Wheel well roll complete, no rub. Backed rear dampeners off five clicks and may go back to original settings, eighteen from hard on the front and 20 from hard on the rear. Ride is very smooth and shoulder roll seems more controlled than it was with the H&R's. Drop is hard to beat and knowing that you can change it if you like makes it even better. BTW my shop drop calculator was go as low (within reason) as you can then work your way back up up until there are no contact issues. Now that the rear tire rub is all gone, it's all good. I am a believer, BC's FTW =)
BC Coilovers Info & Unboxing (03-08 FX35/FX45)
- Thread starter fxlr8
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- Southern California
post pics! also be careful of scarping the belly now you guys are so low ... lol
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Car
- 2007 FX35 RWD
Mmmmmmmm picZ!
ThE Fx 45 BeAsT
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- Seattle
show them pics lance!!! told you you would love em. Now if I could just find a way to keep the gt spec bar under there hmmmmmmmmmm. that thing is too low.
This is going back a few pages in the thread but I just opened the hatch on the FX to carry the OEM suspension pieces back down to my storage space (so I can compress and remove the springs from the struts tomorrow). I was [FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial]pleasantly[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial]/unpleasantly[/FONT] surprised, had to go back and dig up fxlr8's posted weights.
I carried the BC box into the shop by the shipping straps and the open box "like a box" but I sure as hell felt the difference in weight.......
Very nice Lance, looking forward to your pics.
A few pics of the drop. Apologies for the backdrop and image quality, sky decided to open up and rain on my impromptu photo shoot. Was going to head up to a park but figured WTH in the rain.
Images don't really convey the drop as well (the down low shots don't really convey the height of the well lip to the tire) as I'd like.
The rear wheels images hopefully get the aggressive camber across. The combination of my roll and the camber allows decent travel for the rears and I am going to now try a bit lower and see what happens this weekend (if it doesn't frigging rain) I honestly never thought the aggressive offset of the GT-R wheels allow this much drop especially after the first day when the burrs on interior well edge turned the top part of my rear sidewalls into little ribbons......
FYI Wheels are 9.5 x 20 front with 265/50 and the 10.5 x 20 rear with 295/45. And yeah, the open spoke design of the wheels are screaming for a BBK.
Images don't really convey the drop as well (the down low shots don't really convey the height of the well lip to the tire) as I'd like.
The rear wheels images hopefully get the aggressive camber across. The combination of my roll and the camber allows decent travel for the rears and I am going to now try a bit lower and see what happens this weekend (if it doesn't frigging rain) I honestly never thought the aggressive offset of the GT-R wheels allow this much drop especially after the first day when the burrs on interior well edge turned the top part of my rear sidewalls into little ribbons......
FYI Wheels are 9.5 x 20 front with 265/50 and the 10.5 x 20 rear with 295/45. And yeah, the open spoke design of the wheels are screaming for a BBK.
Very nice Lance. Everything comes together well, the color of the wheels work real well with your car.
And yes, you need a big brake kit. 12 piston rotora front and 4 piston rotora rear in metallic blue (or a 6 piston/4 piston in GT-R Gold might work too...).
Thanks Ed, I'm down with the BBK in GT-R gold. Good enough for Godzilla =) Loving the BC's, Saturday will be ride dampener experimentation day. Yesterdays ten clicks up from [FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial]18 from hard on the front and 20 from hard on the rear definitely makes for a stiffer ride, much stiffer than the H&R's were.[/FONT]
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gmgagne
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oh my gosh. that is gorgeous
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- Cape Coral, FL
looks awesome! congrats, i bet it handles much better! i happen to know stoptech vendor as well 
anyway enjoy!
anyway enjoy!- Location
- Southern California
I love your setup, very clean! nice wheels
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Car
- 05 FX35 RWD
That looks great. Tasteful, everything
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Car
- 2007 FX35 RWD
Looks great, Lance! Glad to finally see pics. I think I like the 275/45's after seeing this. BC's should help eliminate the wheel gap with them, too.
Thanks guys - Always have been reluctant to post pics as there's always more to do to the ride and none of it getting done. Plus most of what I have done (like most of us) you can't see....I have a beautiful set of color matched TC6 signal mirrors that have been in a box under my desk for 3-4 months....Anyway Ed brought this up and I thought it was a valid point regarding the BC's. The fronts are completely in factory alignment, the rears WERE in factory spec but I asked the shop to add in some negative camber so the sidewalls would clear the wheel well edge.
- Location
- South Gate, CA
- Car
- 2003 FX45 AWD
Lance... wheels and stance look good...
Lance, that is sweet, very sweet.
Very classy looking ride, rims really look great on yor FX
Very classy looking ride, rims really look great on yor FX
ThE Fx 45 BeAsT
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- Location
- Seattle
+1 bro looking awesome keeping it cleannnnn.
- Location
- Vancouver, Canada
Looks awesome!