It's been almost 2 years, but I finally lowered my Maxima. I'm using the stock shocks and struts for now until I can afford some KYBs.

I'm very happy with the results and the ride really isn't that bad. It was pretty frustrating putting on the rear springs, though and the whole job took about 30 extra minutes because I had to re-tap the rear struts and the nuts that threaded into them. Freakin 16 year old parts.

But anyways, hears the before and after shot of the stance.

BEFORE:


AFTER:


Tomorrow, I get to do an alignment... yay

 

Looks good

 

Forgot to mention they are option racing brand. According to seller, it's a 2 inch drop in the rear, 2.2 inches in the front.

 

car looks good!

 

What is Option Racing Brand? How much was it?

 

I meant the brand is "Option Racing" not "Option Racing Brand"

I've never heard of them and I don't know how much they are new. I got em used from somebody in the classifieds for $75, can't beat that.

 

That's a deal. And you say the ride is good?

 

Looks good

 

Nice job.
No more monster truck.

 

Finally James!!!! Good siht! She looks much better!

 

zigsaw!

 

i hope you dont get teh 'i want to go lower' bug. nice drop though, conservative

 

I'm really happy with the way it sits right now except for in the rear. I think I might have put the struts together wrong...

I can also hear a pretty gnarly "clunk" in the right rear. Im going to work early just to check that out. Kinda rushed the job yesterday.

 

Hell yeah. Ordered some KYB GR2 rear shocks this morning. 129 bucks at work, putting them in after work today.

 

Welcome down to earth! looks good, always makes a difference!

 

Looks good! What kind of wheels do you have?

 

17" G35's. They look good on his whip.

 

looking good..

 

nice job!

 

much better no more muddin for you looks good

 

Thanks.

So I got the rear shocks on and the ride is waaaaay smoother. It seriously feels better than it did at stock height and the clunking is gone, too. The factory rear shocks were done for, I'm sure they have been since Ive owned the car. The front struts are fine, so I'm not touching those until they're shot. No point in changing something out if it's still good.

 

Those look good James! That's how I want mine to sit, hopefully these h&r's I'ma get have the same stance an those rims look great now that it's lowered

 

could've fooled me....

 

Looks good. No more rock crawling.

 

not that its a big deal but you paid 70 for these used, and they are 70 new.

 

looks good

 

I can't even find them on ebay, wanna buy these now but cant find em!

 

GO LOWER BROOOOO!

 

i cant find them now either but i bought them a couple months ago for 40 buy it now with 30 shipping

 

was that at the dealership? oh yea, looks good!

 

Nice .. I cant wait to stop monster trucking around ..


Rear needs to come down a bit tho or is it me?

 

If he was, the stealership would've hosed him on the install, with a shopvac.

 

It looks a lot better now,
its funny how 4th gens stock height is like the "4x4" height of cars and when they're lowered they look better but looks like stock height for other cars lol...

 

lol i dont think that dealer hosed him at all...

 

He's a mechanic at a Dealership, he did the labor himself.

 

@ OP, are these springs more on the comfy side?

 

Lol @ the shopvac. yes, it is at the dealership i work at.

OK, I take back what I said in post 21.
With the combination of the springs and my new rear shocks, the ride feels almost as good as it did before the drop up until about 60 mph. On the streets it feels about the same. I took it on the freeway for the first time and it wasn't nearly as smooth as before but it wasn't that uncomfortable. My wife drives a completely stock 2004 Altima and my Maxima is still smoother after putting those springs on.

 

That makes me feel better knowin that these aren't that bad of a ride if my h&rs don't work out

 

Nice drop looks way better....

 

kudos on the drop. I too can't wait to be lowered as well.


Tired of being able to see ahead of all my fellow orgers when I'm driving behind them


Don't know what setup I'm getting yet but it's gonna be from a panda Baha!