What do you guys hate about them so much ? Is it the spring perches getting loose all the time making the noises ? Or is it something else like the Struts blowing ?

Ive had mine for a year and all i have (knock on wood) is the spring perches getting loose i got the new ones but haven't had time to put them on ..

 

I have had an issue with the springs popping when i turn the wheel and than making the car pull to one side or the other....Yesterday I took them off and cleaned and greased them up and guess what...still not fixed...Also my pass side front strut is leaking...

 

yeah, my ride was bouncy, and i was feeling under the boots for leaks and i swear there was a little bit of liquid on 3 out of 4 shocks. I dont know what to think about that.

 

i've got mines for 4 months plus, my only problem is that i lowered it too much and ripped the axle, i do get clunks hear and there and mines sometime pull to the right, but it's not that bad for me to go back stock... i like it, its an ok ride for me and i daily drive on full stiff (no homo)

 

I knew I wasn't alone in this experience... I knew it couldn't just be me. I tried everything to get these things to perform right. These things are SHEET! I paid almost 8 hund brand spanken new at a performance place...

I'm still wondering why when I opened the box, and there's the crappy copy of the install "manual" which is like two pages.... why it says in BIG TEXT..... OFF ROAD USE ONLY. Anyone else wondering that?

I got the ksport kontrol set
http://www.ksportusa.com/asp/coilove...roduct_id=cd01

I am so pist about these things.... my car now rides like sheet and it feels like the thing is going to rattle apart. It's to the point now where I'm looking to sell the car and take a loss on it.

Though I'd be interested in taking action against ksport.... anyone insterested? I mean we're all having the same problem(s)... so obviously theres flaws in the design/product.

Anyone interested in starting a letter to ksport? They're here in AZ I'd be happy to take a drive to their place.... actually I wanted to drive my car into their front door... but would rather take action and make them do something about it.

 

off road only my f*Cking ***. Their website says "street and track use" so it better not be no bull**** offroad only crap. I cant remember if I got that paper in my package but I do remember some of the lamest instructions I've ever seen in my life that looked like some 18 bit sh*t you'd see in a SNES video game.

I dont care to get into any legal hassles with them...I dont have enough time for that. I am positive one of my struts is blown after driving for 2 days with this bouncy crap. When the struts aren't blown the ride quality is decent in my opinion but the fact that I am constantly worried my 800 dollar performance suspension is going to blow out every few months from normal use...thats what bothers me. Thats a real nice feeling.

 

okay. So I was right, my rear strut was blown. the ONLY DAMPENER that hadn't been replaced since I bought the suspension blew. I replaced it with an extra I had.

So...what does this mean?? Well honestly I feel like the other side is going to blow now because that was the first one to blow and now currently the oldest on the car. I wish there was some way to tell if their "improved" designs were more reliable..because I dont want to invest anymore into this suspension.

 

I know how to fix the k-sport problem. Get VIP series JIC's.

 

I know how to solve the maxima handling problem. Get an Lotus.




Anyhow, Bigpulve, I dont know why that didnt fix your problem. It has been a few weeks and almost 700 miles later and mines still havent started clicking/popping, and no pulling either. Did you clean the pillow ball mount/bearing too?

I am running on 2 blown shocks, 1 leaking. Waiting on tax return...

Chillin and swift, I would suggest illuminas or Konis. Ground Control springs are also nice if you still want the adjustability of the Ksports.

 

I took them all apart and cleaned everything...Also I greased up the mount and bearing to no avail......

Oh well I have stock stuff coming in the mail this week...

 

i dont think I can go back to regular shocks and springs. Its going to have to be an UPGRADE if I change. How come you never hear of D2 owners' dampeners blowing?

 

I dunno if anyone buys them, never heard of anyone w/D2s

 

i know theres a few out there.

 

I wonder if there are some struts/dampeners we could make work with these...

 

it might be an option if the d2 threading was the same. I would want some solid proof that they are made better though.

 

Definitely. But if we do find out that the threading is the same, then I might look into getting those for replacement struts over the Ksports. Someone will chime in and kill our fun though, I feel it.

 

So lets play "what stupid azz thing did Eric do to his COs".....hint. Something was put back on wrong....

So after I took the fronts out the first time and took it apart and lubed everything I was still getting the pulling and the popping noises...I was getting real fed up and so I bought some stock stuff to ride on till I could get some better stuff....so i got that from Rockford on Tuesday and yesterday decided to put them on and enjoy a mostly problem free ride...so I get the wheels off and get the passenger side K Sport out and look at it....well something seemed wrong because the spring was extremely loose....

So I look at the top spring mount and guess what....





I put it on upside down when I reassembled them last. I did it to them both...hehe...so I took them apart and put them back together the right way and lubed everything up again and guess what....No popping and no pulling from the struts...My alignment is actually pretty good...wheel is straight but i do get some pulling....

So all these things need to be good and quiet is some grease, lots of tightening and some love...

 

haha, I did something similar when I almost switched the rubber/plastic perch peices.


I think I had my first pop the other day, but it didnt pull and has it done it again. So I think it mustave just been something I hit. Anyhow, still drives great. I need new struts now...tax return

 

sooo, i was actually going to lower my rear by half an inch for the next auto-cross but turns out......fricken collar screw would absolutely not come loose! i literally tried to unscrew for about 30 minutes, sprayed w/ wd40 and still couldn't loosen it. guess i can't adjust my height now


and i blew my cv boot

 

Did you use the hammer and flathead screw driver method?

 

they do get stuck....real stuck.

 

well, i used the hook tool that came w/ the coilovers and did the hammer method w/ that. i dunno, i guess i can try the flathead next time.

retarded question but to unscrew the 2nd to last collar screw, u unscrew it counterclockwise right?

 

The on on the bottom mount needs to go up to loosen...so counter clockwise is correct...

Yea but a flathead in one of the notches and hammer is till the thing comes loose....that also how I tighten them...

 

ive had the bottom mount rusted to the threaded body. took a vice and some creativity to get it out considering the fact that the very bottom piece actually separates from the mount itself.
I talked to a ksport guy on aim today and regarding new struts apparently each new dampener you buy has its own 1 year warranty. Also, the alterations to the struts themselves were made in October of last year and I think again after that. I thought the convo saved on my aim but it did not.
He said they get approximately 5 warranty replacements a month compared to the hundreds they sell and that they have been repairing JIC and Tiens more than their own product. I dont know how much of this to take with a grain of salt but...it seems like alot of people think ksport is crap. If they only get 5 warranty replacements a month then I have been one of those 5 people and sometimes 2 of those 5 people during 4 different months. I know another one of my struts has blown and the last one was the last original one, which lasted a whopping 2 years. So thats 2 within the past 2-ish months. It seems to be a pattern.
He said plenty of people have been on the original dampeners for 4 years.

 

huh, well for my front struts, almost 70% of the time, the very bottom collar always comes loose. was just thinking about wrapping it with a long zip tie to prevent it from doing that.

and i'm surprised JIC and tiens are getting more replaced than ksports. i thought their dampeners were far better than ksports

 

I've had D2 Coilovers on my SE-R for a lil while now and havent had any issues what so ever, maybe except clearance issues lol.. But they dont ride bad at all, great cornering, and even helped out my 60ft times dramatically at the track.

 

have any of you guys have problems with axle going out??? i've seen pics on here with dudes way lower on k-sport but for some reason when i do it, after certain speeds the axle kinda gives a rattling feeling resulting in my steering wheel rattle, im on my 5th axle in 5 months im going to try raising it a smidtch lol, other than that my k-sports are fine, luch of the draw i guess

 

if it's so much returns on coilovers in general im only left to assume that coilovers aren't durable suspension.

 

it puts a lot of load and stress than normal on the axles due to the low ride height dimensions. axles go out? what do u mean going out?

a lot of lowered maximas have had many issues with the CV boot busting open if thats what you mean. mine just happened after about 6 months use.

 

^^^ yeah the booth keeps ripping, im on the 5th after 5 months and i may have to raise it more or ill be going on 6th... 4 went bad on the left, and i just changed right but it feels like the booth is rubbing on something at certain speeds

 

you went through 5 AXLES or BOOTS??? thats a lot within just 5 months. jeez.
how low are you? if your just changing out the boots, your wasting time. mine as well buy a good quality axle like Raxles and just stick with that b/c of the lifetime warrenty.

 

you read correct 5 axles... im not even that low, my pics is in members ride "00 max again" i see multiple 5th gens lower than me but dont seem to go through the hassle... i do have lifetime warranty but can never find the receipt, where can i get raxles from......
EDIT: ****, the last axle broke in two when we took it off, it was the right side and one of the booths had literally 1/1000th of rubber before all the grease and marbels splashed out and made a mess i swear
EDIT X2: now that i thought of it i've had my car 5 months but only been lowered for 3 1/4

 

wow, i don't usually hear someones axle breakin in 2 b/c they lowered it. actually i never have. did you maybe hit something when you were driving cause i don't see how you could of snapped the axle unless you were seriously slammed. even that, it still shouldn't do that

www.raxles.com

 

luck of the draw i guess, but i will definately check out those raxles... im tucking bearly on SE 17's so could that be the problem???

 

anything over a 2" drop in going to severely throw off the geometry of the suspension. The Axles, boots, control arms, ect where designed with having roughly a 28ish inch fender to ground height...we then go in there and slam it to 25" and thus stock components fail...Raxles and better boots are really only going to prolong the time it takes for them to fail....

So basically yes, lowering the car that much will do that.

 

^^^ that hurts

 

Im sorry...

 

true to a degree I've been over 2" for a 2 1/2 year. No suspension compenents have failed yet. (knock on wood) raxles on both sides (those went before the D2s went on) an no problems so far. Control arms and such were replaced prior to D2s also.

but naturally the lower you go the more likely your will wear out components faster, like some members who axles blow once a week, or wheel bearing get eaten up in a few months, or hubs etc... I'd keep it around 2" area and if you want the slammed look upgrade axles and get bigger wheels to help create the look. Dont slam on stock sawblades!

 

Yea. I have been at or around 26.5 since like august of 06 with no new parts and have had nothing fail...Knock on wood...But 80% of the time dropping any car will decrease the life of OEM components...

Also their are other variables but we dont know all of them...

 

I think most of us are fortunate (if we've already changed the stock components once) to tolerate a 2" ish drop and be alright for a good while. but I'm sure we'll be changing control arms or bushings sooner than we did with the oem counterparts on stock springs.


still worth every moment...