anyone have any experiance with these .. 1.8 drop in front and rear , 94 dollars a peice i believe ,

http://www.speedstash.com/springs.html

is that a good price and are the springs any good, is there any better deals i could find??

 

man those springs are going to slam your car to the ground. Might look like one of those civics with cut springs. I have sprints in the front and those are pretty low for me.

Have never seen these

 

I've seen them before, but I wasn't thrilled with their quality

 

ok ill take that as a no

whats a good deal on struts springs shocks for the 3rd gen max nowadays .. and where can i get them :0

 

Intrax or Eibach for springs
struts depends on your tastes and budget

 

I had dropZ's on a mustang. TRASH. They were way too stiff.

 

intrax is a 1.7 drop, whats .1 inches?? anyways im riding on intrax and i like them, they are coupled with tokico blues. i got my springs from summit racing for 200 shipped. the struts you can get for bout the same price everywhere.

 

so whos got links to a nice site to buy them from

 

Do anyone actually have Dropzones on a 3rd gen? Back in early 2002 I placed a order for DZ from a local dealer, couple months later I never got my DZ springs and the dealer told me it was a mis-print. I was told DZ never made springs for a 3rd gen, regardless of what the link says. So if anyone actually have DZ on a 3rd gen I'll be surprise. After canceling this order SW Autoworks had a group deal on Sprints and I was in like a bat out of hell.

 

internetautomart.com best prices great guy to deal with and hes an orger

 

oh didn't know I.A.M sold the springs

 

1.8 ? not low enough...you should get some 2.5's !

 

2.5 would probally sit on the ground dot dot dot .. and the DZ's are actually 94$ for all 4 lol

 

Thats what I'm talkin bout !

 

Pretty low like too low? I have some Sprints that I haven't put on yet, but I don't want speedbump issues and such, I'll sell 'em and get something on the order of 1.5" if necessary, but I couldn't pass up the deal. Did you have camber issues as well?

 

don't about where you guys live at, but around here stock height is too low for speed bumps.
I have scraped my car on them several times, even when driving the posted speed limit.

 

lol, my friends got a drift 240 and his car is like 3 inchs off the ground and he manages getting over speed bumps, only thing that hits is his giant muffler

 

Does anyone actually have Drop Zones on thier 3rd gens?

 

oh yeah...that's safe.

 

i'm going to say no on this one boss.

 

He's probably over exaggerating on this 3" ground clearance buisness

That's what I'm betting

 

well yea 3 is kinda close but hes got some coilovers with like 10 differant positions but his car is ALWAYS really low , low enough that alot of regular bumps in the street make his muffler hit the ground

how much do mechanics and **** charge for putting on lowering springs and struts , i wont be able to do it unless i got some good supervision ^.^

 

the "usual" rate is $50 per corner...of course it'll be a little more for the rears on the 3rd gen due to the insert deal. for labor figure $250 or so...(i'm estimating NY rates here...YMMV)

 

So, has the Drop Zone springs for 3rd gen been put to rest because it doesn't exist. Let's face it, when it comes to aftermarket springs it's either Suspension Tech's, Eibach's, Sprint's or Intrax. Unless you pay dollars and have some custom springs wound. Don't waste your time ordering DZ's from that site, been there done that. Just a friendly suggestion

 

lol yea , im wondering labor charges now , so i can figure out what kind of springs / struts to buy..

 

buy either one of these packages

 

I have sprint springs with tokico struts. I love it. I rarely have ground clearance problems. Sometimes sprint springs aren't consistent with the drop (i.e. it's lower in the rear than the front) and sometimes the drop is perfect. I got lucky because my car looks pretty level.

I would recommend intrax or eibach. Intrax looks better (in my opinion) and is very consistent. Eibach is a little better for handling and probably won't wear out your struts as fast because it's less of a drop. For struts, I would recommend at least tokikos but if you have the money get the koni's.

 

is it true the stock shocks can handle those lowering springs?

 

the stockers aren't designed to handle any lowering

 

eh...oh well

 

Yeah, second that IAM. It's common knowledge throughout the REST of the import performance world that Nissans of our vintage have hardly any suspension travel in the stock struts. What that means to you is this: say you lower the car 1.8 inches on stock struts. Well the stock struts may only have 2.5-3.0 inches of travel(compression). (those measurements are a guess.) Well when you hit a big bump, or take a turn very hard, the front susp. flexes through it's normal travel(2.5-3.0"). But the car's been lowerd 1.8", so there's only 2.1 inches of travel left. So the shcok/strut bottoms out internally, and breaks the foot valve inside and it's bounce-o-rama time. So, to summarize: the stock struts will bottom out and blow if lowered.
P.S. - I actually blew my L/F Tokico cornering in a funky situation one time.