i need to take mine apart for a complete cleaning too. my driver side front camber plate or whatever is messed up cuz something gets stuck and makes a cracking noise when i turn the wheel. i also have a LOOOOOOOT of dirt stuck in springs.

 

springs are about $100 a pair

 

how would these compare to a tein basic coilover? ride comfort and handling?

 

Read much?

 

Holyyyyyyyyyyy shiznit.
Its like de ja vu.

 

Yo this thread is great. I used it to eliminate the clunk sound from my driver's side/front coilover. Thanks guys

 

Anyone in here with D2 racing coilovers? If so, did any of you replace those allen screws with nuts and a different bolt? one of mine came off, wtf If so, what bolt size did you use at Home Depot or something?

 

Interesting question. You did see the name of the thread when you clicked on it, didn't you?

 

Firstly, not only did I see the name of this thread when I clicked on it, but I read every single post in here. There is no D2 Racing Coilover thread and these are the closest thing to them. Now is there seriously a problem with me asking my D2 question in here? Differences between them are these allen screws i'm talking about and you guys have one extra perch at the bottom of the threaded body.

Secondly,

I didn't PM you, I wrote it in here instead. This really wouldn't be Maxima.org without sarcastic responses, huh?

 

I feel you. But you gotta admit, if everyone started piling in here and asking about all sorts of coilovers, this thread would get HUGE and the Ksport stuff would start to get lost in the shuffle.

If you feel there should be a D2 thread (and I definitely agree with you on that), why not start one?

Perhaps I should have clarified, then? I was asking for info that could be used in comparisons with the Ksport coilovers, not technical questions.

 

Yeah, but i doubt it would be everyone. Just Coilovers built the same way. Since they will have the same questions and answers. I've asked questions in here that were answered. I didn't say I had D2s because they are the same thing IMO.

I think for the same reason no one else started a thread like this on d2 coilovers, all the answers are in here! I diagnose and treat my coilovers the same way you guys do. They are made the same way anyway. No surprise your solution for noise works for me with my D2s. That's why I've been reading through this thread. I THOUGHT it was okay for the D2 guys to come in here once in a while and ask question.


Perhaps. But we'll just keep it back on topic then. I'll continue to ask D2 questions, but just lie and say I have Ksports, as usual I guess.

Bump, and back on topic then....

 

I am considering getting softer springs 7 front and 5 rear.
I have a question, does anyone know off-hand if the front and rear springs are the same dimensions?
If they are then I can take the rear springs (currently 7) and put them on the front and just buy one pair for the rear. Seems logical right?

 

yo tj, the ksports don't have those allen screws sorry, so i dont think anyone here will have your answer. IMO best option is to create a new thread to attract the attention of the D2 owners, there a lot out there, and not many of em post in this thread.

 

How are the K-sports? I'm thinking about getting them for my altima.

 

You are correct.

- Great price
- Great handling
- Very good durability so far
- Fairly good ride quality (better than anything that handles this well and costs this little)
- Excellent price (considering all of the above)

They're not the ultimate suspension product or anything, but they're very very good for what they are.

 

I have D2's and have posted in this thread. While not identical to the K-Sports they are very similar. I have gotten good info from the K-Sport owners.

I have the original allen bolts, I really cranked them tight though, and no problems.

 

d00df00d,
I think I would disagree with you over the "very good durability so far" part of your critique. There seems to be a growing number of us that are blowing at least the rear shocks at a good clip. Mine didn't even have 5k on them and one has sprung a leak.... I would agree with the rest of your assessment though.

 

The numbers may be increasing but the rate is still well under 1% of all kits sold (it's approximately the same number for just Maximas as well). Plus, most (if not all) of the reported failures thus far have been in areas that have really rough roads and cold weather, which are nightmarish conditions for any firm gas shock absorber. If there were really any serious quality issues besides the occasional normal defect, they wouldn't be so exclusive to the most coilover-unfriendly regions of the country.

 

If the rate is really as low as Ksport claims, it is a low rate, but that seems unlikely based on the high incidence of problems reported in this thread.

 

Are we really gonna get into this again? Saying that is like walking into a Yugo car club meeting and saying "gee, lots of Americans have cars from the former Yugoslavia."

Or walking into a retirement home and saying "wow, there aren't a lot of people under 65 in America."

Or seeing two people go by on stretchers after jumping out of a burning building and saying "damn, so many people break bones by jumping out of burning buildings."

Get the idea?


1. The majority of Ksport owners do not post in this thread. That much should be plainly obvious. What it means is that the incidence of problems reported in this thread cannot be generalized to the rest of the population.

2. People having problems are more likely to post here. People not having problems usually won't post here at all. This means that, of all the people that post here, a MUCH greater percentage are having problems than in the general population.


I know this may be a hard concept to grasp, but you just can't judge overall quality by number of complaints in a technical thread like this without figuring in overall sales figures.

Besides, what have the failures been? Blown shocks on rough roads in cold climates. Know what that means? It means that occasionally, when utterly manhandled, they break. Has there been a single failure on decent roads? How many Ksport owners in Florida have had problems? What about Spaniard, who road races regularly? Have his Ksports given out on him?

Hell, even in the cold, brutal North we have had fewer than 10 failures out of all the hundreds of kits sold! If those odds are too much for you, then you should either give up the handling and adjustability or spend way, way more than $800 for your suspension.

 

I got through a Canadian winter just fine, and the roads here are full of potholes.

 

[QUOTE]1. The majority of Ksport owners do not post in this thread. That much should be plainly obvious. What it means is that the incidence of problems reported in this thread cannot be generalized to the rest of the population.

2. People having problems are more likely to post here. People not having problems usually won't post here at all. This means that, of all the people that post here, a MUCH greater percentage are having problems than in the general population.[QUOTE]

You're right.... but it still doesn't make me feel better about the extra work I'm going to have to go through to get this resolved/replaced. It would have been nice to not have to worry about it for another 50k or so.

 

And you're just as entitled to your opinion as anyone else. If we're going to talk about how you feel after having a shock blow out on you, then you're right, statistics are not the whole story: your shocks DID blow out, so kicking and screaming about how you're in that 1% of unlucky people isn't really gonna do much.

But if we're talking about how the product has been working for people overall, we need to keep it objective and go by stats and comparisons.

Just trying to keep it straight...

 

IF only KSports have Life Time Warranty, yu wont have to worry about it. If you dun like it, then dont buy, and if it happen to you, just suck it up like a man dude. I'm just praying for mine, hope it wont blow until i get a new car, which would be at least 3 more years, LOL!

You have to admit it man, Orange K. is hella nice suspensionm. It make me want to buy new one, just in case it blow. Which i dun think i will (just try to think positively)

 

dun == don't ?

 

I just put my settings back to half a turn from full hard and fell in love with the k's all over again. It handles so good and driving on hard just feels so much better than driving on soft. Anyone trying any other combinations besides full hard all around or full soft all around?

-a post from a happy ksport owner

 

Just to confirm before I buy anything, d00df00d, it is possible to only buy a 5kg/mm set of springs and swap the rear 7kg/mm from my coilovers to the front and have 7/5 instead of 9/7?

 

Yes it is.

 

true that, i like it better when it stiff. Try 3 full turns from soft (front), its alot better than full soft, its feel better than full soft. But, yet, i havent compare it with 1/2 turn from stiff when i got my FSB.

 

Is it possible to transfer warranty from the original purchaser to myself if I purchase them used and they are within the original 1 year period?

 

Ill check it out, I've been having so much fun in the twisty roads today

 

I am an owner of D2's that came with a 9/7 spring rate. Like others, I feel that it rides a bit too harsh. I've finally gotten my 5kg springs and I swapped the rears into the front.

The ride is awesome with the 7/5 spring rate, it rides really smooth and Ive got the dampening on two full turns from soft. For the most part I drive pretty slow but when I decide to punch it and take some lanes it handles like a champ. Its not bouncy at all and Ive still got the car slammed!

Another happy coilover owner!(and possibly the first to inquire with a 7/5 rate? )

 

This is something i might look into doing. So swapping springs back to front is no problem? I love the ksports its just the roads around here are never smooth and with all the in town driving i do it gets annoying sometimes. How much for 5kg springs from ksport?

 

ksport doesn't make 5kg springs only 6kg for the back. and I dont' think they are swappable (as ksport told me the length are different)
Springs are $100 a pair shipped.

 

the springs were identical on my D2s and they didnt charge me because I initially ordered 8/6 and they accidentally sent me 9/7

 

my D2's had that annoying clunking noise on front drivers side only...damn i hated that noise.

 

So Jinsu, I cannot go any softer than 6kg/mm in the rear?

 

Hm. Seems I was wrong about the spring rates. Thanks for the correction.

About the spring length thing... From the pics on the front page (and my memory), the front springs are shorter, but not by much. I can see why Ksport wouldn't want you to *swap* the springs... Maybe moving the fronts to the rear increases the risk of coil bind at full compression (can't say for sure how true this is because I don't have all the specs). But if you were just moving the rears to the front and then getting new front springs, you could just set the front spring perches a little lower and you'd be fine.

Unless, of course, you're dropped so low that your lower mount is touching the spring perch.

 

I think you can get 4 kg/mm...

 

POST 1000!!!!!

I think 4kg would be too soft...maybe someone might want to try 6/4??