So i have a question about the two. Am i suppose to change those before i put a new set of rims on?

 

They're really separate issues, except for the lowering part. Lots of folks change their suspension just to lower their car, as the wheel gap can be pretty distracting if you've got nice rims.

If you've got a few miles on your car or regularly travel rough roads, you may want to invest in new suspension components before you spend $$$ on rims. Throw in FSTB and maybe RSB while you're at it. It'll take about $1000 to do your suspension (give or take), depending on how much you do yourself, where you get the components, etc. The best place for KYB stuff that I've seen is www.taylorautomotive.com.

There's a long, usually incomplete list of suspension components that you need, but here's what I've put together, seems to be the classic set-up:

KYB GR2 struts (front) and shocks (rear), alt: KYB AGX (adjustable)
Springs: Progress, H&R, MaxSpeed
KYB dust boots (front: SB103, rear: SB108)
KYB top mounts (or Motivational in rear if you want more travel)
Nissan OEM "spring seats": Front p/n 54034-85E10, Rear p/n 55031-33P10
Radio Shack spiral wire wrap to reduce noise due to springs

This will drop about 1.5" front, 1.3" rear.

FSTB from eBay (cheap) or custommaxima.com (looks)
RSB from cusommaxima.com (Progress) or cattman.com (Addco)

Steve

 

KYB dustboots come with bumpstops. Just did my GR-2/MaxSpeed suspension today. Replaced the dustboots, strut bearings, upper strut mounts, and I used vinyl tubing as a wrap for the springs

Rides great! And the squeaking from the old rusted springs is gone

 

Crap! Anyone need some OEM bumpstops?

 

JaTaN what size wheels/tires are you riding on?

 

Stock 15" Honeycombs with the tires in my sig

 

my suspension only cost me $200 :-D got used h & r's $100, install $100 from tom, free tok blues from my bro free rear dustboots from bro, fronts from tom! woo hoo I LOVE IT

 

Aw, shaddup.

 

rims first. they make a bigger diff in handling. actually, if you're really on a budget and want bang for buck, just get top notch tires.
Jae

 

Tom, got any other parts you wanna give away?..like agx or illuminas

 

OK, what I actually ordered from Courtesy was not bumpstops, but a rubber "isolation" ring that sits between the spring "perch" on the struts/shocks and the springs, and isolates noise from the springs.

I haven't heard of anyone else ordering these things, hope it helps.

Also, I wrapped my Progress springs with the Radio Shack stuff but would like to know if you guys think this is wrapped enough or whether I will need to cover a few more coils before the install:

 

Running the same tires but on steel rims.

 

That's how I wrapped them, but I used vinyl tubing I need to get bigger rims

 

OK, so here's the last piece. I actually didn't buy "bump stops" from Courtesy, they're called "spring seats" and don't do anything more than wrap the lowest coil of the spring. Bought 'em anyway just so I don't have problems in the future.

 

maximaah how much did you get those from the $tealer, i meant dealer?

 

$35 shipped.

 

why do u wrap em ?

 

So they don't rub against each other and so they don't make the annoying sound

It's cheaper than buying the isolators that are around $10 each.

 

Except when you buy both...