Just lowered my Q70s on RS*R down springs.

Post by **LeRoy712** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:49 am

Just lowered the Q70 with RS*R down springs (1.8 F and 1.4 R) and so far so good. Will probably settle a touch more in the next week or so. Ride is very good in my opinion. It's a touch stiffer than before obviously, but not too noticeable. Rides like my buddy's stock 370z.

Post by **DFW2011M56S** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:37 am

Which springs did you use? I do not see a listing for our cars on their website.

Post by **LeRoy712** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:41 pm

DFW2011M56S wrote:Which springs did you use? I do not see a listing for our cars on their website.

I contacted RS*R USA division and they are the Down Spring item N281D for the RWD M37/M56/Q70 Fuga Y51. They dont advertise for the US market so they will have to ship them from their Japanese facility, but so far so good and I think worth the money if you arent going to run coilovers. They also have a set for the AWD vehicles but it is a different product code.

Post by **Debonair** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 3:41 pm

Nice and subtle. I like.

Post by **LeRoy712** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 5:18 pm

Thanks Debonair! It's amazing what a little 1.5 inch drop will do visually to our cars. I think it should have came stock from the factory at this height. I'm going to take a couple more pics this weekend after I get an alignment and see how much settling has happened. It's already come down a touch from this morning when pics were taken. Been driving around to clients all day so I think that's helped.

Post by **beachbum718** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 5:26 pm

Looks great.my opinion is to wait on alignment. Makes no sense since it didnt settle and its just 1.5 inches.sort of a waste of money

Post by **LeRoy712** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:02 pm

beachbum718 wrote:Looks great.my opinion is to wait on alignment. Makes no sense since it didnt settle and its just 1.5 inches.sort of a waste of money

Thanks man! That's what I was thinking as well, but I have been told by a couple of people that have shops along with reading a couple things saying the RS*R springs don't sag like cheaper springs and they will fully settle in about 250 miles of driving.

Post by **iwk2much** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:18 pm

I like it. Where did you purchase this from?

Post by **LeRoy712** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:33 pm

iwk2much wrote:I like it. Where did you purchase this from?

I contacted RS*R USA http://www.rs-r.com/contact/ and let them know what vehicle I had and they located the springs from there Japanese inventory. Make sure you let them know if yours is RWD or AWD. It costs roughly $450 all together to have them shipped directly from Japan. Springs were $300 and shipping $150. They also have a domestic shipping option that cost like $25 or something, but it takes up to 6 weeks to get them. I got mine in about 7 days.

Post by **stm37s** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:35 am

Looks good man, I agree should have came from the factory a little lower as well. Keep us posted on the final settling.

Post by **DoN_BLaZe34** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:30 am

Looks good!

For anyone interested, I have a set of the AWD springs for sale. I've been really lazy about posting them but I do have them.

Post by **biggie** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 6:34 am

Let us know if the Alignment is an issue on these with stock adjustments.

thanks

Post by **Altered** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 3:53 am

Excellent drop, the car looks great! Anymore pictures? These seem to drop slightly lower than the Eibach and Tanabe springs.

Post by **LeRoy712** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 2:37 pm

Thanks fellas. Here are a couple more pics.

Post by **Vini** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:02 pm

The last two looks great! I lowered mine on Eibach and a week later went to Tanabe Coils just wasn't low enough for me. but your car looks good.

Post by **Big_Tone** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:49 am

I contacted RS-R and got this response...

Thank you for inquiry.
Actuary, We do not have your vehicle specific application,
but fitment same as Infiniti M37 which application is
not guaranteed ride height, just because engine size different
from Japanese model in US.

If you have any questions,
please feel free contact us.

Regards,

Toshi

Thoughts?

Post by **Altered** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 9:52 am

Big_Tone wrote:I contacted RS-R and got this response...

Thank you for inquiry.
Actuary, We do not have your vehicle specific application,
but fitment same as Infiniti M37 which application is
not guaranteed ride height, just because engine size different
from Japanese model in US.

If you have any questions,
please feel free contact us.

Regards,

Toshi

Thoughts?

Your car will sit really low in the front. The weight of the V8 and the transfer case adds up to about 400 lbs difference to a V6 RWD, or 200 lbs vs a V6 AWD. I would just go with coilovers on the V8 cars, even though the only company making them for AWD right now seems to be BC. Sadly you have are limited in off the shelf options.

Post by **RL15Q70S** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 11:19 pm

Leroy712 - Looks really good! I have the same car and wanted to know if you could send measurements from the ground (center of wheel) to the beginning of the top fender lip front and rear? I think you should be around 29"... Just want to know where it sits vs. the Eibach kit.

Post by **spennyd25** » Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:38 pm

LeRoy712 wrote:Just lowered the Q70 with RS*R down springs (1.8 F and 1.4 R) and so far so good. Will probably settle a touch more in the next week or so. Ride is very good in my opinion. It's a touch stiffer than before obviously, but not too noticeable. Rides like my buddy's stock 370z.

I'd love to see your car in person. I'm from Arizona too and from the looks of the mountains in the background, I'm not too far from where you took the original pictures. I'm picking up a 2015 Q70 next week and am very excited to make some subtle changes to it. Is there a way to PM on this site?

Tojo · Post by **Tojo** » Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:07 pm

Did you have a hard time aligning after the drop settled?

Post by **LeRoy712** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:14 am

RL15Q70S wrote:Leroy712 - Looks really good! I have the same car and wanted to know if you could send measurements from the ground (center of wheel) to the beginning of the top fender lip front and rear? I think you should be around 29"... Just want to know where it sits vs. the Eibach kit.

Sorry man I just saw this. I'll get some measurements when I get back home. Currently on vacation with the family. I'll put these on here around Tuesday.

Post by **LeRoy712** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:18 am

spennyd25 wrote:
LeRoy712 wrote:Just lowered the Q70 with RS*R down springs (1.8 F and 1.4 R) and so far so good. Will probably settle a touch more in the next week or so. Ride is very good in my opinion. It's a touch stiffer than before obviously, but not too noticeable. Rides like my buddy's stock 370z.
I'd love to see your car in person. I'm from Arizona too and from the looks of the mountains in the background, I'm not too far from where you took the original pictures. I'm picking up a 2015 Q70 next week and am very excited to make some subtle changes to it. Is there a way to PM on this site?

Cool. I'm in the Gilbert area. That pic was actually walking up to my car at San Tan Village. I think you have to be a member for a certain period of time of have (x) numbers of posts. The springs are the only thing I have done to it. I purchased an ARK GRiP exhaust before ARK decided to redesign the system. Therefore I'm not getting it until supposedly Feburary now.

Post by **LeRoy712** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:21 am

Tojo wrote:Did you have a hard time aligning after the drop settled?

No problem with alignment at all. Matter of fact I had it checked 3 weeks ago and still in spec. Didn't need to do anything. The drop isn't dramatic enough. Overall I think it's settled in at about 1.6 all around.

Post by **LeRoy712** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:26 am

LeRoy712 wrote:
spennyd25 wrote:
I'd love to see your car in person. I'm from Arizona too and from the looks of the mountains in the background, I'm not too far from where you took the original pictures. I'm picking up a 2015 Q70 next week and am very excited to make some subtle changes to it. Is there a way to PM on this site?
Cool. You clearly see Four Peaks and the Superstitions in that rooftop pic hahaha. I'm in the Gilbert area. That pic was actually walking up to my car at San Tan Village. I think you have to be a member for a certain period of time of have (x) numbers of posts. The springs are the only thing I have done to it. I purchased an ARK GRiP exhaust before ARK decided to redesign the system. Therefore I'm not getting it until supposedly Feburary now.

Post by **spennyd25** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:37 am

LeRoy712 wrote:
spennyd25 wrote:
Cool. I'm in the Gilbert area. That pic was actually walking up to my car at San Tan Village. I think you have to be a member for a certain period of time of have (x) numbers of posts. The springs are the only thing I have done to it. I purchased an ARK GRiP exhaust before ARK decided to redesign the system. Therefore I'm not getting it until supposedly Feburary now.

I'm in the Gilbert area too...I live and work in the area. Would love to see your car sometime. I'm scheduled to pick up my 2015 Q70 on Thursday. It looks like I'm still too new here to be allowed to PM just yet. Will it allow you to PM me?

Post by **LeRoy712** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:10 pm

RL15Q70S wrote:Leroy712 - Looks really good! I have the same car and wanted to know if you could send measurements from the ground (center of wheel) to the beginning of the top fender lip front and rear? I think you should be around 29"... Just want to know where it sits vs. the Eibach kit.

I'm at 28" in the rear and 28.5" in the front.

Post by **RL15Q70S** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:39 pm

Thanks, mine is at 28" rear and 28-1/4" front. Very similar!

Post by **LeRoy712** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 5:14 pm

Wish my front was 1/2" lower. Wouldn't mind a slight rake look. I'm kicking around the idea of getting some wheels. If I do I will switch to coilovers.

Post by **RL15Q70S** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 10:15 pm

The picture outside in the parking lot looks like the car has a rake to it. Coilovers are nice because of the infinite adjustment for height and ride quality. I am currently searching for a set of wheels too, going to stick with 20 x 9's all the way around due to all the driving I do.

Post by **Jamike** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 7:24 pm

I took your advise on the RSR springs. Perfect drop and great ride on my Q70s. I went with SPD FFS01 Flow forged wheels. 20×9 up front 20×10.5 in the rear.

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