marianm

I ordered some KYB excel-G struts for the rear and I'm thinking of also changing to SE springs while I do the work.
The situation now (with ~100k Gabriel Ultra struts and stock GXE springs) is that if the car is loaded to the gills and the freeway sucks (think I5 over Grapevine) there is too much bouncing, even to the strut bumps, and general sagginess. The new struts should take care of the bouncing, but I'm thinking of some stiffer springs too, to help with sagginess when loaded.
I would have liked some progressive springs, but I'm not aware of any that are full length (not interested in lowering springs due to dips/speed bumps/driveways, plus occasional dirt roads).
So the question is what will the SE springs do compared to the GXE/LE? Has anyone made this switch? The SE have 0.2mm thicker wire but are 10mm shorter.

CMax03

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There's nothing wrong with lowered springs but to low is a problem in the real world. Lowered springs between 1.0 - 1.75" is perfect IMO since it's makes the real world easy to deal with driveways, speed bumps, etc. Anything excessive of 2.0" is unrealistic and also cause premature drive axle wear due to excessive angles they work in. If you do go to lowered springs these are the following brands that are excellently desgned:
1. Eibach
2. H&R
3. H-Teins
4. Progress Technology

marianm

Thanks for the recommendations!
I'm still sticking to full length springs . Maybe if I get a manual Maxima at some point...

marianm

It looks like rear strut boots from Nissan are $63. All Nissan part prices seem through the roof. Are they trying to send the last 4th gens to the junkyards?