Sorry for the lateness, but I just wanted to get on here and update my build thread. So, last Friday me and some friends went ahead and did the front and rear sways. Took it to the track the next day and it drove like a CHARM!!! Seriously, I can take corners probably 30% faster without losing grip. No tire squeal, body stays level, It's amazing how much difference it makes. Also replaced the rear end-links and put new sparks in as well. I couldn't break loose the front end links though, and realized it will be much easier to torque on those things once I have the struts off, so I just put that off until the Powertrix come in. Besides the fact that it's a Nissan and just generally doesn't like being worked on, three main issues that lead to us spending SIGNIFICANTLY more time on this job than we expected:
1) Getting the old sway out and putting the new sway in was like solving one of those weird puzzles where the loops are locked together. Feels impossible until suddenly it just works. Still don't know how it finally fit in there. Yes, we even removed the tension rods. I dunno, lol.
2) The bracket for the front sway didn't fully fit over the bushing so we couldn't seat the bolt properly to tighten it (this took the longest to solve). Luckily for me, a buddy had a left over bolt from when he removed the catalytic converter in his RX-8, which fit perfectly. Just long enough to reach inside and tighten it up.
3) Lastly, the aftermarket endlinks for the rear that CZP sent DID NOT FIT IN ANY WAY. It was the weirdest thing, the pieces fit together off of the car and as soon as we would bolt the bracket onto the car the pieces wouldn't fit back together... Curse of the Z. luckily Stillen sent some with the sways that weren't adjustable, but worked great. Also, as you can see, the bolts that came with the CZP ones weren't even threaded right... It was very frustrating.
Now for pics!
Before we knew what we were getting into
Didn't get any good ones of the front, mainly cause I was trying to fix the bolt issue and wasn't focusing on pics at the time. Which kinda sucks, because the front sways are noticeably thicker. Oh well.
Wheels Off
Old Rear:
New Rear:
New Endlinks:
We decided it might just be easier to just go ahead and swap it out...
lol. Next was the sparks, 1-4 are super easy. 5&6, you have to remove the balance tube - carefully.
May be doing the JDM tails and getting a new third brake light before my coilovers come in, we'll see.
