Lowering your car
#1
Lowering your car
This is more of a general question about suspension and the effects of lowering a vehicle. Typically, how long do OEM stock struts and shocks last? Does lowering a car less than 1.5 in combined with aftermarket struts, greatly reduce the life of the suspension geometry and related parts? What parts are related or work together in OEM suspension? Can someone who isn't knowledgeable about cars or who aren't car enthusiasts capable of doing this?
#2
Get ready for CV boot ripping a lot..
If you have a generation 5 car, there's nice pictures and guides on www.shiftice.com
If you have a generation 5 car, there's nice pictures and guides on www.shiftice.com
#3
reminds me of the meme,"lower your car they said....itll be fun they said"
idk,my experience in short,15 years ago my 92 gxe max came with tokico blues all around
maybe was demodded idk,so i got sprint 2" drop springs and had em 4 years on that car
until i "moved" them to my 91 in 2004 and im still sitting on the old **** tokico blues and sprint springs so 15 years + now,haha
my setups rough on bumps and cracks/inner seattle city streets but when i go north and east its great on the newer smoother roads
i just like the feel of a lowered car and it looks cooler!
ive only had to replace 1 drivers side control arm bushing(bushing only,nissan brand)
and 1 pass side control arm(whole used arm this time because easy and cheap)
also once had a rear link break when i had the poly link bushings but that may have been from backing into a curb shortly before that link broke(went back to used stock links)
had the camber bolts for a few years but felt they were cheap and read about them referred to as crash bolts so went back to stock strut to knuckel bolts and more camber wear
idk,my experience in short,15 years ago my 92 gxe max came with tokico blues all around
maybe was demodded idk,so i got sprint 2" drop springs and had em 4 years on that car
until i "moved" them to my 91 in 2004 and im still sitting on the old **** tokico blues and sprint springs so 15 years + now,haha
my setups rough on bumps and cracks/inner seattle city streets but when i go north and east its great on the newer smoother roads
i just like the feel of a lowered car and it looks cooler!
ive only had to replace 1 drivers side control arm bushing(bushing only,nissan brand)
and 1 pass side control arm(whole used arm this time because easy and cheap)
also once had a rear link break when i had the poly link bushings but that may have been from backing into a curb shortly before that link broke(went back to used stock links)
had the camber bolts for a few years but felt they were cheap and read about them referred to as crash bolts so went back to stock strut to knuckel bolts and more camber wear
#4
lowering your car is basically spending 500$-1500$ to make your car perform worse in the real world (i didnt say track) but look cooler cause the guys on an internet forum told you they didnt like your wheel gap
#5
but yeah whoever bought those did pay alot as do others
as for perform worse in the real world...huh?
just because we slow down for speedbumps? thats the whole reason the speed bumps exist,not so someone can pretend to have a fast truck/suv in a PARKING LOT/PUBLIC PLACE and bounce around with their bread loaf suspension like riding around on 4 pogo sticks while huckling out "hardly feel it at all"
but then again most of them wouldnt stand a chance off road so they get their jollys in parking lots
and the streets in my major city shouldnt have big cracks and lumps everywhere to begin with
the most complaints i hear from passengers in my lowered car is fat dudes who feel their tittys bouncing
some are scared of scrape noises,but thats just my tow hook, mudflaps or sway bar brackets
lol at people so scared to hurt their economy buckets
my car works for me,im the master in this relationship
my lowered car doesnt rock to and fro when i shift gears and no one complains about neck snapping
or brake dives when im rowing gears in my low max
most of us have been behind cut spring civics looking like hydrualics
thats not comparable to real tokico performance struts shocks and sprint shot peened springs
and I KNOW a lowered 3rd gen will outhandle a factory one....duh!
big whoop wanna fight about it?
Last edited by maximagician; 01-22-2016 at 02:32 AM.
#6
Really, there are so many incorrect statements in this it is funny. YES a lowered car will handle better EVERYWHERE you drive it..........ps-you can get springs for 200 bucks and 100 to install and will handle a lot better then stock.
#7
Personally I am looking at the RSR Springs and the Eibach Springs and I really like the RSR Springs a lil bit more as they do go a lil bit lower once they settle in. Now if you go with coilovers that is A LOT more and you can rip things, tear things, and they have to be adjusted also. But coilovers will and can take you a lot lower and springs will go 1.7-1.9" lower max. Do what you want, its your car and don't listen to trolls that dont know what they are talking about and kinda seems a tad bit jealous for some reason or another.
#8
no im not a troll. I guess in the case of a 15yr old maxima that isnt worth much and out of warranty, lowering isnt such a bad idea. the wheel gap on these cars really is huge
but i hate seeing kids with actual expensive new cars dropping them and voiding their warranties, making their ride stiff/uncomfortable, all because they wanna be in the cool kids club
but i hate seeing kids with actual expensive new cars dropping them and voiding their warranties, making their ride stiff/uncomfortable, all because they wanna be in the cool kids club
#9
#10
So you want to be captain save a hoe but yet you dont pay THEIR car note.............so you just saving the time cuz all they want to do is look cool huh? People amaze me, worry about your own car and Ill worry bout mine. I have NO PROBLEM with suggestions, ideas, comments but cmon man let people do their cars how they want.
#11
So you want to be captain save a hoe but yet you dont pay THEIR car note.............so you just saving the time cuz all they want to do is look cool huh? People amaze me, worry about your own car and Ill worry bout mine. I have NO PROBLEM with suggestions, ideas, comments but cmon man let people do their cars how they want.
then you see the same dude a week later posting more threads after the install about weird noises/popping sounds, harsh ride feel, blown struts and just general dissatisfaction
stfu, youre probly just cranky cause your a$$ hurts from riding around in your lowered car all day
#17
Oh man, this thread is amazing.
15 year old cars will have enough suspension issues as stock. Lower you go, the quicker the issues will accelerate. Ruined axles on Eibachs, ruined more on Tein SS coilovers. If you're doing full replacement, strut mounts and trailing arm bushings while you're at it. Geometry is ruined if you lower it the wrong way but if for "scene" points, then it doesn't matter.
Read up on MotoIQ if you want to see what lowered cars do behind the scenes. The shiftice site is a great starting point. djfrestyl and irish44j are some of the suspension gurus I learned from here on the org. Search their threads, and just read. The front passenger side axle and rear beam will limit anything you do with suspension on this platform.
15 year old cars will have enough suspension issues as stock. Lower you go, the quicker the issues will accelerate. Ruined axles on Eibachs, ruined more on Tein SS coilovers. If you're doing full replacement, strut mounts and trailing arm bushings while you're at it. Geometry is ruined if you lower it the wrong way but if for "scene" points, then it doesn't matter.
Read up on MotoIQ if you want to see what lowered cars do behind the scenes. The shiftice site is a great starting point. djfrestyl and irish44j are some of the suspension gurus I learned from here on the org. Search their threads, and just read. The front passenger side axle and rear beam will limit anything you do with suspension on this platform.
#18
https://maxima.org/forums/5th-genera...on-thread.html
34 pages of good info. Read this instead of listening to a few soap boxing after buying no name springs. "nah, I scrape but she sticks to the road bruh" Yeah okay.
34 pages of good info. Read this instead of listening to a few soap boxing after buying no name springs. "nah, I scrape but she sticks to the road bruh" Yeah okay.
#21
dont need to for my needs,i just try to sound smart
i just bought springs to go with the existing tokicos bloos on my old 92 gxe
then transfered them to my 91 se-its all antique,im not the speedy type anyhow
i suppose if i could afford 18's or 19's i wouldnt need/want to lower it either
18's and 19's are like twice as much as 17's around here........
and thats for tire and wheel prices, not the other ting,lol
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