Hello,

I am fairly new to the site althoug i have monitored it for about a year, any ways i want to lower my maxima and had a few questions? to lower the car i would need the lowering springs and is that all? replacing the stock springs with the lowering ones? and how much of a drop do you suggest for a maxima with 17" rims? thank alot i appreciate the help.

-nick

 

ammount of drop is solely up to you. Some people here think Eibachs are worthless because they only provide 1.25(IIRC)" of drop. while others think Eibachs are perfect (me lol). Really you just need to look at pics and see what you like. Dont forget to install bumpstops, and its a good idea to replace your struts aswell. Also this has been beaten to death, so dont expect a bunch of replies .

 

I think MrGone has said it all.

 

he forgot one thing!
buy the springs from me

 

Just be prepared for your ride to goto hell

 

only if you're riding on stock struts with lowering springs

if you get some good aftermarket struts (KYB, Tokico, or Koni), then the ride can still be pretty nice

 

yeap. Well actually I think there are 2 sides to his comment.

Craigs point, where if you use the stock struts it will be bouncy and crap. The other side is that the shocks stiffen things up quite abit and cause you to feel the road more (namely the bumps and whatnot). However with that comes better handling, so you just need to find a spring thats right for you.


(hopefully that makes sense lol)

 

here we go: warranties on all makes of shocks/struts are voided if you lower the car. so keep the receipts and don't tell the place where you bought them that you lowered the car after your struts fail.

buy lowering springs from a different place.

prepare to replace the struts and shocks evey 18 months or less (of course, some will not agree with me).

eibach springs are rather stiff compared to ST, for example. ST feels stock-like. eibach does not.

tokico struts are stock-like. koni's are not. koni is big money. tokico, kyb - smaller money. tokico i believe are factory stock parts anyway. or they were.

koni adjusts. tokico not. i think kyb is non-adj. myth has it that adjustables are less structurally sound, more parts to fck up. non-adj more durable. myth or fact? i dunno what to believe, but i stayed with tokico after mine went after 18 months.