Hey guys, I decided to whip up a comparison chart and maybe make it a sticky or something because there are new suspension posts everyday...

Post what type spring you have and shock and measure with a tape measure from the ground to the middle of the fender well.
Please make sure you're on stock wheels. Please indicate if you have what size rim and different tires..

Example:

4th Gen H&Rs/KYB AGX
FRONT: 26.25 BACK 25.5
Stock 17" Wheels, Stock Tires.

Thanks

 

25.25" Front and back
Tein S. Tech with KYB GR2's
245/40/18 Nitto NT555 w/ Antera 18x8 Type 321

 

F:25.25" / R:25.5"

Tein S.tech with Tokico Struts

People please note if you have a 2-3-400lbs system in your trunk

 

F 26 5/8 / R 26 3/8
according to H&R should be F 26 1/8 / R 26 1/4

H&R's with stock shocks
19X8 Axis Hagens 235/35-19 Nitto 555's

 

245/40/18 tires

 

2000 Nissan Maxima GLE
25 5/8" Front and 25 3/7" Back
Eiback Pro Kit with KYB AGX ajustables for a 4th gen
235/40ZR18 Dunlope SP Sport FM 901 tires
Konig Tantrum 18" X 9" wheels

 

Muahahahhahaahahahahah...all suckers...

I have JICs

25.25 all the way around...but I can adjust anytime i want.


Sorry but I am just having a little fun.

 

Maxspeed/Tokicos
FRT: 26.5" BK: 26.75"
18"x8" Mille Miglia Evo5s
235/40/18

 

loL!


ok this is real good guys please keep it comming.
And if anyone has the height of the STOCK suspension with STOCK tires, that would be great so i can measure the actual drop

 

Slighty lower with same setup, but like Hitam said, I got 500 + lbs of audio in my trunk ! Baby got back !
I have 19's with 245 / 35's

 

I belive stock mine was at F:27.75" and rear was at 27.25" I cant belive I was driving around like that be4! Disgusting if you ask me.

 

26.25" both front and rear.

Maxspeed & KYB GR2s.

17" Nakayama GTRs with 235/45-17 tires.

Very small box with 10" sub in back.

Tony

 

I need to take new pics... my shiznit is a lot lower after Tokicos and audio. Im afraid to see how low it would be with Teins.

 

Nothing you wont like right? The front will probably hit 25.5" and your @ss end will probably hit 25.25" The spring rate in the rear is quite a bit higher then maxspeeds (279lbs for the rear) so it shouldnt drop too much. I dont think you have much to worry about if you switch

 

I might give Teins a shot. I just dont want to be so low, that I will ruin my kit when I get it.

 

Ok how about this, Im 240, I had my 290lbs cousin in my ride, my 400lbs (yes 400 ) cousin with me and two more at 150 each. This is with the Teins and my bodykit, belive it or not, not once did I bottom out anywere. Speedbump I took head-on w/o any problem, driveways I hit at a slight angle (I clear it by just a few mm now, it was probably 1-2mm with all that weight) but I still never had one problem with it. Now im sure with all those people, my ride was heavier at that point then yours is now with the system and say 2-3 more "normal" sized people
I just have to watch out for parking blocks, but im 100% confident in saying you wont have any problems with the kit and the Teins.

 

Its not my car bottoming out. I have the exhaust hittin underneath. It seems the be the section curving over real beam.... when I have people in the back, it hits....

 

yup thats definetly hitting over the rear axle. I had the same problem that plauged me for months. Every time i fixed it, the stupid sound would come back. And when i took out my system, there was no noise
My B pipe was instlaled wrong. I had a good shop do it and theres no way its gonna touch now

 

2k3
Tein S. Tech / Stock Struts till next month (Illumina)
Front / Rear: 25 1/8 all around
17x8....235/45-17

 

Hmmm...well I used to have that problem, but no longer. When that happened about 4-5 weeks after I got the b-pipe in, put the car back up on the hoist and it looks like the rubber hangers for the exhaust are somewhat weak and stretched too much. What I did was I got 6 clamps (like the ones that you'd put around a radiator hose, the ones you can adjust with a standard screw driver or 5/16 socket) and I put two around each rubber hanger and tightend it up a bit. No more banging noise when goin over bumps...well over a yr now

 

dont have the measurments but heres my Max with Progress Tech springs..1.7front and 1.5rear w/ sub box in the trunk

before drop...



after drop...

 

Maxspeed Springs
Stock 16s with 215/55
26" front 26" Rear

My stock SE sits at:
27 3/4 " front 27 1/2" rear
For comparison

 

im glad i went with progress. that drop is lovely. next week i will have them on with kyb gr2's so i will have pics then..

 

'02 SE

Eibach with factory suspension
Factory 17's and RE92's

Front: 26 3/8
Rear: 26 1/8

 

Do they come out next month. (illumina's).

 

I am thinking of going with maxspeed/KYB GR2 combo(possibly progress springs), but I dont want to fork out the money for the struts right now. The Maxspeeds are nice and inexpensive and I would love to rid myself of that gap right away!

My Questions are: #1- Is this OK to combine new springs w/ stock 02 GLE struts(at least until I can save some more money), and will I get the desired drop without the struts?

#2- How do most of you feel about the drop w/ the combo I mentioned above? I am also going to be getting 19s down the road too. keep trhat in mind w/ your sugestions/coments.

Thanks alot!

 

Maxspeed / KYB GR2 combo rocks for street use!

 

Maxspeed/GR2 is exactly what I have. Yes, it is okay to have the Maxspeeds with the stock struts. However, you will be MUCH happier with the GR2s right away, and if you're paying to have them put in you will save money by having them all installed at the same time. I had my stock struts in for about 19K miles and when I added the GR2s I had no idea what I was missing! Do both now if you can.

Tony

 

That is what Tokico called and told me. Should be at the distributors, ready to order, by the end of October.

 

I have progress tech springs, with 19" axis wheelsite mesh 2 with h&r spacers front and back with a stillen touring front to top it off. Even with all this i have no tire rubb or ground clearance problems.

 

Get the progress. Its a noticable drop that is good for everyday driving