I put springtech springs, with advertised 2 inch drop on my car a few weeks ago. I paired them with KYB GR2 shocks and front struts. Does anyone else have these springs? What do you think of them? How do they compare in drop and handling/ride to other combos?

Personally I think the handling is very very much improved. Granted, I havent gone to an autocross in stock form with this car, nor with the new springs, but from enthusiastic road driving they seem to keep the car flatter and grip better. The ride is decent, i go to school at Cornell University in upstate NY, and the roads here absolutely suck. I try to avoid the really bad roads but when I go on them I go really slow. The suspension hasnt bottomed out on me yet (at least from what I can tell) but the impact on potholes is pretty harsh. Well thats what happens when you lower cars.

About the drop, the front is good. I havent uploaded any pictures yet but they are on the way. The front I think has definitely been dropped by 2 inches. The rear I dont think it has. Unless the rear was even higher than the front to begin with. I still have some noticeable fender gap in the rear which pisses me off. It was better last week when I had my 100 pound subwoofer box in the trunk but I had to take it out because its not bolted in and it slides around the trunk knocking into everything. I am getting a custom box built in the trunk when I go home so that will make it a little lower than before.

Enough rambling. I will try to get pics up tonight. One last question, why the hell did nissan give the maxima 3-4 inches of fender gap stock? WTF? Was it supposed to go off road? I look at other cars on the road and now my max looks stock height, even with stock Audi A4 and BMW 3 series suspensions. When I lowered my last car, a 325, it looked SLAMMED.

 

you got any updates?

 

I want to see also

 

Canadian MotorSports is the producer of the SpringTech springs. The CMS springs that I have are the same as the SpringTechs but they're painted a different color and sold under the Canadian MotorSports brand name.
http://www.canuckmotorsports.com/
When I met the owner back last July he started selling the CMS springs on ebay.ca for the first time. The Toronto guys told me about it since the factory was located in my neck of the woods. He told me that about the SpringTechs and asked me not to mention it here at that time but now its ok as its declared that info on the website.
I took some shots of the factory on my visit. If anyone wants me to post them here let me know.

Btw the owner asked me to keep mum about the top info at that time because of possible problems with market distribution with SpringTech.

Here's some pics I've posted on the Toronto Maxima website:
http://www.canuckmotorsports.com/

 

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blackcat knows whay im laughing

 

Yeah, I finally let the cat out of the bag! I've alluded to a U.S. ebay spring a couple of times but I couldn't say the brand name until now.

 

I have had this setup on my car now for almost a year. Still rides very nicely. No complaints, except for the rubbing every now and then.

 

i have those on my car. i dont feel those lil bumps. but when you go over any huge bump or whole. it bottoms out. i dont mind the ride. ride is nice and handling is nice too

 

Heres my update,

My car rides SUPER STIFF. I think its probably the KYB GR2's I run not the springs, but this car simply slams down on any crack, pothole, or road imperfections. It is a ****ty ride and all of my friends lowered 3-series ride like cadillacs compared to how stiff my maxima is, and the 3 series still handles much much crisper and better.

The drop is good, a little higher in the rear but thats normal for our cars. Im worried that these shocks are going to blow out soon. Sometimes I feel like i bent a rim after hitting potholes but Im on stock sawblades! Im scared to put nice wheels on!