I was just told today that the 95 se stock struts were made by tokico. is this true? also what is longest someone has gone w/ springs w/ stock se struts? how wsa the ride

 

I'd like to know as well. My car has 48k ('99) and I am going with an Eibach spring drop w/out struts/shocks right now. Will be getting them in July though, so that's cool.

 

Yes, Tokico makes OEM struts for Nissan. These are NOT the same as the aftermarket struts that they make.

Although they suck just as much

 

I have 97 SE and i put eibach springs on my ride and i've run for over a year now. its a different ride. its rough of course but i don't know if it was this bad when i first installed them. my struts now might be going bad. but i haven't had any problems to date.

 

Eibach makes pretty much the stiffest springs available for the Maxima, I'm thinking the ride on stock struts be just terrible. ie bouncing all over the road?

 

i remembered wizzamax was runnin maxspeed springs on his stock SE shocks and his suspension died couple months afterwardZ... then he picked up a new set of KYB AGX

 

I just replaced my stock SE struts at 100K, but they were way soft at 85K when I got the car. And the dust boots were dust.

 

oh thanx, but do you have lowering springs?

 

anyone else do this????

 

Uh, no. See where I said STOCK SE springs?

 

i have 122k and think i am going to install my maxspeeds while i have everything apart for my tranny install...would you guys do this, or just wait till i had enough for the whole install?

 

DO NOT, I REPREAT, DO NOT INSTALL LOWERING SPRINGS WITHOUT REPLACING YOUR SHOCKS!!!!! ITS A VERY BAD IDEA. MY CAR NOW RIDES BUMPY AS ****> ITS UNBELIEVEABLY BUMPY. I HIT MY HEAD CONSTANTLY ON THE SEALING AND I AM NOT THAT TALL, AND THE CAR SOUNDS LIKE ITS GOING TO FALL APART WHEN IT HITS EVEN THE SLIGHTEST BUMP OR INDENTATION. A LOWERED MAX IS NICE TO LOOK AT BUT ITS NOT WORTH SACRIFICING SO MUCH IN MY OPINION. I LOWERE MY MAX ONLY 2 WEEKS AGO AND MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THE REAR SHOCKS ARE ALREADY BLOWN. THEY WERE CONFIRMED TO BE WORKING PRIOR THE LOWERING MY MAX!

 

OH SORRY! I guess I said stock SE struts. and didn't mention springs. My bad.

 

eibach on stock SE struts. no problems here. 5k miles and counting.

 

an, how is ure ride?

 

my ride is very firm and controlled. exactly what i was looking for. however the roads where i drive are nice and smooth.