DRM Coil Overs
 

Just wanna give my opinion on coilovers.
This past month i installed coilovers on my Z of course after all my friends put them on there Z's i got jealous.
I went with 400/250 springs,i think i would prefer a bit softer maybe 350/200.

They are bad @ss it should've came with them from the factory.

Much smoother ride at cruising speeds.
I find myself going faster just so much smoother,on the highway 85MPH feels like what 55MPH used to feel.

Tonight i did a couple of WOT passes to about 145 MPH i didn't even flinch.
It doesn't follow grooves on the road,the car feels planted.

If your thinking about it stop and just do it.

I've heard that going with coilovers adds weight a big concern of mine, adding weight to my Z is a big NO NO, what i discovered after i weighed all the stock parts leafsprings,bolts,clamps,shims basicly everything coming off against the coil springs and hardware they were withen 1-2lbs.(bathroom scale)

Got my ride height just the way i like it,looks killer.

Awesome just freaking awesome.


Pete

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Pete, Congrate!
Now time to show us the Pic. !=D>

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Pete, thanks for sharing your thoughts and I hope you have many miles of :mrgreen: with the new C/O's!:thumbsup:

:cheers:
Tom

They're on my "wish List".....:pray......but they will have to wait.

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How did you handle the front swaybar? And did you get new shocks?

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I fell into the same more is better trap - Good thing is springs are relatively cheap and not too hard to change out.

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I stayed with the stock shocks i didn't see any reason to change them.

I moved the sway bar mounts 1/2" forward need to drill new holes.
Same goes for the rear top shock mounts.
DRM has pictures with instructions of the install,they can email to you.

Pete

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I prefer to sacrifice a little handling for ride comfort.
I don't care to pull 1.0G on the skidpad.

Yes,springs are reasonably priced, compared to everything else on our Z's.:)

Pete

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Agree with Pete's comments a really worth while mod. If the roads you drive on most of the time are not track smooth then it is well worth doing. No more mid-corner hop on fast bumpy turns. I had new shocks as well. I went with new stock shocks but DRM revalved them. I fitted larger sway bars front and rear as well.

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Any chance we could get a pic of how these coilovers look on the car. Im sure a few members here would like to see what your project looks like. :cool:

Also if you dont mind for the benefit of the rest of the club that might considered getting involved in this upgrade a ballpark figure cost? Im beginning to think like TomTom and there is no budget when it comes to this car lol

Thanks GC

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I will post pictures soon.

Install is not really hard just labor involved,removing front spring.

The groove on the shocks can be made at most machine shops probably a
$50-$100 charge.

I'm pretty sure DRM will do a Christmas special on these kits.

If you do the labor yourself you'll need a grinder/carbide,drill/bits some sockets and wrench's.

If you get the special Christmas price you can have Coilovers for about $1000.

Pete