2007 Nissan 350Z 313GT
Discussion
Thanks both. I have to say I’m very pleased with them.
The reason I haven’t opted for any centre caps is for a couple of reasons. They’re not to my taste, and they don’t fit anyway. The front drive shafts extend through the centre bore of the wheels so the caps don’t fit over them. They fit on the rear but then that would look asymmetrical.
The reason I haven’t opted for any centre caps is for a couple of reasons. They’re not to my taste, and they don’t fit anyway. The front drive shafts extend through the centre bore of the wheels so the caps don’t fit over them. They fit on the rear but then that would look asymmetrical.
Looking great. I agree RPF1s are top wheels for the 350. Actually the stock wheels are pretty good (esp with spacers) so IMO it's only worth changing if you're putting something great on - like these.
Putting MPS4 on my 350Z was brilliant, it would charge down streaming wet B-roads, the TCS just imperceptibly trimming throttle inputs when needed. On inferior tyres the TCS was incredibly slow-witted, clumsy and intrusive, but just upgrading to Michelins suddenly made it top-notch.
Visually I think your car would benefit from being a few cm higher at the front, so that would work well if it also stops the scraping as you mention. You could always do the ride height for now, and then only invest the time in putting the damping up all round if it's still scraping I guess.
samoht said:
Looking great. I agree RPF1s are top wheels for the 350. Actually the stock wheels are pretty good (esp with spacers) so IMO it's only worth changing if you're putting something great on - like these.
Putting MPS4 on my 350Z was brilliant, it would charge down streaming wet B-roads, the TCS just imperceptibly trimming throttle inputs when needed. On inferior tyres the TCS was incredibly slow-witted, clumsy and intrusive, but just upgrading to Michelins suddenly made it top-notch.
Visually I think your car would benefit from being a few cm higher at the front, so that would work well if it also stops the scraping as you mention. You could always do the ride height for now, and then only invest the time in putting the damping up all round if it's still scraping I guess.
Thanks. RPF1s are the wheel for 350s IMO, more so even than the TE37. The standard wheels are nice, and RAYS so a top brand, however as you say their offset is rubbish which while this can be fixed with spacers I don’t like spacers, particularly when you need 25mm to push the wheels out sufficiently. Plus, the rears are still 8.5” wide in 245 section tyres so look a bit too narrow. Having 9.5” wheels on 275 section tyres really fills the arches out and it looks great from the back. Putting MPS4 on my 350Z was brilliant, it would charge down streaming wet B-roads, the TCS just imperceptibly trimming throttle inputs when needed. On inferior tyres the TCS was incredibly slow-witted, clumsy and intrusive, but just upgrading to Michelins suddenly made it top-notch.
Visually I think your car would benefit from being a few cm higher at the front, so that would work well if it also stops the scraping as you mention. You could always do the ride height for now, and then only invest the time in putting the damping up all round if it's still scraping I guess.
I’ve not driven the car in the wet yet as I don’t tend to drive it when rain is forecast (which is all the time at the moment…), however dry performance seems to be good.
I agree. The front is a bit too low for my liking, so I’ll probably wind it back up by 10mm or so at some point. For a first pass it’s sufficient. The rears are more or less spot on for my taste so I’ll leave them where they are. If, as you say, the scraping persists I’ll look to stiffen things up a little.
Well, as it turns out raising the front "at some point" turned out to be today. I was intending on today being a sit around in my pants and do nothing day, but the need to do something about the front ride height got the better of me, and so after an hour or so of fiddling it's at a better height.
Just in time too, as the ever-present rain has just started to fall once more.
I'm happier with the height now, with the gap between arch and tyre broadly the same front and rear. I've just got to see if the scraping has been resolved too.
Just in time too, as the ever-present rain has just started to fall once more.
I'm happier with the height now, with the gap between arch and tyre broadly the same front and rear. I've just got to see if the scraping has been resolved too.
Alias218 said:
So far everything is OK. The ride is nice, not hard and crashy like you can get. The car is nice and stable over undulations in the road, though that was always good. The added track has made turn in feel sharper though that could easily be a placebo type effect.
I think the Blitz dampers are probably better to suited to U.K. roads - faster and smoother than the Japanese roads I’m used to. I found with the original springs suspension would bottom out on some terrain with my ride height. I should specify I’m running the Blitz on an R34, when I had my Z I was using Tanabe Sustec Pro with EDC which were fantastic. I am loving how clean this is, there are a lot of ruined “hot boy” 350Zs out there these days. When they become scarce, no doubt the Z will be a classic.
Alias218 said:
Well, as it turns out raising the front "at some point" turned out to be today. I was intending on today being a sit around in my pants and do nothing day, but the need to do something about the front ride height got the better of me, and so after an hour or so of fiddling it's at a better height.
Just in time too, as the ever-present rain has just started to fall once more.
I'm happier with the height now, with the gap between arch and tyre broadly the same front and rear. I've just got to see if the scraping has been resolved too.
Looks lovely OP, great choice of wheel and looks perfect without the centre caps IMO. RPF1/TE37 are a couple of wheel designs where the replicas never look great, but those Enkeis you've got have a nice bit of offset Just in time too, as the ever-present rain has just started to fall once more.
I'm happier with the height now, with the gap between arch and tyre broadly the same front and rear. I've just got to see if the scraping has been resolved too.
tallpaul26 said:
Where abouts are you considering for the underside restoration? I’m researching specialists for a project of mine so would be good to compare services (and price)!
A place called Autotorque, in Aylesbury. There are some photos of their work, and I think I'll let them speak for themselves. Price wise, I'm expecting lots! I think there was a guy on here who had his S2000 done and it was low 5 figures - but this was a complete nut and bolt job. LactoseJoe said:
I think the Blitz dampers are probably better to suited to U.K. roads - faster and smoother than the Japanese roads I’m used to. I found with the original springs suspension would bottom out on some terrain with my ride height. I should specify I’m running the Blitz on an R34, when I had my Z I was using Tanabe Sustec Pro with EDC which were fantastic.
I am loving how clean this is, there are a lot of ruined “hot boy” 350Zs out there these days. When they become scarce, no doubt the Z will be a classic.
These are MeisterR coilovers just FYI. Do they share parts with the Blitz items? I am loving how clean this is, there are a lot of ruined “hot boy” 350Zs out there these days. When they become scarce, no doubt the Z will be a classic.
I couldn't agree more. There are a lot of utterly trash 350Zs out there, so I want to keep it nice and clean. "OEM+", if you like.
bumskins said:
Looks lovely OP, great choice of wheel and looks perfect without the centre caps IMO. RPF1/TE37 are a couple of wheel designs where the replicas never look great, but those Enkeis you've got have a nice bit of offset
Thanks! I had another look and I don't know what I was thinking - the caps will fit over the ends of the driveshafts after all! I might get some generic Enkei ones rather than the RPF1 type. I did a lot of Googling to get the right offset. Choose the wrong offset and you get wheels with convex spokes which don't look as good. I went for 18 x 9.5j ET15 all round, and just staggered the tyres to keep the diameter the same as the standard wheels to keep the car happy. The wheels sit nice and flush now, whereas the standard wheels get lost in the arches without spacers.
cerb4.5lee said:
A lovely choice of wheel and tyre. 
It looks great!
Cheers Lee - I reckon they would look alright on your Zed It looks great!
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