Front Control Arms

From Nissan 350Z & 370Z Wiki

Front control arms (aka A-Arms, wish bones, etc..) control the camber angle of the front tires on the Nissan 350Z. In a racing environment it may be desirable to increase the negative camber angles (i.e. make the tires lean in at the top) to improve cornering traction. On the other hand, a 350Z lowered with springs or coilovers may need to decrease the negative camber to improve tire wear.

Contents 1 Also See 2 Available Arms 2.1 350evo 2.2 Central 20 2.3 Cusco 2.4 Esprit 2.5 Kinetix 2.6 SPC 2.7 SPL 2.8 Stillen 3 Unavailable Arms 3.1 JIC 3.2 Performance Nissan 4 Reviews 4.1 350evo 4.2 Central 20 4.3 Cusco 4.4 Esprit 4.5 Kinetix 4.6 SPC 4.7 SPL 4.8 Stillen

Also See

• Front Control Arms
• Front Control Arms (FAQ)

Available Arms

These are the currently available Nissan 350Z and Infiniti G35 front upper control arms. Some are JDM import only while others are readily available State-side.

350evo List Price: ---- Found Price: $849.95 Adjustment: ---- Design: Sliding plate (13mm wrench) Material: CNC machined Aluminum, powdercoated Manufacturer: 350evo Notes: POSSIBLY DISCONTINUED	Central 20 Image:Central 20 arms.jpg List Price: $415.00 Found Price: $328.00 Adjustment: +/- 3deg Material: Aluminum	Cusco List Price: $599.00 Found Price: $390 Adjustment: +.5deg to -1.5deg Design: sliding plate Material: steel, painted Manufacturer: Cusco Notes: toykilla was able to modify these arms to achieve an additional +.5deg (1.0 total) adjustment	Esprit List Price: $1045.00 Found Price: $995 Adjustment: 4degrees (+/- ??) Design: shim system Material: ---- Manufacturer: Esprit
Kinetix List Price: $549.99 Found Price: $369.99 Adjustment: +/- 1.5deg Design: threaded shaft Material: stainless steel Manufacturer: Kinetix Notes: 3-piece Heim ball joint, polyurethane bushings, available Race Heim ball joint upgrade	SPC Manufacturer: SPC	SPL List Price: $549 Found Price: $459 Adjustment: +3deg to -2deg (street spec) Design: threaded shaft Material: Chrome Moly Steel Manufacturer: SPL Notes: Caster adjustable. They also offer a race-spec version that allows up to -3 degrees camber. Link to info at SPL website	Stillen List Price: $999.00 Found Price: $328.00 Adjustment: +.25deg->-2.5deg Design: slider Material: Chrome Moly Steel Manufacturer: Stillen

Unavailable Arms

These arms were either in prototype stage and never produced, tentatively set for produciton, and/or discontinued. Stay tuned for further information.

JIC List Price: ------ Adjustment: ------ Design: ------ Material: ------ Manufacturer: JIC Notes: NOT RELEASED

Performance Nissan List Price: ------- Adjustment: ------ Design: Shims Material: ------- Manufacturer: Performance Nissan Notes: DISCONTINUED

Reviews

350evo

review needed

Central 20

review needed

Cusco

The quality of these arms is excellent. However, before ordering I didn't realize these are designed to increase camber rather than correct camber after lowing your 350Z. Increasing camber will increase handling, but sacrifice tire wear. These do have a 1/2 degree of positive camber adjustment, but I modified mine to achieve a +1 degree of adjustment. It needs to be noted there is a limit on the amount of + camber adjustment due to the inner fender. If you are comfortable cutting and hammering anything can be done. Toykilla 15:50, 14 June 2007 (EDT)

Esprit

review needed

Kinetix

review needed

SPC

review needed

SPL

review needed

Stillen

review needed

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Front Arms, Control Arms, A-Arms, A Arms, Camber Arms, Front Camber Arms

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