Over this past summer I decided to upgrade to a PBM angle kit (Front drop knuckles, tie rods, and tension rod/ LCA combo), rear drop knuckles, and 350z axles.
RAM: PRE 2015 I was originally going to go with the 555 knuckle, extended LCA, and rack relocate that C’s garage made at the the time (which would’ve been really cool to have) but it just never came to fruition.
Some insight on my thought process:
I wanted to keep my car low and still have room for expansion with LCA adjustability (if I decided to change my setup to something more aggressive)
With rear drop knuckles: I can correct my rear geometry and I have the option to add a dual caliper setup with no modifications, simply bolt on a z32 caliper.
The PBM LCA combo kit and drop knuckles fit my goals perfectly. I can correct everything I mentioned prior while having parts support (which is very important to me going forward).
My alternative was a s14 LCA/ modified s13 arm and a B-Knuckle but this didn’t make sense for me to keep the car as low as I wanted it to be.
Shout to my friend Brendon for doing all of this work for me. Usually I do all my own work, but it didn’t fit in my schedule this time and luckily I was able to swap electrical work for this install.
Some pictures of the installs
DS and PS LCA/ Tension rod combo, Drop knuckles, S14 PBM inner tie rods, and S14 Moog Outer Tie Rod Ends
I went ahead and had the the stock traction arms as well. A friend of mine recommended it as I can keep my rear toe arms as my fixed point and use the front arms for my toe adjustment. Plus, these are stronger and will have less bushing play.
350z Axles / Rear Drop Knuckles installed.
This turned out great, my friend luckily runs a CNC business so he was able to save me some money by making my stub shaft adapters for me.
I made the switch because my stock DS axle was on its last leg (I’m pretty sure it’s been out of grease since 2014 or prior and was some how still holding on), and this was the next logical step to future proof any later power adds and for parts availability.
While everything was out I my friend was nice enough to powder coat and build me a power-brace and re-enforce the tension arms.
This was much needed as we found out that the tension arms were quite bent from abuse over the years and from one of my OG tension rod bushings being blown out. It’ll be nice having some more front end rigidity.