i just got a 99 maxima es.

i wanted to lower it a bit and was wondering how far i could go safely without having to replace my stock struts.
my friend told me 1.5" but most of the springs i see available drop the car 2".

thanks for your input,

Dev.

 

many people run H&Rs w/o swapping out the struts they lower the car about an inch anda half

 

My friend has Intax springs 1.65 drop in back and 1.7 in front, running on facotry shocks with 80000 miles on the Max, he is fine so i my self am going to be runing facotry shocks i just got springs last week. ITs ok to run factory shocks also depending on where u live if there are a lot of bumps and pot holes u might want to change your shocks. But i still think u can ride on facotry shocks for a FEW months

 

I heard the Intrax drop 1.67 in the front...

...which is it?

 

Using the word "safe" is not right. There is nothing unsafe about riding on stock struts with lowering springs. What will happen is your stock struts will blow fairly soon depending on how many miles you have on them. When they blow nothing will happen except for a really bad bouncy ride. It won't damage your car at all. I am intalling Eibachs this week, my stock struts have 80k miles, so it would be stupid for me not to replace my struts as well. Which I am. Replacing both at the same times saves time on doing the istall twice.
My struts are probably already leaking, blown, or about to blow. If my struts only had 30K or 40k I might get by with them for a while. I believe stock stuts are usually good for 60k miles, maybe more.

From what I know from people with lowerd max's is that going more than 2" will cause camber problems. Which then you'll have to install adjustable camber plates. A 1.5" drop should still keep you within specifications on your camber.

Installing lowering springs with stock struts is fine, just be prepared to replace them sooner than if you did not lower your car.
As always there is exceptions to this, but this is the norm.

 

I just recently purchased my second Maxima in April of this year...black '97 SE, low mileage. The only slightly bothersome mechanical problem was a blown strut on the rear driver's side. I decided to replace all the struts with new Koni sport shocks and Eibach Pro Kit lowering springs. The springs lowered me 1.5" in the front and 1.3" in the rear. I have been extremely pleased with the ride. It is much quicker and I can really hit turns quickly. I did have to use an "alignment kit", basically two large screws, which restored the camber settings. All around a fun experience.

 

I hope I don't have camber problems. Well, I guess it's not a big deal to buy the camber adjuster. Glad your pleased. I hope I am not disapointed.

 

alright thanks for the info guys...ill probably drop my max 1.5-1.75 inches then, so that i don't have to change the stock struts.

which springs lower the max by those amounts?
all i see is a 2" drop from the springs so far.