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Red Lion Racing offers high quality control arm bushings, made from premium Nylatron plastic – stronger, stiffer, and sleeker than polyurethane! These bushings come with stainless steel sleeves to ensure the smoothest bushing function.

These will increase the cornering performance of your car as well as lessen wheel hop during drag launches on higher HP cars.

Caster versions are the control arm bushing designed with angled, offset mounting holes to increase your front caster alignment by 1degree to give you even more cornering performance. This can increase torque steer a little and is recommended only for cars that are purposely built for road racing or autocross; the regular bushings will greatly increase cornering performance over OEM or poly bushings and as such are recommended for normal daily driving or drag racing set ups.

Fitment

  • 95-99 Maxima
  • 93-97 Altima
  • 98-01 Altima

Pricing:

  • Front Lower Control Arm Bushings – $160 (Altima, Maxima)
  • Front Lower Control Arm Bushings Caster Variants – $215 (Altima, Maxima)

Purchase Info:

  • The buy-in period will be today (December 12th) through January 2nd. That’s three weeks to get your money together and orders in!
  • Once all orders are in and pre-paid, I will order material and start production. Orders should ship out around the middle of February (pending supply chain disruption). Regular control arm bushings will ship out first, Caster versions towards the end.
  • I can take Paypal payments or card payment through Square. Please message me your model, year, zip code for shipping, and which product you are needing, and I will get you set up to order!
  • Use Red Lion Racing  for additional info on ordering.

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Installation of Infiniti G35 2004 / Nissan 350Z 2003-2009 4-Piston calipers on 1995-2008 Nissan Maxima (also fits Infiniti I35, Altima SE-R). They are 100% direct bolt-on with no custom brackets needed. There is no pad overhang. Overall, solid cost efficient setup.

This setup using the 6thgen 12.6″ which are easy to find and low cost. Additionally, no need for any custom brackets which is awesome. It’s almost like factory OEM.

Fitment:

  • 1995-1999: You will need to drill to expand the mounting holes either on the hub or caliper so they will accept the larger bolts. See this post here: https://www.my4dsc.com/how-to-install-2002-2003-5thgen-brakes-on-4thgen-maxima/
  • 2000-2003: For the 5thgen, you just need the calipers guides, rotors and pads. The existing mounting bolts, stock brake lines and banjo bolt work just fine. If you have SS lines, you will need the banjo bolt.
  • 2004-2008: Similar to 5thgen, except that you don’t need to purchase the rotors since you can use your existing ones.

Caliper Photos

Photos and Video below courtesy of Kirill Savin

This is the reason you need the guides. Otherwise pads will shift like the below:

5thgen Install

Infiniti I35 Install

6thgen Install

6thgen Rotor (Left) vs 5thgen Rotor (Right)

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Below are the factory rim and tire specifications for Nissan 350z/370z models which are commonly installed on the 5thgen Nissan Maxima.

350z Touring V2

Front Wheels: 18×8 +30MM
Front Tires: 225/45/18
Weight: 24.4lbs

Rear Wheels: 18×8.5 +33MM
Rear Wheels: 245/45/18
Weight: 25.8lbs

2008 350Z

370z Base:

Front Wheels: 18×8 +43MM
Front Tires: 225/50/18
Weight:

Rear Wheels: 18×9 +15MM
Rear Wheels: 245/45/18
Weight:

 

370z Sport:

Front Wheels: 19×9 +47MM
Front Tires: 245/40/19
Weight:

Rear Wheels: 19×10 +30MM
Rear Wheels: 275/35/19
Weight:

370z NISMO

Front Wheels: 19×9.5 +40MM
Front Tires: 245/40/19
Weight:

Rear Wheels: 19×10.5 +23MM
Rear Wheels: 285/35/19
Weight:

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