Zedyone_kenobi

Just and FYI, I just put my old tokico springs up for sale in the classifieds. 75 bucks plus shipping.

Just a note, the Eibach springs lower the car a bit. Make sure, but I recall reading the KYBs are stock replacement struts, and are not meant to be used with lowering springs. I could be mistaken, but just a note. Chickenman, you are correct with the harsh compression on the tokico HP. I just put some new ones in mine. And while it is FAR better than what it use to be with the Tokico springs/tokico HP shock combo I was running it is not what I would call soft by any means. Taught but controlled comes to mind. Now running new tokico HP and Eibachs, which has transformed my car into a wonderful daily driver that can really take corner better than it has in 40 years.

Whoa, is that what I think it is. Does that use the outer bolt to give the 71 and 70 year Z's a rear sway bar option! Hold the phone! so you would need to drill One hold per side for the angle bracket then. that seems doable.

so took the car out to get an inspection today. Will go at lunch or something. But took my first corners in anger to see how the suspension loads up. The Z has never been this good. The steering response is immediate. The body roll that I had with the worn tired struts is gone. The car feels like it can take corners 20mph faster. What an amazing setup. I cannot see any reason to every buy a different combination of sprint/strut. I am stunned at how good the car changes direction and how poised it is on turn in, and mid-corner throttle applications. Wow!

What a great idea! I will put a pair right there this evening!

Well what really helped is I upgraded my OSHA white safety socks to the new padded wool OSHA grey socks. Much better padding and comfort.

It was fairly easy, but looking back I wish I would have taken the time to powercoat everything and do the spindle pins. They just looked really good, no rust, no stuck bolts. The whole thing went together rather easily if I am honest, of course it did not hurt that I have taken half of it off several times before with diff swaps and bearing jobs.

The ride is much improved from what I can tell so far But I need to get her out on the road more I just went a few times around the bock to check for any clunks or weird sounds Going up the driveway was immediately noticeable Very happy I did this!

Okay here is a pic after: And before : Not the best comparison really. I am shocked I did not have more side shots of the Z. But Let me say this. For the first time in my ownership of the Z I can actually press down on the fenders and the car moves and gives a bit. You know, like a car should. Going up and down my drive way was immediately apparent I have now have some upward movement. It was great. I want to take her out on a longer test drive. The frost is the most noticeably higher. I was worried about having a saggy but, but I really think it is pretty close to level. But I have definitely have more gap in front than in back. Where I use to have barely 2 fingers in back, I have 3 now. Overall I am pleased. Very pleased. I will write more on the differences when I get more miles on this set up. I wager both the front and back will settle a bit more.

So, I am torquing every thing up this morning on my friday off, and notice that my rear A arms are the same, I mean literally the same. One just looks to be flipped over upside down. The flats on the rear A arm are on top on the one side, and on the bottom on the other. Well after I was done cussing the previous owner, I went into the factory service manual to see which side I will be needing to order. Turns out in the picture, it is the same way in the factor service manual. How did I not notice this before???

Those LOOK Perfect... click and click!

Absolutely.... Well put. I am always curious about the alignment any time I touch the front end. Still, I did not remove the steering knuckles from the tie rods, so it should be very close.

Correct, all my inner front bushings and my rear inner bushings are all OEM Nissan parts. No poly in the suspension at all except the mustache bar.

All the struts are now together and the bolts finger tight. I have to get the rear inner Bushings on the A arm retightened. I put new ones on there 5 years ago, but I may as well replace them again since I am here. Just need to look up all the torques for all the fasteners.

front two are fixed, and I took the opportunity to grease everything that has moving parts. I also put a dab of grease on the bump stop. Next up the rears! Should have the struts back on the car today. Then I have to wrestle with the new stainless brake lines. But will need to go by a 11mm brake line wrench. I just refuse to round off those damn things.

I have been taking pictures here and there of the roadster as I complete a project, but I have not posted them here on the Z forum. Always seemed like the wrong place for it. I usually post on www.311s.org but have not in a while. I have just been enjoying the drive since I finished the exhaust redo, carb redo, and interior redo. Car is just a beautiful thing to putt around in. Oh and it is fairly quick!

Those NOS ones are sweet, but Great googly moogly.. a thousand bucks!

I always liked you.

I love it when you get everything clean, and you have a couple of hours to get something done and everything goes exactly how you planned it would, due to preparation, skill, organization, and experience. Then you realize in all your awesomeness you built up 4 beautiful struts and left the bump stops off GRRRRRRR

Looking to do more upgrades to the Z after playing the roadster for a year. Redo'ing the entire suspension with eibachs/tokico HP's/Top hats, Bushings, etc. Cannot wait to feel that, but now looking to really improve some aesthetics. Starting with the easy stuff. New smooth bumpers (form Futofab) and factory looking fog lights. Anybody know of a really good replica foglight (rectangular) for the 240Z? Thanks!

As usual your writing and clear choice of words is never insulting or condescending in any way at all. I thank you for the lengthy response and the clarity you provided Just a note, decided to get help with the glad nuts on the fronts. I could not move them once I removed the front strut from the car. I had no way of holding them while trying to loosen the nut. I took them to a local shop that has some experience with these cars. Also ordered a spring compressor and more ATI brake fluid from amazon. It has been two years since I put that in and it was time. It had absorbed quite a bit of water in that time. I may have to go back to using DOT 3 as it is less hydroscopic than DOT 4.

Yeah, you have to torque the inner rear bushings with load on them if I recall. You have the two large bolts, one each end of the inner control arm, then you have the 4 smaller bolts per side that hold up the arm. I forget which order you have to install these. I will probably have to loosen and redo all of these. Captain obvious, I hear what your saying, but the ease at which the removed struts can compress and then slowly or not rise means that there is little to nothing left in the way of gas pressure left. NO damping to be had in them. I hear what your saying about hard to press down is not an indication of damping, but to me it is an indication of a healthy strut. The ones I took off are definitely NOT healthy. I equate health to damping more than an arbitrary 'hard to press down'. I should have been more clear.

New shocks are WORLDS stiffer. I am not sure I can even press them down Such a difference damping these will provide. I cannot wait to see who they feel. I will provide pics of my springs. the difference is staggering. And since I have NEVER seen a direct tokico / eibach spring comparison.. here she is! My biggest issue is determining which is front and which is back. I am going to run the part numbers just to be sure. UPDATE: After some research it seems that the fronts are the parts ending in the 1 Therefore the front springs are the longer ones: 6305.001 Then the shorter springs are the rear ones: 6305.202 What everything I have found, this should be the ticket. Guy can you confirm?

Who hoo! all of my parts came in ! time to get to work! The Eibachs are MUCH longer springs than the tokicos! I think I am going to be happy. Pics to follow of course.

They are on the way Guy. Looks like the front end will be next on my list of to do. I cannot wait to see their state. Maybe I will install the bump steer spacers when I do this job. I have been meaning to give those a try.