ah good lifegrd, i learned the hard way, good to see your a step ahead!!! i cut my sidewalls a bit, not enough to be dangerous, just took a bit off, then i rolled them.

 

Chris, thanks man. You know I envy your Z's paint! One of these days I'll get out to Texas to say what's up.

Shady, yeah man, it was good advice for rolling the fender! Definitely would hate to eat up the tires. I can't afford to replace them so soon! Now I'm going to have to get some bushings to improve the handling. I haven't tried any spirited driving though. The weather has been pretty lousy with on and off rain and gravel slides happening on the back roads...

 

when it dries out go to a lonely parking lot, get into second gear, like 30 mph, and turn hard and give it some gas, see what the front does. make sure you have room in front of you!!!!! i found the faster i went, the more it went straight!!! let off and hit the brakes, it should turn. if it does this, get some mercedes springs. bushings help too, but not nearly as much as the springs and really good sway bars.

 

you could also replace your rear struts with solid rods from the a-arms up to the towers. its basically the same as the Mercedes springs lol

 

hahahahaha, yeah my car only squats no more than 3/4" on a hard launch. but the spring rate is perfect for these cars, and not too bouncy or bone jarring. youll have to cut 4 coils off. start with 3 tho just incase its different. every car has its quirks.

 

I'll see if I can find a parking lot with out the local PD hanging around. The bushings are a must for me as my stock rubber bushings are falling apart. I do plan to get sway bars as my next suspension upgrade since the stock ones are crap. I also want to get the tie rods that Bleach got from T3. Anyway, thanks for the heads up.

 

17x9 3 piece Panasports with 255/40/17's FTW!

 

Those looks sweet LWW! Are you putting those on your 280zx?

 

only for high rollers

 

Hi,
I found this uk web site where you can upload a photo of your car and fit all the different Rota wheels in the virtual fitting bay!...
http://www.rarerims.co.uk/alloys_sub2.asp?id=33
http://www.rarerims.co.uk/virtual/

 

That's an awesome site, man. I'm adding that to my favorites.

 

Copied and pasted this from my post on HBZ...

The rain finally stopped long enough for me to snap a couple of shots of my zx. The 9" wheels sit fairly flush in the rear, but maybe the 9.5" will sit better. I just prefer a non staggered setup as my last set of wheels were staggered, and I didn't like the handling characteristics that came with the setup. I tried to show the 9" from multiple angles. Hope this helps any S130Z owners out there! Sorry my zx is dirty, I've been extremely busy with work, but it's raining again today, so I figured it wasn't worth it to wash and wax it yet. =)

 

Very nice John, did you always have the spolier on, never noticed it. Again, love the wheels!

 

Chris,

I added the spoiler the same day as the pics since it wasn't raining for a change. Too bad I can't say the same about the weather today...

 

Thanks for the info on the spolier...I'll get it some day.

 

Lifegrddude, what is your setup for your suspension? Your car has a great stance, it looks fantastic. I've been looking into the RB-R's for sometime now, your car has me set on those wheels.

 

My suspension setup is very mild. Just a set of Suspension Techniques springs on Tokico HP shocks. I plan on going to coilovers some day though.

 

I C A 5 10



...my springs will be here any day now...

 

i like the caged 510 too!!! nice work john, the spoiler gives the back a nice finished look