So I was supposed to get some H&R lowering springs off a fellow orger and when I opened the box the springs say Neuspeed on them....am I missing something??????

 

You sure are, the H&R springs....

 

Haha thought so...what a F*cker....he better give me back my money.

 

Does neuspeed even make lowering springs for 96-99 Maximas??

 

Neuspeed doesnt make for parts nissan, only for honda/acura, VW/Audi.

 

When I bought these 2-3 years back I asked the same question on the org and was told that they are H&R's. Something about them being the same company or two divisions of the same company or something. I left it at that because there were enough people that said the same thing, I didn't look into it any further. They fit, lowered the car, and rode well so I didn't think anything was amiss. I kinda freaked when I opened the H&R box and found Neuspeed springs inside.

If I'm wrong though, I will refund the money. I'm not into scamming anyone. If I was trying to scam anyone, don't you think I'd would've tried to get the Neuspeed name off somehow?

I even had a couple people say their's said Neuspeed as well and not to worry about it. Can anyone shed some more light on this?

 

Negative. Neuspeed is a totally different company from H&R. Neuspeed is right here in Camarillo by where I live and is owned by some guy named Neumann. The business is not related to H&R.

Get your money back.

 

Here's some links from a Google search I'm doing to see what the deal is. The last link mentions maxima's.

http://www.corrado-club.com/corrado/faq/springs.html

Acura TL Community by ACURAZINE - Are Neuspeeds getting better?
... He says H&R and Neuspeed used to be the same company, but split, and H&R kept to
the same technology while Neuspeed moved to Germany and imporved their ...
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Acura TL Community by ACURAZINE - Neuspeed Vs H&r
... If there are indeed just a couple major spring manufacturers that provide springs
to these companies, and H&R and NEUSPEED are the same springs just rebadged ...
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mr2-digest Wednesday, March 18 1998 Volume 02 : Number 451 Re: MR2 ...
... 1998 23:00:29 -0800 From: a.ting@juno.com (ANDY L TING) Subject: Re: MR2 INTRAX
SPRINGS >From what I understand, Neuspeed and H&R were always the same company. ...
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EscortRacing.org :: View topic - Non progressive, autox suspension ...
... Well, I'd say go for the H&R Race springs. I have the Neuspeed RAce springs on my
integra which are the same thing. Made by the same company. They are great. ...
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http://www.lumiere.net/pipermail/max...ay/027365.html

 

Hmm...what to do, what to do.

 

Neuspeed makes pretty good performance parts from what ive heard. My cousin owns a GTi and he gets his stuff mainly from them.
If I were you, strike a deal with your seller and tell him that you will try it out and see if its any good. If so, then keep it. If its not, let him know that you want to return it.

 

Neuspeed makes good products, they have been around for a long time. They are not some fly-by-night operation like alot of the piece of crap companies that have been started in the last few years to take advantage of the "import market" they are a long time player.

 

you put Neuspeed springs on and lowered your maxima? and drove for how long? i always wondered what the diffrence between a spring meant for a maxima and a spring meant for an Accura.

 

[QUOTE]Neuspeed makes pretty good performance parts from what ive heard. My cousin owns a GTi and he gets his stuff mainly from them.
If I were you, strike a deal with your seller and tell him that you will try it out and see if its any good. If so, then keep it. If its not, let him know that you want to return it.[QUOTE]
That sounds like a good idea...if the seller is legit it shouldnt be a problem. I emailed him first to make sure that these are the springs that he had on his maxima to make sure about fitment issues cause I do not feel like having any.

 

I am legit. If you put them on and don't like them or have problems with them for some reason, I'll pay for the shipping back to me and refund the purchase price.

Yes, I had them on a '96 SE for about 1-1.5 yrs. Then they were put on a '96 GXE and used for a little over a year.

 

sounds like a good compromise.

 

Alright man sounds good....ill be calling tomorrow to see how much installed...I want to do them myself tho so I dont know. Thanks.

 

Is there any kind of a part # on the springs or just the Neuspeed name? I can't remember if there was or not. If there is, someone is going to compare the # to their H&Rs and see if that helps any.

 

just do it yourself MaxxedOut, its pretty simple, all you need are spring compressors which you can rent out from your local auto store (ie kragen). Are you going to just install springs or do you have shocks as well. Id recommend getting replacement shocks as your OEM ones will go out on you if you use them with lowering springs.

 

Im putting them on with my stock suspension right now...will be replacing the struts soon....out of money. I heard it is a ***** to use the spring compressor....how time consuming is it? and difficult?

 

you better get a camber kit man i put tein s techs on mine in less than a month the inside of my 18'' adrs were all to hell

 

V8ETR: did you get an alignment after your install?

 

Sprints were the only springs I've ever heard of people needing camber kits with. I didn't need camber kits with these springs on either of the cars I put them on.

 

had my S-techs for a few months now....now tire wear issues besides the constant auto-x on them....and no alignment either...although i prolyl should get one...EH after winter

 

ya my alignment is out of wack due to my sprints. i've had at least 3 alignments done and still not right.

 

can't yyou go to the guy who did the alignment for you and complain? i mean, if he aligned it for you, but it didn't fix the alignment, then did he really do anything?

 

u've been f0cked....

 

Oh man. Some people need to lighten up.

Neuspeed is one hell of a good spring manufacturer. Hell, I always wished they made and marketed something for the Max. If he did get Neuspeed springs, he's not exactly getting the raw end of the deal in terms of quality.

Measure the springs' height and diameter, get those dimensions for the H&Rs, and compare. If they're the same, or if the diameter is the same and the height is a little different, they'll fit. Hell, all you technically need is the stock diameter.

The only remotely possible risk is that the spring rates were optimized for a different car. But we're not talking about a car that's gonna be a *****-out handler, so they'd have to be way off for it to really screw up the car's handling balance in a way that'd be noticeable. Besides, if they have the correct dimensions for a lowering spring for the Max, it's highly unlikely that they'll be optimized for a very different kind of vehicle -- even in the totally off chance that they were originally made for a Honda or VW, it'd be a very, very similar car in terms of size and weight anyway, so it's all good.

 

i would compare it to this. even though you wear a size 34, and the pants that you tried on say size 42. But you're sure that they're size 34 because they fit, there's no reason for you NOT to buy them unless they dont fit. you know that its not you because another person had tried these pants on before you with a size 34 waist and said it fit fine.

Spring compressor is easy to use, but i recommend having an air tool because screwing the bolt n unscrewing the bolt for the spring compressor might take you FOREVER!!!