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Old 12-10-2004, 08:51 AM
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for those of you who lowered your maxima.....

i was wondering for those of you who lowered your maxima (like an inch or 2) either with coilovers or with lowering springs, have you ever bottomed out? b/c i just put the stillen body kit on my 02 maxima and was thinking of lowering it by an inch or 2. thanks for your help.
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Old 12-10-2004, 09:19 AM
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I have HP struts/Progress springs and no lip/kit drop is 1.7F 1.5R... bottomed out once due to a huge hole I didn't see in the road... or was it a bump? Well... either way... its only happened once...
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Old 12-10-2004, 09:29 AM
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I have s-tech's with Illuminas and the MT front lip. I have never bottomed out. You just have to be careful and on pothole patrol.
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Old 12-10-2004, 11:35 AM
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Eibach's here...never bottomed out.
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Old 12-10-2004, 11:39 AM
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H-tech/ HP combo here and bottomed out my greddy evo once on a huge speed bump.
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Old 12-10-2004, 11:39 AM
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i've bottomed out my stock springs... just like onemax said "pothole patrol"
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Old 12-10-2004, 11:40 AM
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I recently test drove a fellow orgers max from ATL. He has the S-Tech. I bottomed it out twice just test driving it. Once on a speed bump(it was freakin camoflauged to the road!!!) and once on a steep incline. On a steep driveway EXPECT to bottom out on something like S-techs. My driveway at home is steep and I could not afford to get the S-techs because I would be wrecking my bumpers constantly. I am even scared to get h-techs because of my driveway. IF you are worried about bottoming out definately stay away from 2 inch drops

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Old 12-10-2004, 12:06 PM
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i have tokico blues and h-techs.....bottomed out once in a driveway, but that's it
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all the time, is it worth it? ooo yeah
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Old 12-10-2004, 12:53 PM
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Close to 4" with the JIC's and i never bottomed out. You just have to take your time and watch what your doing.
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Old 12-10-2004, 12:54 PM
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Just be careful and you will be fine
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Old 12-10-2004, 05:17 PM
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be careful but on certain steep inclines you will not have the choice. Like my driveway. If you don't want to bottom out the max go for the mildest drop. Eibach offers 1.3 inches up front.

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Old 12-10-2004, 07:31 PM
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b4 i had some coilovers and man that was the worst experience i have ever had wit my car, i used to bust my struts like every 3-4 months and i didnt know that it was my coilovers that causing them to bust so now i got some H&R SPRINGS and man i love them to death.. rides smooth and low jezz the way i want it and no more scrapin either well, maybe jezz a lil......
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Old 12-10-2004, 08:49 PM
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Once. Big speed bump, too fast, WSP Y-pipe scraped.
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Old 12-10-2004, 10:07 PM
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Had Progress (~ 2" drop all around) and bottomed out on large bumps, potholes, occasional large highway expansion joints. Nothing too terribly frequent, but I did watch the road closely for fear of bottoming when on rough roads. I swapped to H&R's up front and stock in the rear and have only bottomed a couple times in the last month on rediculous bumps. I no longer feel the need to constantly scan the road which is nice.
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stechs with stock struts, bottomed out only on massive bumps.
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