x sunnies in there that through the online checkout they wanted $100 alone to ship to aus.

All up for 6 items it maybe cost $120-150 for the fright forwarding servies + internal us shipping (this was $10-15 at most an item)

I think I easily saved $200 compared to getting them shipped individually. Only bad thing is the warehouse of the people I used is in CAL which means everything gets a 8% tax (like GST) but only applies if getting sent to california..... Still Ill defiantly use it again in the future.

I am thinking about going back to a K&N dropin filter and a stillen z tube combo, the injen cold air intake makes a bit of noise but it doesn't do much. Plus i am a clean freak it's a bit of a pain polishing the piping lol.. and it'd make changing/cleaning the air filter ALOT easier having it up top rather than removing the bumper to do so..

stock Intake vs Z pipe.

Also removed a resonator at the bottom of the air box so it has a decent induction noise... but not charage with a pod epicness and still look all factory ;)

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Center caps rocked up so modded the center wheel covers... Wich involeved a lot of drilling and filing as the holesaw had no chance

These turned out a bit to small so going to order some the next size up. Thinking about putting a SSR sticker or something on them as it isnt going to match the alloy of the wheel

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Whole car pic with the clear indicators on as well

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