nissun1

I have been trying to diagnose why my camber is not equal after doing a coilover swap on my s30. I did the weld in camber plate kit from Zccjdm in conjunction with the coilover tube(sleeve) setup. After installing the plates i checked for equal degrees of change on the tops of both towers. They were both within 0.4 to 0.3 of a degree difference between the two. After installing the entire setup i noticed at full droop on the drivers side i was able to get 3 to 4 degrees of neg camber change. However the passenger side at full droop only had about 0.4 degrees of camber change. So I contacted a friend of mine and told him of my problem. He suggested that maybe it can be something bent such as the spindle or even the tube itself. I got wrenching on it today and inspected both spindles. They seemed to be both equal in shape although the side where i was having camber problems showed slight signs of pitting on the outer bearing journal(nothing major). The tubes even seemed to be welded on straight so now im confused as to what could be the problem. And no i don't have the eccentric bolts that bolt up to the lca's. The only real worry i have now is if their was frame damage that i cant fix. i can tell the car was in an accident but it doesnt seem like their is anything major that happened. I even measured up the engine bay to check if it was square and turns out it still is within reason. If you have any ideas please share so i can fix this problem asap!

Would you happen to know if the front tubes would be the same height? As in a 240 setup? (6" front tubing) From what it says on the site. I've read up and it seems as the fronts are the same.

I'd have to cut them where i welded because the tubes have a lip inside where it stops coilover from threading anymore. The only way i can see it working is if i cut them off carefully and then taking them somewhere to be properly cut square 3 inches at the bottom of the tube.

I called and left a message. I'm going to shoot him an email asap..although the thing was that i bought the adapters off another member here. So since they are welded to the RCA's would i have to get them cut and re-welded again?

So I finally figured out why the ride height on my Z wouldn't go any lower. Turns out that ZCCJDM made longer rear tubes? I measured my rears the other day and it came out to almost 11" so which leads me to believe they are for the 280z instead. Correct me if i am mistaken folks. If they are the wrong tubes is there anything i can do to fix it? I really don't want to re-cut and weld again.

Just found a site that sells them. Take a look! http://www.carbonfiberhoods.com/cfx-carbon-fiber-oem-hood-hatch-datsun-240z-1970-1973.html

I know they sell these as a set but i was wondering if anyone out there is selling theirs.

I need a complete kit..although it depends on what is missing from it.

As the title says i'm looking to buy a weather stripping set for a 73 240z.

And there we have it s13 megans are on the christmas list!

http://www.meganracing.com/tech/installations.asp?id=79&subject=CDK:%20%20How%20to%20set%20spring%20pre-load I'm feeling the enthusiasm although this was why i was hesitant to do so.

Very true. You hit the nail right on the head.

I was thinking of doing that also although it would change the spring preload.

You should have a build post just for your rotisserie!

Wow those are nice!! Im sure you can sell em pretty quick.

Yesterday i went out and lowered each corner to see how far they would go in and thats as far as it went until it hit the end of the adapter tube.

Do you have a picture of what your rear looks like? How much does the threaded cartridge stick out when screwed in?

Sigh im on the hunt again! Unless one of you guys have a hook up or a trade for some s13 megans?

I took some pictures today to give you guys a better idea of what im looking at. The rear. (fully dropped) The front. (fully dropped) The last one is the rear fully dropped. This is what the cartridge looks like screwed all the way down.

Maybe that could be the issue..the thing is the coilover kit says it could be used for s13/s14?

It was this kit. http://www.zccjdm.com/catalog.php/azcarbum/dt93255/pd2117800/240Z_MEGAN_SUSPENSION_TUBES__STRUT_PLATES_

I have them on all 4 corners and i believe i used the same sleeve type of coilover kit as you did Ashintar.

Hey guys im looking as to find out how to lower my ride height on my 240z . I've used the megan coilover adapter and threaded them all the way down although the ride height isn't where i want it to be. Anyone who has done this setup let me in on some tips.

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What wheel setup are you running?