Tokico Illumina's installed (56kers Run! pics inside)
 

Ok So i finally got my suspension :woot: in after lugging that 65 pound box around for days lol. I bought it on E-bay (Tokico Illumina's with tokico springs for $537 shipped) Only $15 shipping blew my mind, for a 65 pound box, dunno how they do it but i'm glad they do it lol. First i installed the front with relatively no trouble. (My car wouldn't go into gear when i was done because somehow at the same time i managed to blow my slave cylinder on my clutch, and all my clutch fluid leaked out) But thats another story lol. Here are some pics of the install job.

http://www.tonygotskilz.com/stuff/Si...w Pre-Drop.jpg
My Car Pre-drop (its got blown rear struts and handles like a donkey.


http://www.tonygotskilz.com/stuff/StockStrut.jpg
Here's the stock front strut, taken out of the car. From here u have to compress the springs, then remove the top parts to put on the new shocks/springs (if u didn't know that)


http://www.tonygotskilz.com/stuff/springs.jpg
The Tokico Springs Next to the Stock GXE Spring (fronts). The rear springs were surprisingly almost the exact same size as stock, the fronts however had like a 2-3 inch difference. (but u don't get nearly that much drop, because the tokico's sit stiffer once installed.


http://www.tonygotskilz.com/stuff/FrontWithWheelOff.jpg
Here's the front struts fully installed, with just the wheel off.

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http://www.tonygotskilz.com/stuff/TokicoBehindTire.jpg
Here is a pic of the back struts (installed). The rear job was WAY easier than the front and took about 1.5 hours. And thats with a problem that arose. One of my rear tuner lugz stripped and i couldn't get the rear passengers tire off, but i still managed to install that strut with the tire still mounted on the car. So if anyone wanted to know if u need to take the rear tires off to do the strut install the answer is YES! lol its a ***** to get the essembled new strut in there is u don't but it is possible to do fyi.

http://www.tonygotskilz.com/stuff/RearAfterPic.jpg
Heres a pic of the back strut from under the car, with the car jacked up still.


http://www.tonygotskilz.com/stuff/carafter.jpg
Here is the last pic, its my car (dirty still) but dropped. As u can see theres not a huge difference in the pics. They are from different angles so its hard to compare, but the difference is noticable in person (if You know how a max, normally stands. People just walking by aren't gonna say hey that max is slammed lol, but it looks good. As far as handling OMG, amazing. I can take curves at nearly 2x the speed i could before literally, and there is no hint of body roll. Right now i have the stiffness set 3(front) 4(rear) and it rides nicely, u can tell its stiff but i like it hard :D

Congrats, good job and good choice. I'm installing mine with my Eibachs in a couple of weeks, got them on the group buy.

looks alright, still a bit too high for me, if it were me id cut about 1.5 coils front and maybe 1 rear, but if that is the look you were wanting its cool. yeah, im saving for illuminas and s-techs, because i HATE having to take turns at 20 miles per hour thinking that my car is gonna tip over. it handles like my moms olds silhouette. which is bad. really. i mean it. its that bad. ok im done now, good job

what size rims and tires are on there?

That maxima needs to be dropped :hide:


and cutting springs :nono:

Looks like you have the wrong size tires for that car on those rims.
You should have 235/45/17.

omg, the chrome trim is hurting my eyes.. Nice drop.

Chrome... altezza's = OWWWW :tardsmash

My drop looks lower than that.. i have the same setup.. maybe a few days will let it settle lower, but it def. isnt as low as mine

I would post pics.. but i dont know how :calder:

you suck thats why.. oh yea, i have the same kit

nice but why does it seem a bit higher? friend of mine has the same kit and isn't as high? anyways, good job on the install :ben:

My rims are 18's and i'm on 245/40/18's btw, and i bought the car with these rims/tires and the altezza's and the chrome trim like 2 months ago so Screw u guys!!! lmao j/k Naw i'd opt for different tails myself but i'm not putting any more cash into the max seeing as how i'm buying a bike in like a week. As far as a lower drop, i'm not into slamming cars especially since we have 1foot (ok more like 4 inch) high speed bumps at my apartment and at my school, i'll pass. I do expect them to drop alil lower as they settle, so they should fall alil.

That chrome trim that you pasted all over the place looks like sh!t.

i forgot about them settling. It should be ok by then.