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lower just the front?

Old Nov 9, 2004 | 10:52 AM
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lower just the front?

Here's my car as it sits now. You can see that the front is higher than the rear.
What's the easiest/cheapest/closest to stock ride quality way to lower just the front? I'm guessing I need about 1" drop. Are my rear springs shot, so it sags? Or do all Maximas do that?
(My trunk is empty and only my laptop on the rear seat floor)

Old Nov 9, 2004 | 11:34 AM
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I remember a thread about the same long ago. People have done it and said it doesn't look, nor feel right.

Perhaps with some testing you can get the front lowered enough for it to look right but i am yet to see the results of it.

Mine sags too. They all sag.
Old Nov 9, 2004 | 12:03 PM
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I have H&R springs in front and stock springs in back. I still have stock struts. Ride is great. Look is great. And performance is better in cornering (although I must mention i have RSB and FSTB).

I've had this setup for 6 months and it's fine. I'll be getting Illuminas for the spring though which should make it even better.

Just DON'T get cheap springs. I suggest Eibach, H&R or Tein H-Tech.
Old Nov 9, 2004 | 12:06 PM
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the compression rate will be different. but if KOMAX hasn't had any problems, maybe you should try it. when i had almost 400 lbs of speaker equipment in my trunk , i wanted to just lower the front. but i was advised against it...
Old Nov 9, 2004 | 12:16 PM
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I had my car with just the front lowered for about 10,000 miles. This was on Eibahcs and KYB AGX Struts. There were no negative effects. The car handled better than stock and rode much better than when it was fully lowered. However, it does not handle as well as when the back is lowered.
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