JIC-FLT A2 questions... compare stock suspension to A2's...
 

OK, about a month ago, I whipped out my credit card and baam I got A2's sitting at my door a week later. It was pretty much an impulsive buy, I could not resist the GD offer... now I have to deal with paying off the balance. :mad: :banghead:

Anyway, I bought these without fully understanding how coilover system works and what's all involved. I hope I did not make a rash decision by buying these without putting a lot of thought into it first. I guess you can call me a noob when it comes to modding cars.

- How hard is the installation? Can I do it by myself?

- If you recommend professional installation, how much in labor expenses am I looking at?

- About 30% of the time, I drive pretty rough. I want my car to keep up with my driving. Did I make a right choice by going with A2's? I know A2's are for track use, but what the hell, I went for them... I am starting with handling mods first... so far I have fstb, rsb. Now, I will install A2's and soon get some performance rims ...

- The area I live in has lot of potholes. I heard that A2's are very sensitive to every imperfection on the road. To me, ride quality is important too. Will I be sacrificing the "smooth" ride that the stock suspension offers? Is the dampening setting useful at all? If I am looking at really rough handling/suspension, then I may consider holding off the installation until I move to a better area with decent roadways...


Is there anything else I should know before I have these installed? thx.

Pay someone to install it for you. Suspension is not something you want to mess around.

If you can't find anyone to install it for you, send it to me. :D


~limsandy

Install is easy! You don't have to worry about compressing springs and all that stuff. It's just a remove and replace operation. Getting the ride height to your liking takes the most time. I installed my A-1's and set up the ride height in about 4 hours.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=302205

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=296479

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=251218

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=243876

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=244306

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=222226

Those are just the post that I have participated in......Remember if anyone has questions on the install, I have a kick A$$ write up....(so i've been told ) Enjoy, that should keep you busy

You are a donating member, so why don't you search. There is at least one post a week about this same topic. The above links are just the ones that I answer. Email me if you want my write up.

oh my bad, I didn't know they fixed the search feature. Last time I tried to search something, it was spitting out search results 6 months old... none of the newer threads were showing up in the search.

is the ride height adjustability feature independent from the coil itself?