As of now... yes. But from what I have seen they all get noisy. As I said check those alan bolts on the bottom mount. I noticed that gunk builds up in them (lower mount) and helps prevents them from fully getting fully tight and they get noisy. Also many said that it comes from the pillow ball mount. I guess the noise is just part of owning and enjoying coilovers...

Just crank the radio up a bit and they are really quite.

 

upstate, didn't you say u had a problem with the lower mount...and after replacing it, it went away? the noise that is

 

Nice drop Steven but who did you off and put in the trunk in the stock pics? I carried four 60lb cement bags in my trunk once and I don't think my rear sagged that low.

 

oh haha..the first two pix were suppose to be a joke...we installed the rear coilovers first and tucked them...then left the fronts stock...thats why it is saggin so much...

 

when i had my front end that low it rubbed....exp. in reverse.

if I were you, I'd raise about 1/4" more

 

Yeah I did and it went away, now its back.... I give up. I am just going to live with the noise.

 

I thought you did already?

 

It seems like all coilovers make noise. What gives!

 

Well, coilovers have prob 5x the moving parts that a normal suspension does. thats my guess, the more complicated things get, the more problems they cause.

 

Cerritos isn't that flat...I'd raise it a bit otherwise you/he will be bumping **** a lot.

Yeah D2's make noise, but I can't compare with other coilovers as these are the only ones I've had. Since I was one of the early birds on here to get them I've noticed that the noises come from a few different areas....

1. Lower mount allen bolts (tighten and use loctite, do not overtighten as these mounts are only aluminum, I suggest getting some stainless allen bolts because the ones that come with the D2's will rust and be a ***** to work with later)

2. Top mount pillow ***** (tighten top nut on strut mount inside the engine bay with an impact wrench, use loctite on this also as it will come loose, this will need a lot of attention if you wish to keep the noise down)

3. Springs and top and bottom hats rubbing creating a creaking sound (this one sucks ***** because no one has found a viable option to stop this. I tried grease and it helped but it gets dirty as hell and needs a lot of maintenance. I also tried some aftermarket spring isolators from energy suspension and they worked well for a little while but not its creaking again so they are either out of place or torn. Not sure what else to do?)

I guess like a few others said it comes with owning coilovers.

 

Do you know what you torqued them down to? I am afraid of over doing it, how much can/should I torque them?

 

according to Ksports, they say 40-45ft-lbs is the correct spec....but I seem to have a problem torquing them down to that spec...it seems like at around 35-ish the pillowball mounts start to turn the nut along....so its like 35ft-lbs is the highest i can get...this applies to both my D2s and Ksports....

 

Was this while the car is on the ground or jacked up? I found that you can tighten them more when the car is lowered.

 

definitely when the car is on the floor....if i try spinning the nut while the car is lifted, it spins freely...no way to even tq it close to 40ft-lbs if the car's in the air....

 

IMO, properly designed and installed coilovers should NOT make any noise whatsoever. I'm sure when BMW, Audi, or Porsche owners buying their Tein, JICs, or Eibach coilovers don't just cope with problems like we do.

I haven't read all that much complaining on the K-sports, which from what i've seen are a improved and revised edition to the D2's.

The only way to torque the top nut while the car is in the air is with air tools or an electric impact wrench

 

I have ksports on the car now....they work great but the only thing I dont like...is the stupid spring perches...the D2 spring perches have more grooves to hook up the wrenches when tighten/loosening....the Ksports only has like 4 grooves throughout the whole perch to do adjustment...and sometimes you end up in a very uncomfortable position to tighten/loosen

 

Sick job dude I'm planning on getting some k-sports we should get together and install those bad boys!!! Hows the ride on them compared to the D2's?

 

To me they ride relatively the same...its just the D2s made alot more noise than my ksports....

hit me up when you get them bishes ordered....and w'e'll tackle the install

 

fedex says mine are coming today, FINALLY!

 

like he said

 

When I put my D2's on I had it 25.5inchs from ground to fender. It was rubbing a lot at semi-full turns, and full turns. I am on stock wheels thought. Brought it up an inch and it helped.

 

I am betting he's raising it.

http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.php?p=4592430

 

I see . . . must have missed that.

 

whats ur caster at when ur that low, my alignment place sadi mine was way off, and im even lower now than i was. im at 24 in front and 24.5 in back right now, but i dont drive my max in the winter so mos of the time it isnt a big deal.

 

yah my caster is off i believe....i forgot the exact specs but i know they are off

anyway...anybody on here run -1 deg in the front tires? It's still within specs according to the FSM...just wondering if anybody had trouble with tire wear with -1 deg....anybody tried -1.5?