Can't search..sorry. Any problems with the sprint springs? I'll be using them on stock shocks if I get them (new shocks were installed when I bought the car 10,000 miles ago)...should be ok for a few thousand miles i hope.

 

Yes I do. Look at my home page

 

(bigger ~300k):
http://www.ericj.org/maxima/img/97_GXE/s_side.jpg
http://www.ericj.org/maxima/img/97_GXE/s_back.jpg
http://www.ericj.org/maxima/img/97_GXE/s_front.jpg

 

rear springs cut 1.34 coils to even the drop out.

Ant

 

Looks good man, is the ride more harsh since you did the cut on the rears?

 

Im on Sprints, Check pic and sig.
I havent had any problems. I would suggest using an adjustable shock. The stock units, no matter how new will not be able to handle Sprints. They will eventually blow.

 

you guys with sprints, do you have any problems with tire wear, or do you all have cambers?

 

I haven't noticed any unusual tire wear on mine, but I do rotate them every 6 months. I don't have any camber plates either.

 

Get camber bolts and u will be fine...

 

BLAM... These are THE WORST SPRINGS to ride on with STOCK shocks... You might get away with H&R for a while, but Sprints, waste of money without upgraded shocks...

LEMAR

 

I dont have camberbolts, nor do I have uneven wear. I would suggest to you to get an alignment though if you dont, you will have uneven wear for sure..

 

Bouncy ride like I cut my springs or something?

Thanks for all the pics guys, keep em coming. How much would camberbolts cost?

 

get tein s tech instead. even drop

 

PHATMAX98: the ride is the exact same as it was before i cut the springs. Im using AGX and the KYB dustboots.

as far as camber, my front left tire wore down to the metal cause of the camber being off by so much. It was a lil less than 2months that i had the springs in the car that this happened. I even installed the Eibach camber kit when i first did the install but never got it re-aligned, hehe.
It was time for new tires anyways. I would sugest getting the car aligned about a week or two after your install to allow the suspension to settle into place.

Ant

 

how much/where can you get camber bolts

 

how much did it cost to get the springs installed?

 

Nothing, did it myself on base. It's nice having an autohobby shop available.

 

Is it a difficult project to do on ur own? How many hrs did it take u? I've heard it can be dangerous

 

Check sig... Sprints on AGX.

 

Yeah, it might take a while if you have never done it like myself, but I had a friend of mine with me who had done it on a honda and it took like 3-4 hrs. It helps to have good tools too, we had the manual spring compressors which suck azz cuz there is 2 compressors that you have to put on either side of the spring to compress it evenly, and yes it can be dangerous that way, when we were compressing one of the springs, one of the compressors shot off and hit the other side of the shop...pretty scary considering if it went the other way it would have hit me in the chest...that woulda sucked big time. But if you can find one of the wall mounted spring compressors, it is much more safe and would take less time.

 

Thanks for all the info. Is there any write-up on how to install the springs?

 

Its really not that bad. Yes, It can be dangerous but most spring compressors have locks on them to keep them from comming off. 2-3 hrs isnt bad. You can do it your self. Its not too difficult. Get a haynes,it will help. Get a buddy, its better with two people.
Makes the time go by faster having somone to talk to and help out. Especially if theyve done it before. One person can compress one side, while the other side is being taken out and vice versa.
I like sprints, but after seeing the Tein drop, Id say go that route. I dont know what the ride quality is like but they look nice.

 

Yeah it's winter break and me and my buddies have the time to do this. So I'm hoping to get this done b4 we go back to school. Do you guys with springs end up scraping a lot?

 

I rarely scrape, but I live in a town with no sewer system to get water off the road effectively, so there is like ditches on some parts of the roads around here, bad enough to where you can see where people have scraped there **** hard enough to leave marks in the road..If I didn't live here it wouldn't be so bad. Also, the only thing that scrapes is my front end underneath.

 

Here are my Sprints with KYB GR-2's. Very nice ride.

 

Sprints/AGX's with system in trunk. I installed them in about 6 hours myself with no previous experience. I rented a spring compressor from Autozone for free.




Click here for my homepage and more pictures

 

 

Thanks for all the pics guys...anyone else got pix lowered with sprints on stock wheels?

 

Here ya' go.

 

exactly what i was looking for, thnx

 

what is the benefit in having adjustable shocks with sprints instead of just GR2s, etc.? I think I may go with AGXs...

 

GR2s aren't recommended for drops over 1.5". get AGX so you won't have blown shocks in the long-run. you get what you paid.

http://maxmods.dyndns.org/?MaximaShocks

 

Is there somewhere that sells AGXs for less than 420$?

edit: nm..ebay has them for 366 with free pickup